Few geopolitical questions in the Horn of Africa carry as much symbolic and strategic weight as Ethiopia’s demand for access to the sea. Landlocked since ...

A long-lasting solution for the Horn of Africa’s tensions is to bring about a paradigm shift in our view: to refrain from “beating around the bush” but to address the central issue in a genuine manner ...

In the mahogany-scented offices of the Chinese-donated African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, the gilded corridors of the ...

By recognizing Somaliland's 1960 sovereignty, Israel exposes the African Union’s legal contradictions and its capture by ...

Analysis - The respected Brussels-based think tank, the International Crisis Group, has identified three conflicts in Africa as among the 10 world-wide which – following a violence-wracked 2025 – are ...

Ethiopia is more vulnerable to ethnonationalist secessionist forces than Somalia, as stipulated in Article 39 of the ...

Somaliland wants international recognition - here's why, and what could have driven Israel to recognise it now.

Israel controls Palestine, comprising Gaza and West Bank which it annexed from Egypt and Jordan, and would like its claims ...

Israel’s controversial recognition of the statehood of the breakaway country of Somaliland has rocked the region, raising ...

Russia and China are reportedly each sending two naval ships, with China formally leading the exercise. According to Iranian ...

Israel’s recognition of the breakaway region of Somaliland last week came as a surprise to the international community.The ...