Foreign training has strengthened the army, but abuses against civilians undermine the community support needed to defeat insurgents. When terrorists attacked Cabo Delgado nine years ago on 5 October 2017, the Mozambique Defence Armed Forces

Ethiopia’s continued existence is indispensable to Israeli security since Egypt’s exploitation of a “Balkanized” Ethiopia’s natural resource wealth, which could follow the Hybrid War that Egypt is masterminding against Ethiopia, could eventually empower Egypt to

The Pretoria Agreement brought an end to Ethiopia’s devastating Tigray war—but not its underlying disputes. Four years later, renewed fighting and shifting armed alliances are threatening to reopen the conflict. The consequences could extend far

Ethiopia might be facing its most complex armed conflict in contemporary times. The fragile 2022 peace deal has collapsed. International mediators have failed. How will the country return to normal? Just four years after a

Over the past week, three militias from a new alliance, led by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), have been fighting the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) in northern Ethiopia. The heterogeneous alliance that calls

Key Takeaways: Ethiopia. The Ethiopian military has largely repelled the recent rebel offensive in northern Ethiopia and is advancing toward the Tigrayan capital, Mekele, as the rebels, which are facing internal cohesion challenges, have launched

Rien ne prouve que l’Érythrée ait cédé sa côte de la mer Rouge en échange d’un allègement des sanctions américaines. Le 17 septembre, les États-Unis ont laissé expirer leurs sanctions extrêmement sévères contre l’Érythrée, ainsi

LONDON: Purported arms sales, military training and growing contacts between Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis and Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Shabab are raising alarm over a partnership that could strengthen both groups and widen the threat to international shipping.

The prospect of Houthi control of the Bab al Mandeb Strait elevates the economic costs and fundamentally shifts the regional security landscape for Africa and the Red Sea region. Renewed missile attacks by Yemen’s Houthi