Geeska Afrika Asmara (HAN)– Regional Security strategy News. Security Industry Tracker. By Dr. Patricia Campbell, Assistant Provost at American Public University System. In 1993, the first post-colonial peaceful separation of two African states occurred when Eritrea seceded from Ethiopia. Post-colonial Africa is littered with failed secessionist attempts that have left millions dead as post-colonial leaders strove desperately…
Gizeyat Suliman Almosihij When former US Secretary of State Warren Christopher visited Addis Ababa in 1996, Ethiopian officials invited him to address a joint-press conference, to which he declined. He did so in protest against the harassment and imprisonment of independent journalists, and their exclusion from his official press conference. It was just in the prior…
PERRY MUNZWEMBIRM & G Africa In effect, the issue of migrants brings to the fore certain truths that may be unpalatable to some, especially, the more advanced economies. Some pay as much as $10,000 for this voyage from Africa to Europe, riddled with uncertainty, and the threat of being defrauded, kidnapped, or shipwrecked. (Photo/FILE). WORLD…
By Kyle Mizokami The National Interest, Recent tension between the China and Japan in the East China Sea has raised the possibility of armed conflict the two countries. The two historical antagonists have not fought since 1945, in part because China has been unable to project power beyond its borders. Two decades of double digit defense budget…
Stratfor This is the fifth Decade Forecast published by Stratfor. Every five years since 1996 (1996, 2000, 2005, 2010 and now, 2015) Stratfor has produced a rolling forecast. Overall, we are proud of our efforts. We predicted the inability of Europe to survive economic crises, China’s decline and the course of the U.S.-jihadist war. We…
Ethiopia is one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies, but that hasn’t stopped the outflow of migrants, underscoring the challenges countries face in trying to stem what were record levels of migration globally in 2014. By Will Davison, Correspondent Bilal Hussein/A ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — Among the young Ethiopian entrepreneurs idly sipping coffee near their shops in…
By Alex de Waal, Boston Review Gayle Smith (left) is a special assistant to the President of the United States and Senior Director for Development and Democracy at the U.S. National Security Council. In April, President Obama nominated Smith to run the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Alex de Waal (right) is the executive director of…
By Adam Taylor , The Washington Post Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, center, seen during the “family photograph” taken at the A.U. Summit in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 14. (Kim Ludbrook/EPA) When the International Criminal Court was established in 2002, there was little doubt that the theory behind it was noble. The multilateral treaty that resulted in the court,…
(Jeffrey Kerby. Research funded in part by National Geographic.) An Ethiopian wolf mingling with gelada monkeys in Guassa Plateau. Peaceful interactions rarely occur between a predator and prey. But researchers in Ethiopia caught wild wolves and monkeys called geladas intermixing without agression. The seemingly tamed wild wolves just up and walk through the monkey herd,…
By Tomi OladipoBBC News, Africa security correspondent Djibouti hosts the largest American permanent military base in Africa Djibouti, a small country on the Red Sea, is already home to military bases from the US and France, the former colonial power, but China’s interest is now becoming increasingly apparent. What makes this horn of Africa nation…