The difficult transition from conflict to cooperation in the Horn

This week alone, leaders of Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia met in Asmara to agree on a new package of economic and business cooperation between the three countries of the Horn. This is... Read more »

Terrorism remains a serious threat to economic revival in the Horn

Political and economic literature on the Horn of Africa suggest that the region is endowed with vast natural resources while the absence of peace and stability and the prevalence of insecurity among... Read more »

Mogadishu attacks strengthen resolve against terrorism in the Horn

The latest Al Shabab terrorist attack was aimed at the joint Kenyan-US base at Lamu that claimed lives and property destruction. A couple of weeks back, Al Shababa killed nearly one hundred... Read more »

People-to-people rapprochement as a new form of regional diplomacy The recent visit by Ethiopian artistic troupe and high level officials to Eritrea was no doubt a success story and can be taken... Read more »

Why Terrorism is a dying species in the Horn of Africa

 Somali terror group’s last week attack against a high-profile hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu in which more than seven people were killed and scores injured was carried out to intimidate the... Read more »

Ethiopia’s forthcoming election and impacts on Horn peace and stability

The situation in the African Horn region and in individual countries is highly volatile. Events are changing at breakneck speed and unpredictably. In a single year alone, Sudan has overthrown a military... Read more »

South Sudan should not be allowed to slip back into civil war

The Horn of Africa region is experiencing relative peace after the recent Ethio- Eritrean agreement to end the two decades political impasse. The peaceful political denouements in neighboring Sudan has created more... Read more »

For an amicable settlement of the Somali-Kenyan dispute

The political situation in the Horn of Africa is in constant ebb and flow. Events tend to change very quickly. Peace and stability is delicate while internal conflicts in the region, from... Read more »

Empowering women farmers to thrive

Senior Administrative Officer (Sent to The Ethiopian Herald Sunday Edition) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Sub-regional Office for Eastern Africa and Representation to the African Union and UNECA Women... Read more »

US-Mediated GERD talks and the prospects of a fair settlement

The Ethiopian government has welcomed the move by US diplomatic circles to mediate between the stakeholders in the GERD project, mainly Ethiopia and Egypt that have been exchanging volleys of accusations and... Read more »