Horn of Africa Archives

Turkey and the New Scramble for Africa: Ottoman Designs or Unfounded Fears?

Source: Lawfare By Zach Vertin Sunday, May 19, 2019, 10:00 AM Photo Credit: via Anadolu Agency Editor’s Note: Turkey has…

“Kenya may have suffered these attacks since it is considered a key ally of the West. But why is Al-Shabaab…

This article is by TRT World – the Turkish government broadcaster The great game in the Horn of Africa Mehari…

Source: al Ahram Sino-American duel in the Red Sea The race for power and influence between the US and China…

Source: Pulse The sad similarity between Sri Lanka, Zambia and now Djibouti that best exemplifies China’s ‘debt trap’ diplomacy One…

It was a series of local frontier disputes that sparked off the 1998 – 2000 border war. These were conflicts…

Source: Life and Peace Institute The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) region has nine major sea ports namely Assab, Massawa,…

The New Scramble for Africa Jacqulyn Meyer Kantack Source: Critical Threats, American Enterprise Institute [Note: the American bases are…

This is a very useful compilation of papers published by the Institute for Security Studies looking at everything from the…