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The Horn Of Africa States: The Presence Of Uganda Soldiers In Somalia – OpEd

It is certainly not for the benefit of Somalia and Somalis. They did no good during their long stay in

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The Horn Of Africa States: Redirecting The Arab Gulf Policies Towards The Region – OpEd

History is the record of past events. It is shaped daily by the actions, decisions, and thoughts of peoples, countries

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The Horn Of Africa States: When A Corrupt Political Class Ruins A Country, The Somali Case – OpEd

Somalia is a beautiful country, and its people are indigenous to the Horn of Africa. They have given their name

06.05.2025 4

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The  Horn Of Africa States: The Need For New Financial Engineering – OpEd

On April 13, 2025, I wrote that “The year 2025 will no doubt be challenging for the banks in the

01.05.2025 7

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The Horn Of Africa States: Somalia – AUSSOM Is Not Workable But Replacing Governance Is – OpEd

The African Union once again met on Somalia on April 25th, 2025, in Entebbe, Uganda, reaffirming again that Uganda should

30.04.2025 10

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The Horn Of Africa States: Somalia, The Collapse And The Recovery In Progress – OpEd

The Horn Of Africa States: Somalia, The Collapse And The Recovery In Progress – OpEd

Somalia is a unique African country in many respects but also shares many things with others. First, It was born out of the will of its people...

28.04.2025 10

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The Horn Of Africa States: The Failed African Mission In Somalia – OpEd

The African Union Mission in Somalia has, much like a chameleon, changed names so many times and is currently called

27.04.2025 4

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The Horn Of Africa States: Somalia’s Maritime Security, Governance, And Economic Exploitation – OpEd

The Indian Ocean basin is a vast space and covers several seas, straits (both natural and man-made), and the Indian

17.04.2025 3

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The Horn Of Africa States: Reforming The Security Landscape Of The African Continent – OpEd

Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, the African Union’s Commission new Chairperson campaigned that he would advocate for significant reforms in how Africa

16.04.2025 4

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The Horn Of Africa States: The Untold Story Of Somalia – OpEd

It is always good to experience the experience. Very few place can earn the title of ‘experience’ and Somalia would

16.04.2025 5

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The Horn Of Africa States: A Senselessly Volatile Region – OpEd

The Americas (mostly the United States), the Europeans, (The UK, France, Germany and other smaller but crucially  and quietly important

04.04.2025 4

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Horn Of Africa States: The Fake Religious Terror Wars In Somalia – OpEd

We have recently been bombarded by the wars on the ISIS group in Somalia and a re-emerging war on the

27.03.2025 4

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The Horn Of Africa States: The Challenges And Potential Of Somalia’s Mining Sector – OpEd

Somalia, a country grappling with numerous challenges, is at a crucial juncture in its efforts to harness its natural resources

26.03.2025 20

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The Horn Of Africa States: Somalia – Resilience In The Face Of Relentless Assaults (Part II) – OpEd

In part I of this two-part series, we noted that Somalia stayed resilient in the face of multiple and relentless

17.02.2025 5

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The Horn Of Africa States: Challenges For New Chairperson Of The African Union – OpEd

Saturday the 15th of February 2025 will go into the annals of the history of the Horn of Africa States

17.02.2025 5

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The Horn Of Africa States: The Troubled EAC – OpEd

Like many regional organizations in Africa, the East African Community (EAC) faces significant challenges. While the original concept of fostering

15.02.2025 5

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The Horn Of Africa States: When President Trump Is Not Wrong – OpEd

It is surprising to note the outcry of many African countries on the initiative of President Donald Trump to make

14.02.2025 30

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The Horn Of Africa States: The Root Cause Of Its Problems – OpEd

European colonial intervention in the nineteenth/twentieth century, involving the creation of the current country infrastructure of the region,...

06.02.2025 3

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The Horn Of Africa States: Somalia And Possibilities Of A MICE Industry – OpEd

Somalia is the easternmost country of Africa jutting into the Somali Sea (the northern Indian Ocean). Its land space is

02.02.2025 3

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The Horn Of Africa States: War, Peace, And Stability (Part II) – OpEd

The title of an article in Addis Insight on the 28th of January 2025 drew my attention. It was entitled

30.01.2025 6

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The Horn Of Africa States: Wrong Friends And Wrong Foes – OpEd

The Horn of Africa States (HAS) region is one complex regional economic and security apparatus. On the one hand, the

28.01.2025 5

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The Horn Of Africa States: The India Ties – OpEd

The Horn of Africa States and India have a long history together although this is not talked about much. It

26.01.2025 3

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The Horn Of Africa States: The Strategic Dynamics Of Somalia – OpEd

Somalia’s geostrategic location will continue to attract the attention of world leaders, more so the powerful countries of the USA,

23.01.2025 3

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The Horn Of Africa States: Upcoming Visit Of President Erdogan To Region – OpEd

The Horn of Africa States region continues its traditional presence in the international media, with major, middle and regional powers

20.01.2025 8

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The Horn Of Africa States: Implications Of Visit Of Somalia’s President To Ethiopia – OpEd

It is a long journey from the accusation of President Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud in February 2024 during the Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of...

