An offensive in the Tigray region followed months of aerial strikes by the Ethiopian government. The situation could spark a wider regional conflict.
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The African shoreline is now much more valuable to outsiders who want to monitor, contain or outflank the waterway opposite them.
The response to the many problems facing the region has been set back by cuts in humanitarian aid.
Djibouti is a presidential republic with a multiparty system, but political authority is highly centralised.
The Red Sea region has become a showcase of the new alliances shaping global power and influence.
Despite the rising burden of stroke across Africa, there is no continent-wide framework or standardised protocol for stroke management.
The US has been interested in Somaliland due to its strategic location on the Gulf of Aden.
The opposition’s win in Somaliland’s election could help the breakaway state cement its place as a democratic state in a volatile region.
Somalia has demanded that a memorandum of understanding – which would see Ethiopia gain access to the Red Sea via a Somaliland port – be ripped up.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed claims his landlocked country has a right to demand maritime access to a Red Sea port from its neighbors in the Horn of Africa − Somalia, Eritrea and Djibouti.
Large scale infrastructure projects like ports represent more than just financial investments.
States with more capacity, more political inclusion and that make good use of foreign aid tend to see better outcomes.
Les échecs des gouvernements élus de manière symbolique ont privé les dirigeants – ainsi que le système démocratique – d'une base populaire avant-gardiste.
The failures of nominally elected governments has denied leaders - as well as the democratic system - a vanguard popular constituency.
Food security has six dimensions: availability, access, stability, utilisation, agency and sustainability.
The gap between the continent’s most democratic and authoritarian regions is likely to continue to grow.
Leaders’ efforts to end conflict have been ineffective. Working through regional economic communities might be part of a better approach.
The alarm being raised by multilateral financial institutions about rising government debt across Africa is exaggerated. The real problem is that African governments pay way over the odds for debt.
Turkey harbours strong national ambitions, and a willingness to grow and use its military muscle alongside economic instruments.
Kenya and Djibouti are building a more secure and sustainable domestic maritime sector.
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Ph.D. Fellow, Center for Constitutional Democracy, Indiana University
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Extraordinary Lecturer, University of Pretoria
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Associate Professor of International Relations, University of Trieste
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Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Studies and Governance, University of the Free State
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Emeritus Professor of International Relations, University of Pretoria
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Executive director, Africa Institute of South Africa, Human Sciences Research Council
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PhD candidate in Political Studies at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Johannesburg
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor of Economics and Econometric, Université de la Manouba
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Senior Research Fellow, Horn of Africa and Southern Africa, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Lecturer of English. PhD Candidate in Afrofuturism and African Studies, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of International Relations, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
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Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science
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