Strategic Thinking on East Africa

Bureau of African Affairs’ Assistant Secretary Linda Thomas-Greenfield speaks before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on “Terrorism and Instability in Sub-Saharan Africa” on May 10, 2016.

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New York Times By ALEX DE WAAL ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The worst drought in three decades has left almost 20 million Ethiopians — one-fifth of the population — desperately short of food. And yet the country’s mortality rate isn’t expected to increase: In other words, Ethiopians aren’t starving to death. I’ve studied famine and […]

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by Omono Eremionkhale Ethiopia is slowly but surely establishing itself as a major power hub in Africa through its electricity exports. The Ethiopian Electric Service has said that the country made about $123 million (2.6 billion birr) between 2015 and 2016 budget year from the sale of electricity both locally and abroad. During a parliamentary session recently, […]

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Deutsche Welle Every month as many as 5,000 people flee Eritrea, a country ruled by an authoritarian regime in which human rights violations are widespread. Oliver Ramme has just returned from a rare visit to the African nation. Eritrean asylum seekers at a refugee camp in Kassala State, eastern Sudan Tokombia is a village lying […]

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From Chatham House Adjoa Anyimadu Research Associate, Africa Programme Tanzania’s leaders will need to increasingly rely on astute policy-making to maintain the country’s unique position in a region with numerous powerful national leaders, writes Adjoa Anyimadu. Magogoni ferry arrives at city full of commuters, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Photo: Charles Bowman/Getty Images. Summary Despite its long-standing […]

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From: Berhane Habtemariam AFP It’s not a model democracy, though, with strongman Guelleh, in power since 1999, seeking a fourth term in a vote slammed by the opposition as a sham Trucks load cargo at Djibouti port. (Photo/AFP). THE tiny Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti, which votes Friday in presidential elections, is hitching its […]

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Discredited Danish report on Eritrea human rights leaves refugees stranded on European route. James Rippingale | Refugees stand among the remains of the Kurdish and Eritrean areas of Calais’ ‘the Jungle’ after French authorities bulldozed this part of the camp [James Rippingale/Al Jazeera] Calais, France - Away from the forced conscriptions, enforced disappearances, torture and religious repression […]

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How a forgotten sandlot of a country became a hub of international power games. By Monte Reel | March 23, 2016 Photographs by Guillaume Bonn/INSTITUTE Bloomberg News The bartender measures a shot of Johnnie Walker Red Label in a steel jigger and dumps it over ice. A waitress sets the glass on a tray and […]

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From The Guardian With its clear skies and closeness to the equator, Ethiopia is an ideal location for space exploration. Yet for a developing country facing its worst drought in 50 years, spending millions of dollars to look at the stars might, at first, seem frivolous. “They call us crazy because they think we’re [only] […]

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by the Strathink Editorial Team Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn spoke with AllAfrica’s Reed Kramer in Addis Ababa following the U.S.-Africa Business Summit several weeks ago. The Strathink Editorial Team took the opportunity to revisit the Prime Minister’s interview to try to understand the government’s perspective on some of the headlines today. On maintaining security […]

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