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[Zmeselo]

Press Release: Eritrea has withdrawn its Membership from IGAD

https://shabait.com/2025/12/12/press-re ... from-igad/

Dec 12, 2025



Eritrea has formally informed the IGAD Secretary General of its decision to withdraw from the Organization.

Eritrea’s decision stems from, and is predicated, on the following poignant facts and events:

1. As it will be recalled, Eritrea played a pivotal role when IGAD was revitalized in 1993, and subsequently worked, in collaboration with other Member States, for its transformation and effectiveness so that it would serve as the primary vehicle for enhancement of regional peace and stability thereby paving the ground for viable regional economic integration.

2. Unfortunately, over time and especially since 2005, IGAD has not only failed to meet the aspirations of the peoples of the region, but instead played a deleterious role becoming a tool against targeted Member States; particularly Eritrea. These unwarranted acts prompted Eritrea to suspend its membership, in April 2007.

3. Eritrea re-activated its membership in IGAD in June 2023, hoping that the Organization would heed Eritrea’s call for reform and rectify its past records. Regrettably, IGAD has and continues to renege on its statutory obligations thereby undermining its own relevance and legal mandate.

In the event, Eritrea finds itself compelled to withdraw its membership from an organization that has forfeited its legal mandate and authority; offering no discernible strategic benefit to all its constituencies and failing to contribute substantively to the stability of the region.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Asmara
12 December 2025

[Zmeselo]

Today December 12, 2025 marks the 25th year of the Algiers Peace Agreement.

Eritrea and the Algiers Agreement: a commitment made, a commitment implemented!

[Meleket]

እርስዎም ይሞክሩት!

ይሄኛው ስምምነትስ ስንት ዓመት አስቆጥሯል?


Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki embrace at the declaration signing in Asmara, Eritrea, July 9, 2018, in this photo obtained from social media. (Ghideon Musa Aron Visafric/via Reuters) https://www.voanews.com/a/benefits-of- ... 76460.html


Image: Yemane G. Meskel/Minister of Information
https://www.dw.com/en/ethiopia-eritrea- ... -44585296


The Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, and the Eritrean President, Isaiah Afewerki, sign the peace agreement. / Twitter Yemane Meskel https://evangelicalfocus.com/print/3683 ... nd-Eritrea

[Fiyameta]

Excellent decision! Bravo Eritrea!

[Right]

Does it really matter? Eritrea is irrelevant.
Ignored and undermined, Eris are making noise to stay relevant.

[Temt]

Press Release: Eritrea has withdrawn its Membership from IGAD

https://shabait.com/2025/12/12/press-re ... from-igad/

Dec 12, 2025



Eritrea has formally informed the IGAD Secretary General of its decision to withdraw from the Organization.

Eritrea’s decision stems from, and is predicated, on the following poignant facts and events:

1. As it will be recalled, Eritrea played a pivotal role when IGAD was revitalized in 1993, and subsequently worked, in collaboration with other Member States, for its transformation and effectiveness so that it would serve as the primary vehicle for enhancement of regional peace and stability thereby paving the ground for viable regional economic integration.

2. Unfortunately, over time and especially since 2005, IGAD has not only failed to meet the aspirations of the peoples of the region, but instead played a deleterious role becoming a tool against targeted Member States; particularly Eritrea. These unwarranted acts prompted Eritrea to suspend its membership, in April 2007.

3. Eritrea re-activated its membership in IGAD in June 2023, hoping that the Organization would heed Eritrea’s call for reform and rectify its past records. Regrettably, IGAD has and continues to renege on its statutory obligations thereby undermining its own relevance and legal mandate.

In the event, Eritrea finds itself compelled to withdraw its membership from an organization that has forfeited its legal mandate and authority; offering no discernible strategic benefit to all its constituencies and failing to contribute substantively to the stability of the region.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Asmara
12 December 2025

Super Great News! Had it not been for the patience of the Eritrean government, Eritrea would have abandoned this useless and instrumental organization of the useless Ethiopian regimes that had been abusing the Eritrean people's friendship towards the Horn region, including Ethiopia. Good riddance!

[Hazega/Tsazega.]

