Answers to Some of Team Trump’s Questions on Foreign Aid to Africa
A piece in the New York Times highlights some of the Africa-related queries posed by Team Trump to the State Department. Sub-Saharan Africa’s 48 countries get $8b in U.S. aid each year. The average...
View ArticleThe Scramble for Somalia
UPDATE: The Journal has a great piece on the new scramble for Somalia among regional and global powers: The maneuvering for territory has drawn a motley crew of actors, including U.A.E. state-owned...
View ArticlePeace is coming to the Horn and beyond
This is from The Economist: …. In a display of unexpected warmth, Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s new prime minister, embraced Issaias Afwerki, the ageing Eritrean dictator. In the Eritrean capital, Asmara,...
View ArticleIs Somalia’s Al Shaabab better at tax collection than most low-income states?
Most low-income states rely on trade taxes (at borders) rather than on income taxes. A common explanation for this phenomenon is that these states lack capacity to collect income taxes among largely...
View ArticleWhy does Al Shabaab target Kenya?
Ngala Chome, PhD candidate at Durham University, has a great review of Al Shabaab recruitment and attacks in Kenya since 2011, and why the group has been able to stage a lot more attacks in Kenya...
View ArticleIs Kenya prepared to go to war with Somalia over a disputed maritime territory?
On Saturday the Kenyan foreign ministry recalled the Kenyan ambassador in Mogadishu and asked his Somalia counterpart to leave the country. This followed an alleged London auction of oil blocks in a...
View ArticleEast African Community Facts of the Day
This is from Charles Onyango-Obbo in The EastAfrican: In the year 2000, Ugandan exports to Rwanda were worth $9 million. By the 2017/2018 financial year, this figure had shot up to $197 million,...
View ArticleDo Gulf States have too much influence in Eastern Africa’s capitals?
That is the question that Michael Woldemariam and Alden Young ask over at Foreign Affairs. Here’s an excerpt: Faced with expanding Iranian influence, the destabilizing precedent of the Arab Spring,...
View ArticleA Look at Contract Foreign Soldiers Among Gulf States
A number of stories have recently surfaced on how the UAE is coercing Sudanese recruits to fight as mercenaries in Yemen. وقفة احتجاجية امام السفارة الامارتية بالخرطوم لاسر الشباب السودانيين الذين تم...
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