The Houthi advance along Yemen’s Red Sea coast has exposed a weakness in the security arrangement that developed around Yemen after Britain left Aden. Houthi forces have captured Mocha and expanded ...
Egypt’s policy thinking toward Ethiopia has evolved from a primarily bilateral water dispute into a multi-layered regional strategy that integrates public mobilization, institutional security ...
In various settings, the line between formal and informal economic life is often less clear than institutional models suggest. In places where access to courts, banks, and state financial systems is ...
Saudi Arabia’s renewed confrontation with Yemen’s Houthis has exposed how much the regional balance has changed since Riyadh first intervened in Yemen in 2015. The kingdom is not without allies.
The recent run of headlines out of Cairo and Ankara, from joint air drills and commando exercises to a drone co-production line and a defense memorandum spanning five regional files, has been read as ...
The closed door meeting in Djibouti in early May 2026 convened under the mediation of President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Malik Agar Deputy Chairman of Sudan's ...
The Federal Government of Somalia exists in a condition that defies conventional descriptions of statehood. It is neither fully sovereign nor entirely collapsed however governs from Mogadishu but does ...
This week's report examines key political, security, and strategic developments across the Horn of Africa and beyond, covering Ethiopia's diplomatic engagement, Sudan's deepening conflict, Red Sea ...
Every time Sudan's war comes up in public discussion, mentioning the abuses of one side, it almost always produces the same ...
When Saudi Arabia formed a coalition of states in July, in reaction to a blockade imposed by the Houthis in Yemen on its ...
The U.S. sanctions on several Eritrean entities and individuals did not get lifted. They expired. On September 17 the national emergency declared under Executive Order 14046 lapsed, and with it the ...
The Houthis have completed their takeover of the Bab el-Mandab area, seizing Mayyun Island in the middle of the strait after ...