The Inter Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) recently sent a delegation led by Ethiopian Minister of Foreign Affairs and current Chairman of the organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom to South Sudan.
The delegation included Somalia's foreign minister, Djibouti's and Kenya's, whom are all Somalis. The funny thing is, how can they ask a minister from Somalia to go play mediation effort in another country when she and her so called government can't neutralize their own state house?
This made IGAD a joke. Somalia and Djibouti should focus on stabilizing Mogadishu and playing the cowboys there before shamelessly showing up in Juba.
Maybe Somalia's foreign minister went there to impress her real boss, the President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, who has more than 17,000 troops occupying Mogadishu.
Likewise Kenya's foreign minister went there to impress her Kikuyu boss even though the Somali region in Kenya is no better than Somalia when it comes to security and peace.
As for Djibouti, they have small force in central Somalia's Hiiraan region and there is an ongoing genocide there between two tribes. Their priority should be normalizing that region and ending the ongoing massacre by Hawadle tribe.
They all seem to ignored these realities and would rather ride ponies to another land and play the peace makers. It is shame.
Its clear to me that they are serving the interests of Uganda and Ethiopia. Dr. Adhanos even took them on an Ethiopian carrier.
3 out off 5 Foreign ministers who went to Juba might be Somalis but they are shameless subjects of other regional powers. Their own homes are on fire. Mogadishu remains Ugandan colony as much as Wahabi Saudis.
Somalia's weak government today called on Ethiopia to send forces into Hiiraan to neutralize the Hawadle militia men since Djiboutians are too small, too broke and too coward.
At least a dozen conflict are active in Somalia right now from tribal wars in Shabelle, Hiiraan to al Shabab conflicts. What can they offer South Sudan?
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