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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Pretoria stopped one phase of one war. Its incomplete implementation left unresolved disputes that are now colliding.
The African shoreline is now much more valuable to outsiders who want to monitor, contain or outflank the waterway opposite them.
Recent confrontations in Tigray are a sign that the 2022 peace process has seriously derailed.
The response to the many problems facing the region has been set back by cuts in humanitarian aid.
Tehran’s presence in the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea is selective and opportunistic.
The violence in Tigray was structured, targeted and sustained.
Why two of Africa’s most bitter rivals – Ethiopia and Eritrea – are on the brink of war again.
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.
Famine was weaponised as part of a broader campaign of destruction in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.
Ethiopian migrants in Johannesburg have reused buildings, densified commercial space and developed networks.
Addis Ababa’s willingness to work with regional rivals in the Middle East shows its practical approach to foreign relations.
The 2020-2022 war and its lingering effects have thrown the Tigray region into chaos.
A new approach to mediation is needed in Sudan, not simply a new mediator.
The opposition’s win in Somaliland’s election could help the breakaway state cement its place as a democratic state in a volatile region.
The peace agreement was short-lived largely due to the absence of open and genuine commitments by both sides.
While “Black Canada” is a useful blanket term and important organizing identity, a closer look reveals a detailed tapestry of communities that also deserves visibility.
If the international reactions are anything to go by, Ethiopia’s Red Sea port deal is easier said than done.
One of the biggest consequences of insecurity in the Red Sea is a significant increase in the cost of global trade.
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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 in Environment and Development, University of Manchester
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Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University
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Executive director, Africa Institute of South Africa, Human Sciences Research Council
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Associate Professor of International Relations, University of Trieste
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Ph.D. Fellow, Center for Constitutional Democracy, Indiana University
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Professor of Sociology and Global and Africana Studies, University of Tennessee
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PhD candidate in Political Studies at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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Senior Lecturer of Political Science, Georgia Gwinnett College
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Associate Professor in Media Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of African History, St Cross College, University of Oxford
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Yarik Turianskyi is Manager of the Governance and African Peer Review Mechanism Programme at the South African Institute of International Affairs and guest lecturer in African Governance and Eastern European Politics, University of Pretoria