Somalia’s Council of Ministers has formally terminated all bilateral security and defence agreements with the United Arab Emirates, marking one of the most consequential foreign-policy moves taken by the federal government in recent years. In a cabinet decision adopted on Sunday,
Israel’s announcement on Thursday recognizing Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state has triggered immediate diplomatic fallout across the Horn of Africa and the Middle East, reopening long-standing legal and geopolitical fault lines rather than delivering the stability
In a world crowded with assumptions and secondhand narratives, firsthand testimony matters. Over the past two years, the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Eritrea has offered exactly that: a grounded, lived account of a country often discussed from afar but rarely understood
Sudan is not asking the world for sympathy. It is asking for seriousness. That message came through clearly at the United Nations on Monday, as Sudan’s Prime Minister laid out a peace initiative framed not as a pause in violence, but as a realistic, enforceable exit from war . I
A Regional Security Threat and Potential for Destabilisation of the Horn of Africa, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden Regions and Redrawing the Map of the Horn of Africa On December 26, 2025, the State of Israel announced its formal recognition of the Republic of Somaliland as an
Somalia’s Council of Ministers has formally terminated all bilateral security and defence agreements with the United Arab Emirates, marking one of the most consequential foreign-policy moves taken by the federal government in recent years. In a cabinet decision adopted on Sunday,
Sudan is not asking the world for sympathy. It is asking for seriousness. That message came through clearly at the United Nations on Monday, as Sudan’s Prime Minister laid out a peace initiative framed not as a pause in violence, but as a realistic, enforceable exit from war . I
There are moments in diplomacy when silence is louder than words. And there are moments when a picture—deliberately chosen, officially circulated—does more damage than a thousand speeches. The map displayed this week in a video released by Ethiopia’s Prime Minister’s Office belon
Cairo didn’t dress it up in diplomatic fluff. In a sharply worded statement issued during General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s one-day visit, Egypt’s presidency laid out a position that is as much about Sudan’s survival as it is about Egypt’s own security. The message was blunt: Suda
The International Rescue Committee’s latest Global Humanitarian Crisis Watchlist offers a sobering snapshot of the world heading into 2026. Ethiopia now ranks among the top five most at-risk countries globally — alongside Sudan, Palestine, and South Sudan. This is not a symboli
Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki has said that any serious effort to end the war in Sudan must begin with cutting off the supply routes that continue to arm and sustain the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), warning that calls for ceasefires are meaningless while weapons and mercenarie
Eritrea has formally withdrawn its membership from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Friday, marking a decisive break with a regional body it says has “forfeited its legal mandate and authority.” In a press release
There are moments in diplomacy when silence is louder than words. And there are moments when a picture—deliberately chosen, officially circulated—does more damage than a thousand speeches. The map displayed this week in a video released by Ethiopia’s Prime Minister’s Office belon
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