IGAD Communique on South Sudan

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) held an extraordinary session of heads of state and government in Nairobi on 27 December 2013 to discuss the crisis in South Sudan.  Among other things, the final communique announced that General Lazaro Sumbeiywo of Kenya and Ethiopia's former Minister of Foreign Affairs and former Ambassador to China, Seyoum Mesfin, will serve as IGAD special envoys for South Sudan.