The Potential Impact Of Us Troop Withdrawal For The Future Of Somalia
The decision of the outgoing Trump administration to pull out US troops from Somalia by 15 January has come at a particularly critical period for the East African region. This could have broader security and humanitarian implications, threatening…
Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 44 – 3 January 2021
Europe External Programme with Africa is a Belgium-based Centre of Expertise with in-depth knowledge, publications, and networks, specialised in issues of peace building, refugee protection and resilience in the Horn of Africa. EEPA has published…
5 killed, 14 injured in suicide bombing in Somalia: officials
Global News – AP | A suicide bombing near the Somalia capital, Mogadishu, on Saturday killed five people including two Turks, Turkish and Somali officials said.
The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group claimed responsibility for…
Why Ethiopia and Sudan have fallen out over al-Fashaga
Source: BBC | Alex de Waal, African Analyst
The armed clashes along the border between Sudan and Ethiopia are the latest twist in a decades-old history of rivalry between the two countries, though it is rare for the two armies to fight…
Ten Elections to Watch in 2021
Source: Council of Foreign Affairs | by James M. Lindsay
Ethiopian Parliamentary Elections, 2021.
Ethiopians were supposed to go to the polls this past August. That vote was postponed, however, ostensibly because of COVID-19. If the vote…
Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 42 – 2 January 2021
Europe External Programme with Africa is a Belgium-based Centre of Expertise with in-depth knowledge, publications, and networks, specialised in issues of peace building, refugee protection and resilience in the Horn of Africa. EEPA has published…
Events in Tigray Overview 2020 – Briefing EEPA HORN No.2 – 31 Dec 2020
Europe External Programme with Africa is a Belgium-based Centre of Expertise with in-depth knowledge, publications, and networks, specialised in issues of peace building, refugee protection and resilience in the Horn of Africa. EEPA has published…
Ten Conflicts to Watch in 2021
According to a report by Robert Malley, President and CEO of International Crisis Group, published on Foreign Policy, the War on Tigray is one of the 10 conflicts the world should watch in 2021:
Afghanistan
Ethiopia
The Sahel
Yemen
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US businessmen are close to exploiting Ethiopia’s oil plans in a multibillion-dollar scheme
Source: Quartz Africa | By Zecharias Zelalm
An Ethiopian-American investor and his partners are on the brink of pulling off an elaborate scheme that may unfairly take advantage of Ethiopia’s long-held ambitions to build its own oil &…
Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 42 – 31 December 2020
Europe External Programme with Africa is a Belgium-based Centre of Expertise with in-depth knowledge, publications, and networks, specialised in issues of peace building, refugee protection and resilience in the Horn of Africa. EEPA has published…