The Houthi movement of Yemen has continued attacking commercial shipping in the Red Sea despite U.S.-led “dynamic” strikes on Houthi weaponry being readied for launch. The current U.S. and allied approach assumes that the Houthi
Africa: Global Terrorist Killings in 2023 – Burkina Faso Suffers in First Place
Monrovia — The Institute for Economics and Peace has released its latest report on the state of terrorism around the world. The 2023 report, dubbed the Global Terrorism Index, shows a dramatic rise in the
Turkey, Gulf States’ Converging Interests In Horn Of Africa – OpEd
Turkiye last week signed a 10-year defense and economic cooperation agreement with Somalia, which aims to help defend the latter’s long coastline and also rebuild the naval forces of the fragile Horn of Africa nation.
The Horn Of Africa States: Africa’s Finance Architecture – OpEd
Africa is generally presented as a poor continent in any financial and/or economic paper or book. But is Africa really poor? This is a question that Africans should address and if they do, they will
Mozambique: TotalEnergies Publishes Response To Le Monde French Newspaper – Statement
Q1: On February 7th in London, during the presentation of the group’s 2023 results, Patrick Pouyanné announced that the Afungi site would be operational again this. Why such progress? How claim that the situation has
The Horn Of Africa States: Why The Region Is Not Progressing – OpEd
The paradoxes of the Horn of Africa States region include, among others, an important geostrategic location, a large population and hence a large market, a youthful population where 70% is reported to be less than
The Horn Of Africa States: A Vulnerable Region – OpEd
The peace that was slowly building between Somalia and Ethiopia over the past three decades has totally collapsed in the last two months over the illegal MoU signed through Ethiopia’s careless diplomacy. This would be
Chad opposition leader killed in army attack on party headquarters, govt says
A leading opponent of Chad’s ruling junta chief has died in an army assault on his party headquarters ahead of a May election when he was set to be the main rival to his cousin
The Danger of Regional War in the Middle East
Israel’s campaign in Gaza in response to Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attacks still overshadows Middle East politics, with the spectre of wider war or other regional instability ever present even as ceasefire talks appear to
An American Mercenary Resurfaces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The UN recently linked Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater, to a shady mercenary deal in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s war-torn North Kivu. The alleged deal, and others like it, hold great risk