The 28th Intergovernmental Authority on Development Extra ordinary summit was held on 13 September 2016 in Mogadishu, Somalia.

This was a historic event for Somalia as it has not hosted a high level summit in over 30 years.

[1] The key focus of the meeting was to determine the security situation in Somalia with respect to its scheduled parliamentary election.

The lower-house election of Somalia is scheduled to take place on 30 October 2016.

[2] The Summit was also attended by representatives of other foreign trade blocs.