Strategic Thinking on East Africa

Challenges to US Diplomacy: Dealing with Terrorism and Instability in the Horn of Africa Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Annandale, Virginia 13 October 2015   David H. Shinn Adjunct Professor, Elliott School of International Affairs George Washington University   Introduction For the purpose of this presentation, I define the Horn of Africa as Sudan, South Sudan, […]

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Addis Ababa, 12 October, 2015(WIC) - Ethiopia and Djibouti have signed an agreement to construct a 550km refined petroleum products pipeline worth $1.55 billion linking the two countries. Black Rhino Group and Mining Oil & Gas Services (MOGS) have been contracted to build the 20-inch pipeline to transport petrol, diesel and jet fuel from Damerjog port […]

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From The Guardian Ethiopia and Djibouti are looking to create an African infrastructure hegemony that reaches into West Africa. THE MEN IN NAVY BLUE: Ethiopian Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn with Djibouti President, Ismaïl Omar Guelleh. If they had their way they would own oil the railway and oil pipelines from East Africa to the Gulf […]

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(Re-posted) Last week President Obama announced his decision to appoint National Security Advisor Gayle Smith as USAID’s next administrator, pending approval by the Senate. Strathink hopes that the approval process goes quickly. A number of people have publicly opposed the President’s nomination, including Washington Post journalist Howard French and economist William Easterly. Why? Mr. French […]

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Posted on September 28, 2015 by Malik Ibrahim Ismail Omar Guelleh will be the first African president to appear as a witness in a UK corruption case. But this trial of intrigue is just one of many challenges facing the 16-year president. For the first time in history, a sitting African president will be summoned to give evidence in person […]

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The Strathink team would like to wish all of our readers Eid Mubarak. We join all who are wishing the people of the Islamic faith peace and joy following the hadj. We are saddened by the recent loss of life in Mecca and pray for all the families who have lost their loved ones during […]

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From The BBC Signs of an economic slowdown in China have led to fears of a global recession, including Africa, given the close ties it has built up with China in recent years. BBC Africa Business Report’s Lerato Mbele looks at five ways the continent could be affected: The rand South Africa’s currency has taken […]

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From The Brookings Institution The devaluation of the Chinese yuan by about 2 percent—its largest single-day drop since 1994—on Tuesday, August 11 took global markets by surprise. Market analysts are busy refining their assessmentsof what the devaluation and its timing mean for the likelihood and extent of a Chinese economic slowdown, the timing of a hike in U.S. […]

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BY WARKA · AUGUST 23, 2015 China is about to take over a military base from the United States in the small East African nation of Djibouti, according to the website of China’s nationalistic tabloid the Global Times. Djibouti reportedly ordered the US to vacate the Obock military base so that it can be turned over the […]

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From The East African By Kevin J Kelley Chinese military aircraft with a range of 4,000km would be able to operate over large swathes of Africa and the Arabian peninsula from a base in Djibouti, observed J Peter Pham, director of the African programme at the Atlantic Council. A Djibouti facility would be a logical […]

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