By Fidel Amakye Owusu The proposition that Africa’s fifty-four sovereign nations should negotiate as a single bloc is not radical – it is rational. Continental political...
By Danilo Desiderio On January 2nd, heavy weapons fire shattered the uneasy calm at Nadapal, a remote border post between Kenya and South Sudan. Clashes between...
By Danilo Desiderio “To draw legs on a snake” – a Chinese proverb warning against unnecessary embellishment – is more than a cautionary tale about overdesign....
By Danilo Desiderio In 1748, the French philosopher Montesquieu made a prescient observation in The Spirit of Laws: “Peace is the natural effect of trade.” More...
By Danilo Desiderio The 11th edition of the Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIA XI) report – jointly published by the United Nations Economic Commission for...
By Dishant Shah Africa’s economic landscape is being shaped by eight major Regional Economic Communities (RECs), each striving – sometimes successfully, sometimes not – to drive...
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...
Reuters | Kenya has proposed a regional maritime treaty to defuse tensions between Ethiopia and Somalia over a deal allowing Ethiopia to set up a naval...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu After decades of severe drought and concomitant famine and socio-economic challenges in the Horn of Africa, the Intergovernmental Authority on Drought and...
By Gregory Simpkins Djibouti is viewed as a small country on the northeastern edge of the African continent. It is little known globally despite its advantageous...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Integration in Africa was one of the pressing topics in the 1950s and 1960s. At a point, disagreement over how to achieve...
AFP | Eritrea has rejoined the East African bloc, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), nearly 16 years after the politically isolated state pulled out of...
East African nations have threatened to impose sanctions on South Sudan’s conflicting sides unless they resolve their differences peacefully and end “flagrant violations” of three agreements...
South Sudan’s warring factions resume face-to-face peace talks on Thursday; the third such effort this year. The resumption of negotiations coincides with U.S. Secretary of State...
Peace talks between South Sudan’s warring parties have been adjourned again to allow both sides to consult with their respective leaders, the Intergovernmental Authority for Development...
East African states agreed on Thursday to deploy troops in South Sudan by mid-April to help enforce a ceasefire deal between government forces and rebels, the...
East African leaders will meet in Ethiopia on Thursday to discuss the mandate and size of a stabilization and protection force to be deployed in...
South Sudan President Salva Kiir declared a state of emergency in two states on Wednesday as his negotiators prepared for peace talks with rebels to end...
South Sudan’s government has committed to an immediate ceasefire, the country’s regional neighbors said on Friday, as they urged opposition, (now rebel) leader Riek Machar to...
(Reuters) – East African heads of state admitted South Sudan as a member the regional bloc Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on Friday, some four months...
Major road expansion works underway in Kenya. – East African (The East African) — Regional leaders are seeking to raise at least US$3 billion for a...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — East African leaders say the African Union and United Nations should impose sanctions on Eritrea’s mining sector. The leaders who met in...
