Strategic Thinking on East Africa

New York Times By JACEY FORTIN   Displaced people waiting this month in Wau, South Sudan, to register with aid organizations. The country has, at least officially, emerged from more than two years of civil war that killed tens of thousands of people and displaced over two million. CreditAlbert Gonzalez Farran/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images […]

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International Crisis Group Africa Report N°23625 May 2016 AFP/Samir Bol EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS The formation of a transitional government following Riek Machar’s return to Juba in April marked the most significant milestone of the August 2015 Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (ARCSS) that ended the twenty-month […]

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Sudan’s Janjaweed are back. Only this time they’re better armed. BY TOM RHODES, MUSA JOHN NUBA MOUNTAINS, Sudan — “They surrounded us, killed kids and women, burnt the village. We waited until nightfall, and then we escaped to the mountains,” said Kawthar Ali Adelan, who sought refuge from a March offensive by Sudanese armed forces […]

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OPINION By Hagos Abraha It is not unusual for the Eritrea regime to repeat its make believe claims regarding Ethiopia and the region in general. However, it not always we find respected institutions engaged in such intellectually bankrupt propaganda. Sadly, that was the case with the recent article published by the Nordic Africa Institute. We […]

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By Tesfa-Alem Tekle April 8, 2016 (ADDIS ABABA) – Eritrean Security forces have allegedly killed and injured several army conscripts in the Eritrean capital, Asmara, officials of an Eritrean opposition group told Sudan Tribune on Thursday. Thousands of Eritreans have been lured from Sudanese refugee camps to Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, where they are subject to […]

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Faced with a problem like South Sudan, which from the outside seems an intractable morass of personal rivalries, ethnic and religious divisions, and senseless brutality, it is tempting to put your hands in the air and say: ‘There is nothing we can do.’ Often, that’s exactly the reaction of people unaffected by the conflict, which […]

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People demonstrate in Bujumbura against a decision by Burundi’s ruling party to nominate President Pierre Nkurunziza to run for a third term (April 2015). Photo: Desire Nimubona/IRIN 22 March 2016 – A climate for inclusive dialogue is urgently required to eradicate the polarization and fragmentation of Burundian society, resulting from the increasing poverty and ongoing political […]

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Eritea is considered to be one of the most secretive states in the world. But in a bid to rehabilitate its repressive image, the country has recently begun opening up to journalists. FRANCE 24 reports on the mass exodus of Eritreans every month. It’s a country so secretive it’s been dubbed the “North Korea of […]

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Samuel Gebre Unaccompanied children are fleeing Eritrea to avoid conscription, putting them at risk of abduction and abuse as they seek shelter in places including Europe, a United Nations rights envoy said. There’s been a “steady influx of Eritrean unaccompanied and separated children” into Egypt and neighboring Ethiopia and Sudan since 2008, Sheila B. Keetharuth, […]

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Civilians die in bombing claimed by armed group of traffic junction and restaurant in city 245km northwest of Mogadishu. Somalia’s al-Shabab says it has bombed a busy traffic junction and a nearby restaurant in the city of Baidoa, killing at least 17 people. The attacks on Sunday were part of the armed group’s campaign of […]

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