Tag: #South Sudan

Eritrea’s Relentless Quest for Peace: An Anchor of Harmony & Stability in the Horn of Africa

by Yemane Abselom Introduction African states were largely shaped during the colonial era, when European powers partitioned the continent with little...

Unbowed and Unbroken: Eritrea Survives, Resists, and Advances Under Sanctions

Eritrea@35 Series By B. Tekle Eritrea has long been placed in the crosshairs of an orchestrated international smear campaign—targeted not for...

The Anatomy of Africa’s Continental Failure: Expanding the Case for a “Radical Fix”

by Aaron Abraha Sixty three years on, the African Union stands less as a testament to continental aspiration and more...

The Horn of Africa: Regional Integration and Institutional Dynamics

Amleset Negash G. Hiwet The Horn of Africa: Present-Day InstabilityThe Horn of Africa has faced persistent insecurity and instability, particularly...

The Horn of Africa Is One Miscalculation Away From Regional War

The UAE’s covert expansion through Ethiopia risks igniting a Red Sea confrontation By Alula Frezghi Introduction Wars rarely stay where they begin....

Power, Proxies, and Peril: Ethiopia’s Sudan Gambit Risks Igniting the Horn

By Ibrahim A Ibrahim As Reuters verified of Ethiopian involvement inside Sudan’s war are accurate, then the Horn of Africa is...

The Comfortable Hypocrisy of Middle Powers and the Horn of Africa

by Ghidewon Abay Asmerom Introduction Middle powers like Canada, Australia, Germany, and the EU present themselves as principled actors in a...

Regional Vision: Cooperation Without Hierarchy — Moving the Horn of Africa Beyond Zero-Sum Thinking

By David Yeh In a region long dominated by cycles of rivalry, shifting alliances, external intervention, and power based diplomacy,...

Ethiopia’s Reckless Nile Gambit: Trump’s letter, GERD, International Law, and the Urgent Need for Leadership Change

By David Yeh Introduction Nations assert sovereignty not by defiance alone, but by judgment. When leaders confuse unilateral action with strength,...

Zero-Sum Myths, Shared-Sum Futures: Rethinking the Horn of Africa

By ALULA FREZGHI Introduction In the Horn of Africa, wars do not usually begin with bullets; they begin with ideas. Long...

Ethiopia and Western Strategy: The Making of Migration and Mass Displacement in the Horn of Africa

by Mebrak Ghebreweldi The Horn of Africa has been shaped not only by local histories, but by decades of calculated...

The Horn of Africa on the Brink: Gulf Rivalries, Somaliland, and the Acceleration of Fragmentation

By David Yeh Introduction The Horn of Africa is entering a moment when long-suppressed questions of power, sovereignty, and survival are...