Strategic Thinking on East Africa

#INDIA : JOURNALISTS LURKING FOR AN INTERVIEW WITH #ERITREA’S PRESIDENT ( AFRICA’S KIM JONG UN) #IAFS BY EDITOR New Delhi , India ( DIPLOMAT.SO) – According to a report published on the website Livemint – In hindsight, I should have known. On Monday, I called the Eritrean embassy in New Delhi, located in the Vasant Vihar neighbourhood, […]

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From The Guardian Ethiopia and Djibouti are looking to create an African infrastructure hegemony that reaches into West Africa. THE MEN IN NAVY BLUE: Ethiopian Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn with Djibouti President, Ismaïl Omar Guelleh. If they had their way they would own oil the railway and oil pipelines from East Africa to the Gulf […]

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From The Sudan Tribune October 1, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese President Omer Hassan al-Bashir affirmed the strength of his country’s relations with Eritrea and praised bilateral cooperation in the wake of reports on silent tensions between the two sides after Khartoum repatriated hundreds of Ethiopian opposition members from Eritrea. FILE - Sudan’s President Omer […]

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Dr Alex Vines OBE Research Director, Area Studies and International Law; Head, Africa Programme China’s slowing economy is making the US a more attractive investor For the first time in more than 15 years, Zimbabwe’s 91-year-old president, Robert Mugabe, openly asked for western re-engagement in his ‘state of the nation’ address in August. A decade […]

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Addis Ababa, 21 September 2015(WIC) - East Africa can become a global and intra-regional trade hub but only if it dismantles all trade barriers in the region, according to researchers at the UK-based Barclays Bank plc. The researchers note that improving Customs clearance procedures, facilitating greater cross-border co-operation, eliminating both tariff and non-tariff barriers and increasing […]

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From The Brookings Institution The devaluation of the Chinese yuan by about 2 percent—its largest single-day drop since 1994—on Tuesday, August 11 took global markets by surprise. Market analysts are busy refining their assessmentsof what the devaluation and its timing mean for the likelihood and extent of a Chinese economic slowdown, the timing of a hike in U.S. […]

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From The Brookings Institution By: David Dollar, Heiwai Tang and Wenjie Chen China’s increased trade with and investment in Africa has boosted the continent’s growth rate, but has also generated considerable controversy. In “Why is China investing in Africa? Evidence from the firm level,” David Dollar, Heiwai Tang, and Wenjie Chen provide a nuanced view of China’s outward […]

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From the Brookings Institution By: David Dollar, Heiwai Tang and Wenjie Chen Share on emailShare on twitterShare on facebookShare on linkedin Share on google_plusone_shareShare on stumbleuponShare on redditShare on print China’s investment in AfricaChina’s increased trade with and investment in Africa has boosted the continent’s growth rate, but has also generated considerable controversy. In “Why […]

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by Tehmina Shaukat Khan China’s expanding presence in sub-Saharan Africa has been a major catalyst for growth in the region. Contrary to widespread opinion, its engagement covers all aspects of development. Stronger domestic policies will help countries in the region increase the gains from this growing partnership. A few years back, I had the opportunity to […]

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PRESS RELEASE Addis Ababa — The President of the United States of America Barack Obama will on Tuesday 28 July 2015, pay an official visit to the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. President Obama will be the first U.S. President to ever visit the African Union. Upon arriving to the AU Headquarters, President […]

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