Does it really matter? Eritrea is irrelevant.
Ignored and undermined, Eris are making noise to stay relevant.

Yet you took the time to login, then reply to this post that you claim to be irrelevant, and even further created other separate posting (s) to cry about Eritrea(ns) on this forum??

As far as making noise to stay relevant that would be your drama queen megaLOWmaniac (megalomanic) Prime Minster Abiy Ahmed and his PP (prosperity party) ethiopian regime and its paid minions.

Why didn't you count the numerous number of noisy postings your fellow PP minions Horus and DefendTheTruth created??, just to make PP-Abiy Ahmed and his ethiopian regime relevant in the face of other more important news happening in the region by better leaders.

Sadly the indebted aids-addicted talalakee (foreign servant) Abiy Ahmed drama queen regime of ethiopia and its minions feel they have to always be the center of attention and can't bear to hear any possibly good news about their neighbors in the region...even to the point of openly attacking their neighbors. Childish beshasha behavior

[sesame]

Be honest with yourself for once, if you can. Would Ethiopia have survived had it not been for Eritrea when the TPLF was about to chase Abiy to Moyale! The answer is no. So how is it that you consider a nation that saved yours as irrelevant. Eritrea is so relevant that nothing of significance happens in the neighbourhood without its consent. The Derg, the Weyane and the RSF would attest to that. Abiy is learning the lesson now. Today, Ethiopia's very existence depends on decisions taken in Adi Halo! Pray, Esu has not given up on his long-time commitment to keep Ethiopia alive! Most Eritreans want this big, dysfunctional nation that is a threat to itself, and the neighbourhood, to be cut down to size. If Esu is of that mind, well prepare for 15 new mini-states!

Does it really matter? Eritrea is irrelevant.
Ignored and undermined, Eris are making noise to stay relevant.

[Zmeselo]

Sudan might follow suit, soon. Maybe even Somalia, later. Render it more impotent, than it already is.

Does it really matter? Eritrea is irrelevant.
Ignored and undermined, Eris are making noise to stay relevant.

[Zmeselo]

President Isaias Afwerki arrives in Jeddah today, received by Makkah Region Deputy Governor Prince Saud bin Mishaal bin Abdulaziz, as his four-day working visit to Saudi Arabia continues.

Earlier in the day, President Isaias Afwerki met leaders of the Eritrean community and national associations - Youth, Women, PDFJ - in Riyadh and its environs.

President Isaias underlined that Eritrea's strength has always been anchored on the patriotism of its people. In this regard, President Isaias urged the Community and National Association bodies to redouble their efforts in order to preserve and enhance the Diaspora's commendable culture of hard work, unity and proper upbringing of their kids.

President Isaias further stressed the need for coordinated approaches by all civil society stakeholders to combat subterfuges that may be concocted to dilute the culture, values and cohesion of the young generation in the Diaspora.


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Co-hosted with the UK Embassy today, a valuable exchange with UN and international partners on the UK-commissioned climate finance briefing for Eritrea by @ODI_Global.

Collaboration is key to drive investment in national priorities and build long-term climate resilience. Nahla Valji @nahlav

[Affable]

What is next United Nations. When a single person decides the fate of a country that is expected. Not a single cadre of his opposes the decision. He is God. His decision cannot be undermined by any Eritrean. It is sad.

[Fiyameta]

We are upgrading our observer status at the Arab League to a full-fledged membership.

Who knows, one day we will start drilling for oil and use some of the money to buy Ethiopia and turn it into our own backyard.

[Right]

Yet you took the time to login, then reply to this post that you claim to be irrelevant, and even further created other separate posting (s) to cry about Eritrea(ns) on this forum??

Haz,
This is an Ethiopian forum organized for Ethiopians. It is important to remind you that you are irrelevant as far as we are concerned.

Shameless and embarrassing.

9 out of 10 of forum participants on the first page of ER forum are Eris discussing Ethiopian issues.

I don’t think you understand the meaning of independence.
Parasites.

[Zmeselo]

Your people have lived under "gods" Menelik, HS, Mengie, Meles and now a childish "god" for more than a century and you dare say this?

What is next United Nations. When a single person decides the fate of a country that is expected. Not a single cadre of his opposes the decision. He is God. His decision cannot be undermined by any Eritrean. It is sad.

