Eritrea is not rejoining but reactivating its membership in IGAD. Eritrea froze its membership, it has never withdrawn it. Therefore, Eritrea has become an active member of IGAD since 25 July 2011, the day the Eritrean Foreign Minister wrote to the IGAD Executive Secretary informing the same. This takes effect automatically.
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