4 August 2017, Addis Ababa - The IGAD Security Sector Programme (IGAD SSP) has initiated a project to assess and identify the presence and scale, vulnerability factors or causes and risks cross border security threats and MSs' capabilities to address the threats in selected border areas. The project also intends to identify the criminal syndicates, their networks, areas and methods of operations. The findings of the study will inform national and regional legislators, policy makers and executive bodies to devise evidence based responses to prevent and counter the threats in a sustainable manner. This will also contribute to the overall security and development of border communities. Accordingly, IGAD SSP invites qualified researchers/consultants (individuals, firms, consortiums) to undertake this study.  Please refer the Terms of Reference (TOR) here. 

3 July 2017 - A high level IGAD delegation headed by the Executive Secretary, H.E. Ambassador Engineer Mahboub Maalim, made a briefing to a joint meeting of the United Nations Sanctions Committees (UNSC) on Somalia and Eritrea and Al-Qaida and ISIL (Da’esh) on 30 June 2017 in New York, USA regarding the final findings of the report on the “Transnational Terrorist Threat in the Region”.  The submission of this report is the second phase of the Transnational Security Threat initiative.  The first phase of this initiative that focused on Al-Shabaab was also officially launched, submitted to all concerned as well as briefed to the UNSC Sanctions Committee on Somalia and Eritrea in mid August 2016.  

20 September 2016, Mombasa:  IGAD Security Sector Program (IGAD SSP), in partnership with the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF), held a three-days Training Workshop – from 15 to 17 September 2016 – on Electronic Surveillance as a Good Practice in Preventing and Countering Terrorism in the Horn and Eastern Africa Region in Mombasa, Kenya.

7 September 2016, Nairobi: The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) held the seventh round of national consultations with delegation from  the Republic of South Sudan who include government, civil society, faith-based organizations, academics, and development partners, among others.  

31 August 2016, Entebbe – The IGAD Security Sector Program (IGAD SSP), in partnership with the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF), has conducted a three days regional training workshop from 29 to 31 August 2016 on the Protection of Victims, Witnesses and Criminal Justice System officials as a Good Practice in Preventing and Countering Terrorism in the Horn and Eastern Africa Region in Entebbe, Uganda.