[Zmeselo]

IGAD Regrets Eritrea’s Decision to Withdraw from the Organisation





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An organization that has abandoned its legal mandate, ceased to provide strategic value to its members, and failed to contribute to regional stability leaves no meaningful basis for continued membership. Eritrea's decision to withdraw is therefore both principled and necessary under such circumstances.

International jurisprudence and state practice make clear, that membership in an international organization is neither irrevocable nor unconditional. States do not surrender their sovereignty or freedom of action by joining an organization; their consent endures only so long as the institution operates within the mandate, purposes, and powers conferred by its founding treaty. When that legal foundation is eroded, the obligation to remain bound erodes with it.

Across regions, states have lawfully withdrawn from organizations that deviate from their mandates or cease to serve the collective interests of their members. Under international institutional law, no state is required to continue participating in an entity that has abandoned its object and purpose, exceeded its delegated authority, or failed to carry out its core responsibilities. Persistent ultra vires conduct and institutional dysfunction, constitute material non-compliance with the founding agreement.

States cannot be compelled to accept institutional practices, that fundamentally depart from the constitutive instrument. State consent, never presumed and never perpetual, is conditional on the organization’s adherence to its treaty-based obligations.

Membership in international organizations is voluntary, conditional, and anchored in legality. States retain the sovereign right to withdraw, when an institution no longer performs the functions or serves the purposes for which it was established. This principle provides the legal and logical foundation for Eritrea's decision. @AmbStesfamariam

[sesame]

Right,

I don't know what it is about Eritrea and Eritreans that renders Ethiopians to be very stupid! Your leader and his sheepish followers have vowed to take our sovereign Red Sea coast. And you wonder that we are here to fight the propaganda war? Much, much worse is in store for Ethiopia than our mere presence here if Abiy miscalculates, as he is prone to do, and attempts to translate his verbal tantrums into action. Ethiopia's very existence depends on how the moron behaves.

Yet you took the time to login, then reply to this post that you claim to be irrelevant, and even further created other separate posting (s) to cry about Eritrea(ns) on this forum??

Haz,
This is an Ethiopian forum organized for Ethiopians. It is important to remind you that you are irrelevant as far as we are concerned.

Shameless and embarrassing.

9 out of 10 of forum participants on the first page of ER forum are Eris discussing Ethiopian issues.

I don’t think you understand the meaning of independence.
Parasites.

[Zmeselo]

Is it time for Sudan too, to reconsider its participation in IGAD and all organizations that no longer represent its true interests nor operate with integrity?

BY @walaaelsadig ― Eritrea has officially announced its withdrawal from the IGAD organization, considering that the organization has failed in performing its role, and that it does not serve the interests of the peoples of the region nor operate with integrity, especially in addressing regional conflicts and issues of peace and stability.

This withdrawal demonstrates a decline in confidence in IGAD as an effective and neutral regional umbrella, therefore, it is more appropriate for Sudan to reconsider its participation in IGAD and all organizations that no longer represent its true interests nor operate with integrity. Sudan cannot remain committed to structures that have failed to protect the countries and peoples of the region from interventions and disputes; instead, it must defend its sovereignty and interests.

This Eritrean stance intersects with what Sudan experienced during its experience with IGAD amid this war. For on December 9, 2023, IGAD held its 41st extraordinary meeting in Djibouti regarding Sudan, which was a turning point in Khartoum's relationship with the organization.

Despite the personal attendance of the delegation led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, IGAD issued a final statement without consulting the Sudanese government or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the statement included:

A false claim that al-Burhan agreed to a meeting with Hemedti.

Reference to contact or coordination with Hemedti, as if he were a legitimate party equivalent to the state.

Complete disregard for the objections of the Sudanese delegation.

The following day, on December 10, 2023, the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an official statement rejecting IGAD's statement in full and in detail, accusing the organization of lacking neutrality and falsifying facts.

Moreover, in the backrooms of that meeting, there was an unannounced Emirati presence led by Shakhbut bin Zayed inside the meeting corridors, which indicates clear Emirati intervention in which a ready political narrative was imposed to serve its agendas and an attempt to politically whitewash the Rapid Support Forces militia despite its crimes.

