Houthi missile strikes on Israel are reviving the strategic logic behind a little-noticed diplomatic gambit - and the Horn of Africa may pay the price.
The Horn of Africa sits at the center of global trade - yet still has no seat at the table where the rules are made.
By Danilo Desiderio Africa’s trade lifelines run through a handful of critical maritime chokepoints. That geographic reality is both a testament to the continent’s integration into...
By Mark-Anthony Johnson When Egyptian deputy transport minister Hossam El-Din Mustafa announced in November 2025 that roughly 80 percent of the Cairo-Cape Town Highway had been...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Great-power competition has returned to Africa. But this is no simple reprise of the Cold War – it is more chaotic, more...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Strategic equity demands and infrastructure investments signal a new era of African economic sovereignty. The landscape of African resource control is undergoing...
By Gregory September Ethiopia is not merely pursuing the 2028 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) – it is wagering its political resurgence on it. This ambitious...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Two ambitious crown princes have emerged in the Gulf, each possessing formidable charisma, transformative visions for their respective nations, and deeply conservative...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu In an undergraduate political science seminar years ago, we studied a hierarchy that divided nations into categories: superpowers, great powers, strong states,...
By Godfred Zina For more than three decades, Somaliland has governed itself as a de facto state, maintaining stability while its parent nation, Somalia, struggled with...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu When Israel formally recognized Somaliland earlier this week, the international community responded with predictable outrage. The African Union (AU) condemned the move....
By Des H. Rikhotso Nestled in the Horn of Africa, Ethiopia isn’t just a country – it’s a living chronicle of human history, a mosaic of...
By Dishant Shah Few regions wield as much geopolitical influence per square mile of coastline as the Horn of Africa. Stretching from Sudan and Eritrea through...
By Apollo Buregyeya When the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) began generating electricity in 2023, it marked more than an engineering triumph – it signaled a...
By Godfred Zina The growing diplomatic ties between Eritrea and Saudi Arabia are poised to reshape the power dynamics in the Red Sea and the Horn...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Strategically located at the crossroads of these regions, Uganda plays an indispensable role in maintaining regional stability. Despite being landlocked, Uganda connects...
By Mary Alorh Somalia has officially assumed its seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), joining Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, and Panama as one of five...
By Dishant Shah For centuries, the Horn of Africa has served as a vital maritime corridor, connecting global trade routes and shaping geopolitical dynamics. Today, Berbera...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu While the different geopolitical zones across Africa have dynamics worth the attention of observers in 2025, the Horn of Africa and North...
By Gregory Simpkins When Abiy Ahmed became Prime Minister of Ethiopia in April 2018, the country had been ravaged by a protracted conflict with its neighbor,...
By Gregory Simpkins It is said that necessity is the mother of invention but that desperate times call for desperate measures. Well Ethiopia has a desperate...
By Gregory Simpkins On April 23, 2021, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken proudly announced the appointment of Jeffrey Feltman as the U.S. Special Envoy for...
Abdirashid Duale CEO of Dahabshiil. PHOTO/File The story behind international money transfer Dahabshiil truly is one of rags to riches. The company, now one of the...
NAIROBI, Kenya — An international aid group says it has launched an initiative to get Africans and their governments to donate to famine relief efforts in...
