Strategic Thinking on East Africa

South Sudan: 32 Kidnapped Ethiopian Children Recovered By JASON PATINKIN, ASSOCIATED PRESS JUBA, South Sudan — Authorities in South Sudan said they have recovered 32 of the 125 Ethiopian children who the Ethiopian government said were abducted from its Gambela region two weeks ago during a deadly cattle raid blamed on a South Sudanese militia. […]

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  by the Strathink Editorial Team For a long time now, Strathink has chosen not to respond to the many articles written by Alemayehu G. Mariam, or Al Mariam as he seems to prefer being called. We found his articles, frankly speaking, infantile—his frequent use and misuse of American slang, his pretentious allusions to often […]

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by the Strathink Editorial Team Part 2 of our series on the late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi looks at conversations with American diplomats on events following the 2005 election.   Prime Minster Meles is displaying a kind of respectful defiance of the international community as he builds Ethiopia democracy—his way. U.S. Ambassador Donald Yamamoto To […]

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From The Guardian Abraham T Zere In a bid to upend years of secrecy in the country dubbed “Africa’s North Korea”, a new Facebook page is publishing documents claiming to show how the Eritrean government abuses its citizens. In just two months, SACTISM – Classified Documents of the Dwindling PFDJ has garnered more than 16,000 […]

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GILAD SHILOACH The Islamic State claimed responsibility for a terror attack in Somalia—its first-ever attack in the East African nation. In an official statement circulated by the group’s supporters on Twitter and Telegram, ISIS said its fighters detonated a car bomb targeting forces belonging to the African Union Forces—peacekeeping troops—on the outskirts of the capital […]

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New York Times By JACEY FORTINAPRIL 25, 2016 GAMBELA, Ethiopia — After angry mobs began targeting his community, Simon Thion, 29, felt caught in the middle. Mr. Simon, an Ethiopian who is part of the Nuer ethnic group, went to a hospital in the western town of Gambela recently to visit his nephew, who was […]

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Image copyrightReuters Image captionRiek Machar (c) was greeted at the airport before heading to be sworn in as vice-president South Sudan’s rebel leader Riek Machar has been sworn in as vice-president in a boost for a peace deal aimed at ending more than two years of conflict. He returned earlier to the capital, Juba, to […]

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A man watches the news about Riek Machar’s delayed return in Juba, South Sudan, April 20. The rebel leader’s return to the capital has been consistently delayed and could put South Sudan’s fragile peace deal under strain.CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/GETTY IMAGES   A full week after he was scheduled to touch down in the capital Juba […]

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OPINION By Hagos Abraha It is not unusual for the Eritrea regime to repeat its make believe claims regarding Ethiopia and the region in general. However, it not always we find respected institutions engaged in such intellectually bankrupt propaganda. Sadly, that was the case with the recent article published by the Nordic Africa Institute. We […]

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From West Point’s Combatting Terrorism Center Author(s): Christopher Anzalone Abstract: In the face of major territorial, military, and economic setbacks, the Somali insurgent-jihadi group al-Shabaab has proven remarkably resilient thanks to pragmatic decision-making and skilled tactical maneuvering. With strong interpersonal ties and a capable internal security network, the group’s senior leadership continues to maintain overall […]

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