Somalia hosted regional African heads of state today for a summit that was the first of its kind in the Somali capital since the Horn of Africa nation plunged into conflict in 1991. Streets were shut down to traffic in Mogadishu, which regularly faces attacks from the Islamist al Shabaab militants, for the one-day meeting of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, IGAD, a grouping that includes Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Djibouti, Sudan, Uganda and Somalia. The regional leaders were due to discuss Somalia's upcoming vote for a new Parliament and President, as well the situation in South Sudan, where fighting in July has further destabilised the five-year-old nation.<br/><br/>Officials said the Presidents of Kenya and Djibouti and the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, were in Mogadishu for the summit. Uganda was represented by a minister at the meeting of IGAD. However, the leaders of South Sudan and Sudan, who had also been expected to attend, have not turned up.