Strategic Thinking on East Africa

We normally don’t cover sports but the editorial team could not pass up a piece of good news coming out of South Sudan. Congratulations to the team on their win! South Sudan’s Team. Photo credit: AFP Juba, September 5, 2015 (SSNA) — South Sudan has scored “its first ever competitive victory” in the second-half game in […]

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UNITED NATIONS | BY MICHELLE NICHOLS The United States will propose on Wednesday implementing a United Nations arms embargo on South Sudan and further targeted sanctions from Sept. 1 unless President Salva Kiir signs a peace deal to end a 20-month conflict, a diplomat said. A draft resolution was due to be circulated to the 15 members of the U.N. Security […]

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From Rwanda’s New Times By: JAMES KARUHANGA The deteriorating political crisis in Burundi is a serious concern to the United Nations, Abdoulaye Bathily, the special representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Central Africa, said yesterday. Bathily, who also heads the UN Office for Central Africa (Unoca), made the remarks after holding talks with President Paul […]

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NAIROBI, July 25 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Barack Obama has pledged supports for women and young entrepreneurs in Africa who face bigger obstacles when trying to start businesses. Speaking on Saturday at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) in Nairobi, Obama hailed Africa’s enormous potential. He revealed that his government and leading corporations will finance the establishment of […]

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From CCTV-Africa South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar is now threatening to mobilise the ouster of President Salva Kiir if he fails to quit office by Wednesday midnight. Machar has told a news conference in Nairobi that Kiir’s term expires Wednesday and wants him to resign honourably to pave way for elections. He is accusing Kiir’s […]

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Addis Ababa, 3 July 2015 (WIC) – Eritrea faces a second year of scrutiny by human rights investigators after the U.N. body overseeing them extended their mission on Thursday, a decision that may put the government at risk of referral to the International Criminal Court. The U.N. Human Rights Council asked the independent investigators to use […]

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From Chatham House   Miša Zgonec-Rožej Dr Miša Zgonec-Rožej Associate Fellow, International Law South Africa’s failure to arrest the Sudanese president is the latest incident in a troubled relationship between the court and African states. Bashir Flight Leaves ICC in Stalemate Sudan President Omar Al-Bashir was allowed to leave South Africa on 15 June in […]

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United Nations, United States-A United Nations committee is weighing imposing sanctions on six senior commanders from South Sudan, the first to face penalties over the 18-month war, diplomats said Friday. A newly formed UN sanctions committee on South Sudan is considering slapping an assets freeze and global travel ban on the six military leaders from […]

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From The Enough Project Executive Summary In South Sudan, efforts to broker peace are not succeeding. This is in large part because the neighboring countries most involved in the peace process have not yet utilized their unique economic leverage to press for the concessions necessary for peace. The warring parties have little interest in making […]

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Addis Ababa, 9 June 2015 (WIC)- The United Nations Security Council held an informal interactive dialogue with Somalia’s Prime Minister, Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, the AU Commission’s special representative for Somalia, Ambassador Maman Sidikou, and Nicholas Kay, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) on June 8, […]

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