East Africa: Junta Freezes IGAD Membership After Summit Boycott

[Dabanga] Port Sudan / Entebbe -- The Sudanese government has frozen its membership of the Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD), and says it rejects the outcomes of any initiatives or mediation. The decision follows a tenuous relationship between the junta and IGAD, and days of controversy surrounding the IGAD summit in Entebbe, Uganda, which was attended by former Sudanese prime minister Abdallah Hamdok, and the commander of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Lt Gen Mohamed 'Hemedti' Dagalo, but was notably