Africa Matters: Horn of Africa Tensions

Somalia has expelled a senior Ethiopian diplomat, signalling worsening relations between the two neighbours. It's after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed made a deal in January to develop a port in Somaliland. Concerns are rising that increasing …

CIA Director Burns Makes Covert Visit to Somalia Amid Rising Tensions in Horn of Africa

New UN Mission in Somalia Begins to Promote Self-Reliance MOGADISHU, Somalia - The United Nations Transitional Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNTMIS) launched its operations on Friday, signaling a shift towards greater Somali autonomy under UN support, …

Tensions Rising In The Horn Of Africa

CIA director’s secret Mogadishu visit signals U.S. alarm over Horn of Africa tensions

Friday November 1, 2024 FILE - Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing to examine worldwide threats on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 8, 2023.Amanda Andrade-Rhoades / AP Photo …

Egypt’s Future Increasingly Passes Through the Horn of Africa

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi attends a signing ceremony at the presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey, Sept. 4, 2024 (AP photo by Francisco Seco). Despite the escalating regional conflict at its doorstep in neighboring Gaza, Egypt’s future has …

State Fragmentation and New State Imaginaries: Maritime Access in the Horn of Africa

Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It offers debates and engagements, …

Egypt's anti-Ethiopia alliance takes shape in the Horn of Africa

In early October, the presidents of Egypt, Eritrea, and Somalia gathered in Asmara for a trilateral regional cooperation summit, during which the leaders pledged military support for Somalia’s counterterrorism efforts, agreeing to deploy troops under the …

Ethiopian students find success despite years of hardship

First, it was the COVID-19 pandemic that halted education in the Tigray region, and then, a deadly war, claiming many lives and displacing hundreds of thousands. Tenth-graders Yonas Nugus and Helen Berhe escaped with their families when their school in the …

Best Of Nature: 20 Winners Of European Wildlife Photographer Of The Year

Coexistence, Highly commended, Mammals category. Elephant bulls interact at a water hole during the dry season. George Dian Balan, Romania - European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2024 The renowned European Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition …

10 years of rapidly disentangling drivers of extreme weather disasters

In the summer of 2003, a devastating heatwave killed more than 70,000 people across Europe. For many, this was the first undeniable evidence that climate change was not an abstract and distant threat of the future but a reality claiming the lives of people …