Strategic Thinking on East Africa

From BBC Image copyrightAP Image captionNo official figures have been released about the number of troops killed Kenyan forces have pulled out from two military bases in Somalia, including one attacked by militant Islamist group al-Shabab, residents have told the BBC. Al-Shabab fighters have seized the southern town of Badhadhe after the troops retreated, a […]

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Press Release from Congressman Royce In Addis Ababa, Chairman Royce Expresses Support for Strong U.S.-Ethiopia Cooperation to Confront Terrorism and Spur Economic Growth Media Contact (202) 225-5021 JAN 17, 2016 ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – In a series of meetings in Ethiopia’s capital, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) expressed support for the strong […]

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by PETE WILLIAMS Members of al Shabaab, al Qaeda-linked insurgents, ride in a pick-up truck after distributing relief to famine-stricken internally displaced people at Ala Yaasir camp at Km50 outside Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, September 3, 2011. © Feisal Omar / Reuters / REUTERS A Maryland man has been charged with traveling to Somalia and receiving training from […]

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By The Strathink Editorial Team They came to the United States and Europe in the late 1970s and 1980’s. Many settled in and around Washington, D.C. Some went on to college, finishing the education they began in Ethiopia during the early and mid-1970s until politics replaced academics. Others bought taxicabs, started small businesses and took […]

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By ELIAS MESERET5 hours ago ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The U.S. government has shut down its drone operation base in southern Ethiopia, an embassy official announced. A decision has been reached that the base in Arba Minch, 450 kilometers (280 miles) south of Addis Ababa, is no longer necessary, embassy spokesman David Kennedy told The […]

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By the Strathink Editorial Team The recent news that yet another Ginbot 7 leader, Neamin Zeleke, has imploded because of a disagreement with Eritrean President Isayas Afewerki does not portend well for the organization. Just last year, Andachargew Tsige, now in Ethiopian custody, blew the whistle on the massive dysfunction within the leadership, leading Berhanu […]

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The U.S. Air Force recently “neutralized” 69 enemy combatants — and has taken meticulous steps to cover its tracks This piece originally appeared on TomDispatch. On October 7th, at an “undisclosed location” somewhere in “Southwest Asia,” men wearing different types of camouflage and dun-colored boots gathered before a black backdrop adorned with Arabic script. They were […]

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Foreign Policy South Sudan’s leaders tore their country apart. Now they want Western donors to pay to put it back together again. BY JASON PATINKIN JUBA — South Sudan’s leaders spent the last two years locked in a brutal war for power that has killed tens of thousands of people. Their forces stand accused of war […]

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BY THOMAS JOSCELYN | tjoscelyn@gmail.com | Three jihadists in Somalia, including the one pictured here, announced their allegiance to Abu Bakr al Baghdadi in a video released online on Dec. 7. Separately, an American jihadist reportedly surrendered to authorities.An American jihadist who fought in the ranks of Shabaab, al Qaeda’s official branch in East Africa, has reportedly […]

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Sudan Tribune December 13, 2015 (JUBA) - A South Sudanese official has expressed regret over the criticisms by a United States senator, stressing government’s commitment towards implementing the peace agreement signed in August with armed opposition faction led by former vice president, Riek Machar, to end more than 21 month conflict in the country. South […]

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