As the world welcomes the arrival of a new year and eyes are focused on the war in Gaza, tension continues to escalate in the Horn of Africa — a region of immense political instability. This comes ...

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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

Horn of Africa crisis overwhelms aid efforts on the Ethiopia-Somalia border, urgent help needed This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Melissa Fleming – to whom quoted text may be ...

A call by Ethiopia’s prime minister for his country to regain access to the Red Sea after a 30-year hiatus has sparked fears that the issue could destabilize the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia lost direct ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The African Union, European Union, and United States called Thursday for an immediate cease-fire and constructive dialogue between warring factions in Sudan. The groups also ...

Every country claims to want stability in the Horn of Africa. It sounds good in speeches and communiques, and no capital openly admits to benefiting from turmoil. Yet the pattern playing out along the ...

On September 11, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed officially opened the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a $5 billion megaproject that has been under construction since 2011. Operations ...

Tewolde has fought multiple times for Eritrea, one of the most closed societies on Earth, and is now praying another war is ...