Strategic Thinking on East Africa

Addis Ababa, 6 June 2015 (WIC) - Militants from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) are believed to have kidnapped 86 Eritrean refugees from a smugglers’ caravan in western Libya. The militants struck at dawn on Wednesday morning, stopping the vehicle before separating Christian refugees from their Muslim counterparts, according to Meron Estafanos, the […]

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From Al Aharam At least 35 people, most of them civilians, have been killed in a week of clashes in villages near Somalia’s border with Ethiopia, officials and traditional elders said Sunday. The sources said the clashes involved Somali clan militia and members of the Liyu police, an Ethiopian paramilitary unit operating in Ethiopia’s ethnic […]

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by Ronald Njoroge and Chris Mgidu NAIROBI, May 29 (Xinhua) — Kenya will host a regional conference on countering violent extremism in June, officials said on Friday. Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs Karanja Kibicho told a media briefing in Nairobi that for the last four weeks, a team has been working towards the preparation of […]

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Addis Ababa, 21 May 2015 (WIC) - Somalia’s president has lashed out at the government of neighbouring Kenya - accusing it of a “heavy-handed” approach to regional security, and specifically criticizing Kenya’s recent decision to clamp down on money transfer companies allegedly linked to the militant group, Al-Shabaab. In an interview with BBC News, President Hassan […]

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Sudan, ISIS and radical Islam: examining a contradictory approach – Muhammed Osman Posted on May 18, 2015 by AfricanArgumentsEditor                         When Sudan’s Vice-President Hassabo Abdul Rahman declared on 22nd March 2015 the “non-existence of any signs of extremism or [related] terrorism” in his country, the irony could […]

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From The Independent PUBLISHED17/05/2015 | OPEN GALLERY 1 President Pierre Nkurunziza after making a brief statement to the media at the presidential palace in Bujumbura (AP) Burundi president Pierre Nkurunziza has made his first appearance in the capital since the attempted coup against his government last week. Mr Nkurunziza made a brief statement to journalists in the […]

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  CAIRO, May 7 (Xinhua) — A group of Ethiopians freed from Islamic militant kidnappers in Libya arrived in Cairo Thursday, state-run Nile TV reported. TV footage showed Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi receiving and greeting the Ethiopians, who waived Egyptian flags, at Cairo International Airport. “We were concerned about our Ethiopian brothers, after news reported […]

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Kerry visits Djibouti Addis Ababa, 6 May 2015 (WIC) – US Secretary of State John Kerry visited Djibouti today, the first U.S. Secretary of State to visit the country. Upon his arrival at Ambouli International Airport, Kerry was received by Foreign Minister of Djibouti. Accompanied by the US Ambassador to Djiboui, Mr. Tom Kelly and […]

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US Secretary of State John Kerry gestures on his departure for Kenya from Colombo on May 3, 2015. PHOTO | ANDREW HARNIK | AFP ANDREW HARNIK | AFP NAIROBI US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Kenya on Sunday for talks on security cooperation and ahead of US President Barack Obama’s visit to […]

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From DevEx By Flavie Halaisflaviehalais A member of the Kenya Defense Forces at the airport in Kismayo, Somalia. The city was liberated from al-Shabab by the combined forces of the Kenyan and Somali military in October 2012. Kenya has recently launched a number of initiatives meant to protect the country’s borders against the terrorist group. Photo […]

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