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A crane unloads containers from a ship at the port city of Massawa, Eritrea, July 2018.

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Red Sea Rivalries

Gulf states with deep pockets and big appetites are asserting themselves in the Horn of Africa as never before.

Zach Vertin

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East Africa Jan 15, 2019 Snapshot

Red Sea Rivalries

Gulf states with deep pockets and big appetites are asserting themselves in the Horn of Africa as never before.

Zach Vertin

A crane unloads containers from a ship at the port city of Massawa, Eritrea, July 2018.

East Africa Sep 10, 2018 Snapshot

Can Ethiopia's Reforms Succeed?

Abiy has made a good start. But there is a long way to go.

Michael Woldemariam

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed waves to supporters as he attends a rally in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June 2018.

Environment Aug 9, 2018 Snapshot

Water Wars on the Nile

Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam project—set to become Africa's biggest hydroelectic dam—has set the country on a collision course with Egypt. The outcome may well hinge on...

Daniel Benaim and Michael Wahid Hanna

African Union Nov 27, 2017 Snapshot

The Alarming Decline of Democracy in East Africa

Democratic decline is gripping East Africa, a region of genuine strategic importance.

Jon Temin

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni delivers a speech during the launch of the National Dialogue committee in Juba, South Sudan, May 2017.

Campaigns & Elections Aug 15, 2017 Snapshot

Were the Kenyan Elections Conducted Successfully?

For the most part, the Kenyan elections showed how digital technology can help to overcome problems of distrust during the voting process.

Nic Cheeseman, Gabrielle Lynch, and Justin Willis

The Kenyan Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) prepare to announce election results at the Bomas of Kenya, in Nairobi, August 2017.

From the Archives Feb 20, 2017 Snapshot

Securing Somalia

The new Somali president, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, has some strong credentials, not the least of which is a reputation for not being corrupt. But Mohamed, known by...

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Somalia's newly elected President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, flanked by outgoing president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, carries their national flag during the hand-over ceremony at the presidential palace in Mogadishu, February 2017.

Central Africa Dec 15, 2016 Snapshot

A New Tool to Fight Genocide

It has been 65 years since the Genocide Convention, drafted in reaction to the Holocaust, first came into force, but the international response to mass atrocities...

John Prendergast and Brad Brooks-Rubin

Civil Society Sep 22, 2016 Snapshot

Africa's Theater of War

Shakespeare has played a surprisingly prominent role in the twentieth-century history of East Africa

Edward Wilson-Lee

An actor from the South Sudan Theatre Company rehearses for Cymbeline, March 2012.

Strategy & Conflict Apr 23, 2015 Snapshot

China Comes to Djibouti

Tiny Djibouti in the Horn of Africa is a key strategic outpost for U.S. armed forces. But with China getting in on the act, Washington would do well to pay more...

John Lee

Security Jan 21, 2015 Snapshot

False Security in Kenya

Nairobi's use of extreme measures to fight terrorism is undermining its fledgling democracy.

Joshua Meservey

Economic Development Apr 16, 2014 Snapshot

Avoiding Africa's Oil Curse

The countries of East Africa are in the early throes of an oil boom, with an unprecedented opportunity for economic development. Unless they avoid the mistakes of...

Ricardo Soares De Oliveira

A man works at an illegal oil refinery in Bayelsa, Nigeria, November 2012.

Economic Development Feb 5, 2014 Letter From

Port of Call

The Tanzanian government hopes to turn the inefficient port of Dar es Salaam into a major regional trade hub, catapulting Tanzania into the global ranks of middle...

Alexander Wooley

Economic Development May/June 2013 Essay

Africa's Economic Boom

Sub-Saharan Africa’s GDP has grown five percent a year since 2000 and is expected to grow even faster in the future. Although pessimists are quick to point out that...

Shantayanan Devarajan and Wolfgang Fengler

West Africa - Foreign Affairs

Africa Feb 2, 2012 Snapshot

The Splintering of Al Shabaab

By some measures, the ad-hoc alliance among Ethiopia, Kenya, and the African Union has come close to defeating the terrorist group al Shabaab. But a military victory...

Bronwyn Bruton and J. Peter Pham

Africa Feb 1, 2012 Snapshot

Sudan's Oil Crisis is Only Bashir's First Problem

In an attempt to one-up Khartoum, the newly independent South Sudan has twisted its oil spigot closed. But a shuttered oil sector is just the beginning of Omar al...

Andrew S. Natsios

Africa Nov 15, 2011 Snapshot

Why Kenya Invaded Somalia

Nairobi sent troops into Somalia last month ostensibly to root out Islamist militants. But the real reason Kenya went to war has more to do with the restless ambitions...

Daniel Branch

Political Development October 1930 Essay

Native Policy in East Africa

Baron Lugard

East Africa - Foreign Affairs

Political Development April 1928 Essay

The Destiny of East Africa

Raymond Leslie Buell

East Africa - Foreign Affairs

Africa Sep 30, 2011 Letter From

Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki on the Famine in Somalia

The president of Kenya argues that, despite the conflict and famine ravaging Somalia, there is an opportunity for East Africa to escape a regional mess.

Mwai Kibaki

Africa - Foreign Affairs

Economics Aug 22, 2011 Snapshot

Somalia's Starvation

The ongoing famine in Somalia has placed millions of lives at risk. To feed its victims and prepare for what comes next, the United States and its allies must expand...

Ken Menkhaus

East Africa - Foreign Affairs

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