Washington’s 90-day freeze on humanitarian and development programmes is escalating into a full-scale withdrawal undercutting United States’ influence, especially in the Horn of Africa wracked by multiple conflicts...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed shocked allies and enemies alike when he announced on 13 October that access to the Red Sea was an 'existential' issue for his...

Amidst the weak international response to the serial crises of drought, famines, terrorism and war in the Horn of Africa, the manoeuvres of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf...

President Mohamed Abdullah Mohamed 'Farmajo' flew to Addis Ababa on 3 October to attend the swearing-in of Abiy Ahmed as prime minister for another five years, hoping that...

UN Secretary General António Guterres appointed Parfait Onanga-Anyanga as his Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa on 13 March, illustrating what the UN leader's critics are...

Saudi Arabia's and the United Arab Emirates' military dealmaking in the Horn of Africa is deepening rivalries in a region already overflowing with arms. This year, there has...

Ethiopia is troubled by the deepening role of Eritrea in the Saudi Arabian-led coalition's war against Houthi rebels in Yemen and its enemy's consequent relief from diplomatic isolation....