{"id":126616,"date":"2025-12-13T02:05:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T02:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/eritrea-quits-igad-as-tensions-rise-with-ethiopia\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T02:05:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T02:05:36","slug":"eritrea-quits-igad-as-tensions-rise-with-ethiopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/eritrea-quits-igad-as-tensions-rise-with-ethiopia\/","title":{"rendered":"Eritrea quits IGAD as tensions rise with Ethiopia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DJIBOUTI, Dec 13 \u2013 Eritrea has withdrawn from East African regional bloc \u2013 Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), accusing the organisation of \u201cbecoming a tool against\u201d countries like itself.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Friday, Eritrea\u2019s foreign ministry said Igad had strayed from its founding principles and failed to contribute to regional stability.<\/p>\n<p>The withdrawal comes amid a fierce war of words between Eritrea and neighbouring Ethiopia, leading to fears of renewed armed conflict.<\/p>\n<p>In response to Eritrea\u2019s statement, IGAD (Intergovernmental Authority on Development) said the country had not made any \u201ctangible proposals\u201d or engaged with reforms.<\/p>\n<p>IGAD was established to promote regional stability and food security in East Africa, and also includes Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, and Djibouti.<\/p>\n<p>The government in Eritrea\u2019s capital, Asmara, has long accused Igad of siding with Ethiopia in regional disputes.<\/p>\n<p>Eritrea previously left the bloc in 2007, during its border dispute with Ethiopia. It only rejoined in 2023.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DJIBOUTI, Dec 13 \u2013 Eritrea has withdrawn from East African regional bloc \u2013 Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), accusing the organisation of \u201cbecoming a tool against\u201d countries like itself. In a statement on Friday, Eritrea\u2019s foreign ministry said Igad had strayed from its founding principles and failed to contribute to regional stability. The withdrawal comes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126616\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}