Strategic Thinking on East Africa

Minister says intervention brigade needed to support UN peacekeepers By Addis Getachew ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia Rwanda, Kenya and Ethiopia are preparing a military force to intervene in South Sudan, an Ethiopian official said Friday. South Sudan was hit by renewed violence between government forces and former rebel troops that left hundreds dead earlier this week, […]

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Strathink Editorial Team In a world saturated with bad news, the recent eruption of heavy fighting in South Sudan’s capital not only is tragic but threatens the entire region. Since December 2013, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar have been dismantling the fragile political unity of the world’s newest state and […]

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BBC Share Image copyrightAFP Image captionGovernment helicopter gunships were seen over Juba on Monday South Sudan strife Renewed fighting has broken out in South Sudan between forces loyal to the president and vice-president. A reporter in the capital, Juba, told the BBC gunfire and large explosions could be heard all over the city. He said […]

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An Eritrean refugee protests against government outside EU offices in Israel [File: Amir Cohen/Reuters] The United Nations rights council has called on the African Union to investigate Eritrean leaders over alleged crimes against humanity after a damning report by a UN commission. UN: Eritrea government commits crimes against humanity In that report, the UN’s Commission […]

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UN agencies have warned that up to 4.8 million people in South Sudan will face severe food shortages in the coming months [Reuters] Tens of thousands of people have fled fighting in northwestern South Sudan between government troops and a newly formed rebel group, as food shortages in the country hit their highest levels in […]

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Eritreans celebrate the conclusion of the UN-supervised referendum, held from 23-25 April 1993. The majority voted for independence from Ethiopia. UN Photo/Milton Grant 8 June 2016 – Officials in Eritrea have committed crimes against humanity, including enslavement, rape and torture, across the country over the past 25 years, according to a new report released today […]

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Fighting between government forces and armed groups around a town in the northwest of South Sudan has forced thousands to flee, the United Nations and an aid agency said on Saturday. The clashes around Wau, northwest of the capital, are the latest flare-up in a nation which was mired in conflict for more than two […]

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ADDIS ABABA | BY AARON MAASHO Eritrea and Ethiopia accused each other of starting clashes on Sunday between their soldiers in a border region, highlighting persistent tension over a boundary dispute that triggered war in 1998-2000. Ethiopia said the situation was calm on Monday, after a resident on the Ethiopian side reported the sound of […]

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8 Jun 2016 - Presentation of the second report by the Commission of Inquiry on human rights in Eritrea Speaker: Mike Smith, Chairperson, Commission of Inquiry on human rights in Eritrea. Geneva, 8 June 2016 Good morning and thank you all very much for coming to this briefing on today’s publication of the report of the UN […]

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Reuters BY TOM MILES U.N. rights investigators accused Eritrean leaders of crimes against humanity including torture, rape and murder on Wednesday and called on the Security Council to impose sanctions and refer the case to the International Criminal Court. Atrocities - including an indefinite military national service program that amounted to mass enslavement - had […]

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