The Horn of Africa remains a region of persistent conflict, geopolitical tensions, and weak regional cooperation, all of which shape its political and security landscape. Ongoing conflicts in Somalia, ...

To Ethiopia’s growing alarm, Egypt is also set to join the multinational force supporting the Somali army against the jihadist threat by al-Shabaab. Egypt’s potentially destabilising presence in the ...

Few parts of the world are more turbulent than the Horn of Africa, the continent’s north-eastern chunk that contains Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Eritrea. It has been racked by war between Ethiopia ...

Recent publications on the Horn of Africa by outside actors indicate a newly discovered, sudden and burning passion for asserting a “strategic balance” in the Horn of Africa. One such claim was made ...

On the eve of the New Year, diplomatic traffic through Addis Ababa has intensified in ways that appear routine on the surface but, upon closer inspection, ...

The eyes of the world are fixed on the rising tensions in the Middle East as Israel's war continues in Gaza and Syria falls back into chaos, dominating global news coverage. Yet the world cannot ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia—A political crisis in Ethiopia’s war-battered Tigray escalated dramatically in March, bringing armed men out onto the streets and raising fears of a fresh conflict in the ...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali in Addis Ababa, January 12, 2023 (DPA photo by Florian Gaertner via AP Images). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on LinkedIn ...

As you might expect from a place that exports some of the world’s finest coffee, Addis Ababa is a city of cafés. It’s also a town of spooks. Whether huddled over tiny glasses of Arabica in luxury ...

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