Strategic Thinking on East Africa

  Strathink readers are calling for more information on the Eritrean President’s health as well as steps to be taken by the international community to help Eritreans develop a smooth transition of power in a post-Isayas Eritrea. We are doing our best to keep our readers up-to-date. One organization, the Felsberger Institute located in Germany, […]

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  By David Smith Ambassador Herman J. Cohen is no stranger to controversy in his long career of lobbying on behalf of foreign governments. Africa Intelligence called Ambassador Cohen “one of the most active American lobbyists for Africa in the 1990s. The American Prospect put it more cynically saying, “he [Ambassador Cohen] has emerged as […]

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  By David Smith The contemporary narrative of terrorism is driven by the daily news reports of disaffected and marginalized young Muslims wreaking havoc on other Muslims in their quest for an Islamic caliphate. Yet, the reality is that terrorists come in many forms. A recent article in Ozy, a website (www.ozy.com) with original […]

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Normalizing Relations Between Eritrea and the United States: Farsightedness or Foolishness? By Guest Editor “Bringing in Eritrea from the Cold” Almost one year ago, Ambassador Herman Cohen, former US Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, wrote an article advocating “bringing Eritrea in from the cold.”[1] What does that mean? It means, according to Ambassador […]

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Is Rwanda choosing impunity over international justice? Louise Mushikiwabo is this week’s guest on Conflict Zone, DW’s top political talk show. Louise Mushikiwabo on Conflict Zone The Foreign Minister of Rwanda accused the International Criminal Court (ICC) of having a racial bias and of being little more than a tool for Western countries “to manipulate […]

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Best-selling writer and chef Anthony Bourdain teamed up with another best-selling writer and chef, Marcus Samuelsson, to visit Ethiopia for the CNN broadcast of Parts Unknown. Accompanied by Marcus’ wife, internationally-renown model Maya Haile, the three show us a “different Ethiopia” than the one depicted in the news-dominated images of poverty and famine. Rural life […]

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By AFRICAREVIEW.COM | Tuesday, October 27 2015 at 14:12 Workers stack up ballot boxes at a polling station in Dar es Salaam on October 26, 2015. Votes were being counted in what is expected to be Tanzania’s tightest election race ever. PHOTO | AFP Foreign election observers are expected to commend Tanzanian authorities for a […]

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From African Arguments Posted on October 20, 2015 by Anjli Parrin & Modupe Odele The US military says it only has a “small footprint” in Africa, but leaks and investigations reveal a sprawling network of operations and drone bases. An unmanned Reaper drone comes in to land. Photograph by Fg Off Owen Cheverton. An unmanned […]

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From Foreign Policy BY SUZANNE NOSSEL Uganda’s Would-Be ‘President for Life’ Can Be Beaten “Nobody should be president for life,” declared U.S. President Barack Obama during a pointed speech in July before the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. As parts of Africa boast rising standards of living, more stable democracies, and burgeoning modern industries, […]

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From the Sudan Tribune By Tesfa-Alem Tekle October 25, 2015 (ADDIS ABABA) – The Eritrean government has urged the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to take measures against neighboring Ethiopia over territories the latter illegally occupies. Eritrea, which borders Sudan and Ethiopia, has been dubbed the North Korea of Africa (HRW) Eritrea’s foreign affairs ministry, […]

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