Strategic Thinking on East Africa

  by the Strathink Editorial Team Berhanu Nega came back to the United States on a mission—to re-energize a brittle and flagging organization breaking apart from Asmara to Washington, D.C. On January 31st, he gave a speech in Maryland to his followers. We look at Berhanu Nega through his own words. This is Part32 in […]

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The African Union’s (AU’s) counter-terrorism policy isn’t working. Looking back at 2015 and the many terrorist incidents that punctuated news headlines in Africa, it is difficult to escape this conclusion. There was the attack by al-Shabaab gunmen on Garissa University in Kenya in April, which killed 148 people – mostly students. There was the Boko Haram […]

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Berhanu Nega said in his recent speech to Ginbot 7 members in Silver Spring, Maryland that the Eritrean government has provided food to everyone affected by the drought. These Eritreans disagree. Listen to this BBC report on life in Endabaguna reception centre, where many Eritreans are taken after they cross the border into Ethiopia to […]

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From The Brookings Institution Africa is at a tipping point in 2016. Despite all the success the continent has achieved in recent years, new and old dangers—economic, political, and security-related—threaten to derail its progress. With sound policymaking, effective leadership, and enough foresight, however—Africa can meet and defeat these challenges as well as the many more […]

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by the Strathink Editorial Team The European Union (EU) has announced its decision to grant Eritrea €200 million of “new long term support to promote poverty reduction and socio-economic development.” European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica, said: “The EU provides development aid where it is most needed to reduce poverty and support […]

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December 4, 2015 (JUBA) – The recent upsurge of fighting between local groups, known as the “Arrow Boys”, and the South Sudanese army (SPLA) in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria state has displaced over 4,000 people into a remote region of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has […]

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From BBC Image captionMany Eritreans, including unaccompanied children, first flee over the border to Ethiopia Conscription in Eritrea continues to be indefinite despite the government saying last year it would be limited to 18 months, Amnesty International says. The compulsory service, which often lasts decades, is the main reason cited by those who flee the […]

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Aryn Baker / Addis Ababa @arynebaker Nov. 12, 2015 Jin Yu—Xinhua Press/CorbisPresident of the European Council Donald Tusk speaks at the press conference with Prime Minister of Malta Joseph Muscat (L) and President of Senegal Macky Sall (R) following a two-day summit on migration that ended in Valletta, Malta, on Nov. 12, 2015. A two-day […]

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While European countries bemoan the refugee influx, developing countries like Ethiopia have hosted hundreds of thousands of refugees for years. But without a future, the refugees’ sense of relief gives way to despair. Seated inside the small emergency support office, James holds a sheet of paper containing passport-sized photos of his South Sudanese family. Next […]

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French President Francois Hollande (r) talks to President of the European Council Donald Tusk at an informal summit on migration in Valletta, Malta, Nov. 11, 2015. VOA News Last updated on: November 11, 2015 5:10 AM French President Francois Hollande says Africa needs more international development aid in order to curb the flow of migrants […]

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