Strategic Thinking on East Africa

From Israel National News Ethiopian legislators are drawing up a new law to provide harsher penalties for criminals convicted of human trafficking. The current law stipulates a fine of up to $2,500 US and a prison sentence from five to 20 years. The Ministry of Justice stated that it is concerned because incidents of human smuggling are rapidly increasing, and […]

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  From The Brookings Institution Omer Karasapan | April 23, 2015 12:30pm The human tragedy of thousands of asylum seekers floundering—and dying—in the Mediterranean highlights an unprecedented global challenge for the 21st century. “In terms of migrants and refugees, nothing has been seen like this since World War Two“, says Leonard Doyle, spokesman for the International Organization for […]

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BY LARA JAKES APRIL 23, 2015 - 10:10 AM Thousands of refugees are fleeing Yemen every day to escape a country that the United Nations says is on “the brink of total disaster” as Saudi Arabian airstrikes continue to pound Houthi rebels who have seized control of Sanaa and other swaths of Yemen. U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees […]

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Nearly one-fifth of people crossing the Mediterranean are leaving a country touted for achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Turns out, a better life requires more than a U.N. checklist. BY MICHELA WRONG APRIL 22, 2015 Each migrant trying to cross the Mediterranean in a rickety boat has his or her own reason for risking the journey. […]

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From The Guardian Like many of her fellow Eritrean refugees, Sofia, who managed to escape northwards to Cairo, has a very simple reason for fleeing her homeland. “In Eritrea you’re even afraid to talk to your family,” she says. “The person next to me [in a cafe] could be a spy, and they are looking at what […]

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By: ALLAN BRIAN SSENYONGA PUBLISHED: April 19, 2015 A decade ago, The Economist described Africa as a hopeless continent. As expected we spent nearly a decade denouncing the description as unfair and inaccurate. Then a decade later the same magazine declared that Africa was indeed rising. Like the biblical story of Saul turning into Paul, […]

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