On September 24, 2026, the cameras flashed in Damerjog as Djiboutian President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, and Nigerian tycoon Aliko Dangote broke ground on a $660…
Vice Admiral Kindu Gezu’s recent proclamation that Ethiopia’s naval capabilities are expanding to make the country a "capable partner in regional maritime affairs" reads less like a strategic milestone and…
For decades, the Republic of Djibouti has leveraged its prime location at the nexus of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to transform a barren, arid landscape into…
On October 4, 2026, the leaders of Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, and Somalia convened in Al-Alamein, Egypt, for a quadrilateral summit officially hosted and funded by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.
In a significant clarification of regional tensions, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has articulated a nuanced position regarding Ethiopia’s long-standing desire for maritime access.
For years, Ethiopia’s federal government and regional militias existed in an uneasy truce. Violence flared and alliances shifted, but the country repeatedly avoided a return to the scale of the…
The September 4, 2026, missile strike targeting the Doolow residence of General Mahad Abdirahman Aden—widely known as "Shub," the former commander of the Somali Custodial Corps—has escalated from a localized…
A dangerous dispute over Somalia's skies has escalated in 2024, pitting the federal government against the breakaway region of Somaliland...
After 32 years of political autonomy, elusive recognition and an increasingly disillusioned population, the secessionist leadership finds itself pushed to take desperate measures.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's obsession with access to the Red Sea came to light after the broadcast, on October 13, of a speech to parliamentarians...
