Four African Leaders Meet to Form New Alliance

The leaders of Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, and Somalia met in Egypt to discuss security and warn against foreign meddling in the region.

Leaders from four countries—Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, and Somalia—met recently in Egypt. They held a special meeting called the Quadrilateral Consultative Summit. At the end of the meeting, they signed a paper called the El-Alamein Joint Declaration. This is a promise to work together more closely. There are three main things you need to know about this meeting: First, they want to stop other countries from interfering in their business. They used the term "foreign meddling," which just means they don't want outside nations telling them how to run their countries or controlling their local is…