By using every possible means to achieve its illegitimate and illegal goals in Africa, Iran has not been reluctant to support outlawed groups and militias in countries suffering from political and social instability. It has done this either with the (...)
According to a 2020 Global Terrorism Index report, Africa has become “the centre of gravity” for the Islamic State (IS) and Al-Qaeda, losing no less than $171 billion to terrorism in the last 10 years. Terrorist groups have moved there and to some (...)
After 13 years of its deployment in Darfur, the joint UN-African Union peacekeeping force UNAMID has begun its withdrawal from the restive region of western Sudan amid fears of renewed violence between rebel militias and government forces and of (...)
At a time the extremist Al-Shabaab movement intensified bloody attacks and the terrorist Islamic State (IS) group strengthened its presence in Somalia, US President Donald Trump decided to withdraw from the East African country, a few months before (...)
Although the Ethiopian government announced that federal troops had taken over the capital of the northern region of Tigray, and that military operations were complete, regional diplomats and experts have warned that a military victory might not end (...)
The Ethiopian army's campaign to suppress the rebellion in the Tigray region, home to six per cent of the Ethiopian population, may have numerous local and regional repercussions, not least on the negotiations between Addis Ababa, Cairo, and (...)
“Africa doesn't need strongmen; it needs strong institutions. Nobody should be president for life. Your country is better off if you have new blood and new ideas.”
A strong warning issued by former US president Barack Obama 11 years ago during his (...)
In what could mark a major historical feat ending 17 years of civil warfare and bloodshed in Sudan, the government in Khartoum signed a comprehensive and final peace agreement on Saturday, 3 October, with most of the rebel movements in Darfur, South (...)
If the recent initiative undertaken by the current African Union chair succeeds in resolving the outstanding differences between Egypt and Sudan, on the one hand, and Ethiopia, on the other, over the rules for filling and operating the Grand (...)
Before a partial last-minute breakthrough on Monday in technical negotiations between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, a state of despair had clouded the atmosphere of negotiation. (...)
The Sudanese army has for the first time publicly accused the Ethiopian army of supporting Ethiopian militias that have invaded Sudan and clashed with the Sudanese army. The accusation combined with the warning that Khartoum will keep all options (...)
To prevent Ethiopia from completing construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and begin operations without first reaching an agreement with Egypt and Sudan, Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri has appealed to the UN Security Council to (...)
It has been around two months since Washington and the Taliban signed the historic peace agreement that signalled the start of the withdrawal of US and allied forces' troops from Afghanistan within 14 months. However, the recent breakdown in talks (...)
Both before and after Addis Ababa began to construct the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Egypt was untiring in its efforts, first, to promote consensus between countries at the sources of the Nile and downstream countries, and, second, to (...)
The thought of potential gains from the construction and operation of Ethiopia's Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) must be behind the Sudanese refusal to initial the draft agreement prepared by the US Department of the Treasury in collaboration (...)
The agreement between South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and ex-rebel opposition leader Riek Machar to form a transitional national unity government after repeated delays marks an important breakthrough on the six-year-long road to peace. However, (...)
The African Union (AU) has taken two inseparable and seemingly intractable issues as the focus of its work in 2020. The Silencing the Guns initiative is a drive to end the incessant conflicts that plague the continent and is essential to creating (...)
The negotiating marathon over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) moved closer to the finishing line when in Washington Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia agreed a timetable for filling the dam's reservoir and two mechanisms for handling periods of (...)
The countries that have suffered most from the blight of terrorism are struggling to rid themselves of terrorist groups fostered and supported by a number of nations, foremost among which are Turkey, Qatar and Iran which utilise terrorist groups and (...)
Terrorism cost the global economy $52 billion in 2017, according to the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) produced by a consortium of international institutes, including the US Department of Homeland Security and the University of Maryland. The countries (...)
The fourth and last round of technical discussions between Egyptian, Sudanese and Ethiopian water resources and irrigation ministers on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) began today (Thursday, 9 January 2020) in Addis Ababa. The meeting is (...)
The fourth Invest for Africa Forum (IAF) kicks off tomorrow in the New Administrative Capital. The IAF aims to promote investment and support for the infrastructure and mechanisms of intra-African trade. It will bring together governments and the (...)
The attention of many observers was riveted on Washington this week, where the foreign ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan met to iron out their differences surrounding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project.
The meeting, sponsored by (...)
The vast Sahel-Sahara region, which spans Mali, Niger, Algeria, Libya, Chad, Burkina Faso and Mauritania, has become home to such terrorist organisations as the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJWA), Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (...)
The vast Sahel-Sahara region, which spans Mali, Niger, Algeria, Libya, Chad, Burkina Faso and Mauritania, has become home to such terrorist organisations as the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJWA), Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (...)