What IGAD did in that meeting was political complicity and clear bias toward external agendas and a forfeiture of a member state's sovereignty, which explains today's withdrawal of Eritrea after realizing that the organization is no longer an independent regional framework, but rather a tool managed from outside the region.

It is high time for Sudan to reach alliances that truly represent it, along with the necessity of reassessing relations with African, regional, and international organizations and countries.

Translated from:

[Zmeselo]

The governments of Canada, Japan, Norway and the UK issued a joint statement on the 25th anniversary of the Algiers Agreement.



LONDON ― Today marks 25 years since the signing of the Algiers Agreement, which brought an end to the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea.

We reaffirm our longstanding support for the Agreement and the principles it upholds, including the borders as established by its subsequent Boundary Commission. We call for the respect of the sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity of both Ethiopia and Eritrea.

In the spirit of the historic 2018 peace agreement between Ethiopia and Eritrea, we call for any tensions or disputes to be resolved peacefully and diplomatically.

[DefendTheTruth]

You could have shortened your scribble by simply stating it as Eritrea has already implemented the instruction of our common master in Cairo and Sudan is going to implement it soon.

Is there somebody left in the so called Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Eritrea who has a good proficiency of the English language sufficing for a press release of international scope, like the one here?

ዱቄት!

Is it time for Sudan too to reconsider its participation in IGAD and all organizations that no longer represent its true interests nor operate with integrity?

BY @walaaelsadig ― Eritrea has officially announced its withdrawal from the IGAD organization, considering that the organization has failed in performing its role, and that it does not serve the interests of the peoples of the region nor operate with integrity, especially in addressing regional conflicts and issues of peace and stability.

This withdrawal demonstrates a decline in confidence in IGAD as an effective and neutral regional umbrella, therefore, it is more appropriate for Sudan to reconsider its participation in IGAD and all organizations that no longer represent its true interests nor operate with integrity. Sudan cannot remain committed to structures that have failed to protect the countries and peoples of the region from interventions and disputes; instead, it must defend its sovereignty and interests.

This Eritrean stance intersects with what Sudan experienced during its experience with IGAD amid this war. For on December 9, 2023, IGAD held its 41st extraordinary meeting in Djibouti regarding Sudan, which was a turning point in Khartoum's relationship with the organization.

Despite the personal attendance of the delegation led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, IGAD issued a final statement without consulting the Sudanese government or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the statement included:

A false claim that al-Burhan agreed to a meeting with Hemedti.

Reference to contact or coordination with Hemedti, as if he were a legitimate party equivalent to the state.

Complete disregard for the objections of the Sudanese delegation.

The following day, on December 10, 2023, the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an official statement rejecting IGAD's statement in full and in detail, accusing the organization of lacking neutrality and falsifying facts.

Moreover, in the backrooms of that meeting, there was an unannounced Emirati presence led by Shakhbut bin Zayed inside the meeting corridors, which indicates clear Emirati intervention in which a ready political narrative was imposed to serve its agendas and an attempt to politically whitewash the Rapid Support Forces militia despite its crimes.

What IGAD did in that meeting was political complicity and clear bias toward external agendas and a forfeiture of a member state's sovereignty, which explains today's withdrawal of Eritrea after realizing that the organization is no longer an independent regional framework, but rather a tool managed from outside the region.

It is high time for Sudan to reach alliances that truly represent it, along with the necessity of reassessing relations with African, regional, and international organizations and countries.

Translated from:

[Temt]

As long as IGAD remains under the tutelage of Ethiopian leaders, I believe the destruction of this useless organization remains beyond doubt. I also suspect that the OAU (AU) may face a similar fate to IGAD, for the same reasons that led Eritrea to abandon the ineffective IGAD organization. Was it the person who goes by "Ethiopian Lady, who believed the AU should be removed from ኣስጦብያ። I fully concur, for I believe all Ethiopian leaders have abused the organization whose members seem to be the "እሺ" sayers! Amazingly shameful, but very true. Maybe, just maybe, they may finally learn a valuable lesson from none other than Eritrea. Hey, never say NEVER!