13.01.2025 10

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The Horn Of Africa States: The Pains Of The Afar People – OpEd

They say Africa is splitting along the Great East African Rift valley. The ongoing volcanic activities in the Afar region

12.01.2025 6

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The Horn Of Africa States: A Somali Season – OpEd

Could there ever be a Somali Spring or a Somali Summer or a Somali Autumn or a Somali Winter? Whichever season they select, there is bound to be,...

26.12.2024 4

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The Horn Of Africa States: The Emerging Somalia Foreign Policy – OpEd

Somalia is a founding member of the African Union (the “AU”), Intergovernmental Authority on Development (“IGAD”), and the Organization of Islamic...

23.12.2024 7

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The Horn Of Africa States: Economic Integration – OpEd

We have been discussing the issue of economic integration as a solution for the Horn of Africa States region for years now. It is interesting to...

22.12.2024 4

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The Horn Of Africa States: An Ethio-Somali Rapprochement – OpEd

December 11th, 2024, was another historic day for the Horn of Africa States region. It was the day the Ankara Declaration was announced by the...

16.12.2024 10

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The Horn Of Africa States: Somalis Know – OpEd

Somalia was a self-sufficient country in food until at least the late 1970s, when intervention of the IMF and the World Bank in the early 1980s...

15.12.2024 6

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The Horn Of Africa States: The Need For Change Leadership – OpEd

The Horn of Africa States region is a resource rich region but is devoid of visionary leadership. Many of the region’s leadership have, indeed,...

05.12.2024 5

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The Horn Of Africa States: The Turkey Page (Part IV) – OpEd

There is generally a cyclical nature in the history of nations and countries. It is kind of a pattern, they say, that repeats itself over periods,...

03.12.2024 4

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The Horn Of Africa States: International Trade And The Region – OpEd

As no person was ever able to meet all his needs alone, there was always an exchange of goods and services throughout most of human history....

02.12.2024 5

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The Horn Of Africa States: A Loya Ado To Ras Kiamboni Railway – OpEd

This is just a dream, but it could also be converted to a reality – a railway from Loya Ado in Northwest Somalia, bordering Djibouti to Ras...

25.11.2024 5

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The Horn Of Africa States: The Challenges Of Financial Realignments – OpEd

In a Visual Capitalist report of September 17th, 2024, it was noted that the US Dollar dominates the world reserve currencies at 59%. It is...

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The Horn Of Africa States: The Potential Of Oil And Gas In Regional Integration (Part IV) – OpEd

In the Horn of Africa States region, conflicts and economic challenges still continue, The region remains poor, and its population keeps growing at...

20.11.2024 4

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The Horn Of Africa States: The Turkey Page  (Part III) – OpEd

The economic history of Africa is as old as the first people of mankind. The economy of the continent moved from hunter gathering to agriculture (...

14.11.2024 2

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The Horn Of Africa States: President Trump’s Re-Election And The Region – OpEd

The Horn of Africa States region has been a significant geopolitical battleground on the world stage since the opening of the Suez Canal in the...

07.11.2024 3

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The Horn Of Africa States: The Region’s Prospects – OpEd

A little over a century ago, the region was always a net exporter o f goods and services to the outside world. Today, it is a net importer of most...

06.11.2024 3

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The Horn Of Africa States: A Resource Rich Region – OpEd

When discussing the economies of the Horn of Africa States region, as is the case with the rest of Africa, almost all analysts always talk in terms...

04.11.2024 2

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The Horn Of Africa States: There Is No Need For AUSSOM – OpEd

A seventeen-year-old operation which has not achieved its goal can only be considered a total failure, which by all standards and common sense,...

24.10.2024 3

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The Horn Of Africa States: The Turkey Page – OpEd

The geo-strategic location of the Horn of Africa States always comes to mind when writing about the region. It is not strange and its is not a...

21.10.2024 4

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The Horn Of Africa States: A Regional Block To Assure Peace And Stability – OpEd

The Indian Ocean was always an ocean of communication, trade and human activity from times immemorial. It connected Africa to Asia and further to...

18.10.2024 3

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The Horn Of Africa States: The Continuing Foreign Exchange Crisis In Ethiopia – OpEd

Earlier in the year and more specifically on July 28th July 2024, Ethiopia made a historic move. It introduced a new macroeconomic reform process,...

16.10.2024 5

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The Horn Of Africa States: The Trappings Of Power In The Region – OpEd

There were strong leaders in the past and throughout history but not necessarily great leaders. Some of them built nations and/or empires but many...

14.10.2024 3

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The Horn Of Africa States: The Only Possibility For An Access To A Sea – OpEd

Ethiopia’s quest for an access to a sea has been the talk of the Horn of Africa States over the past year. This has caused relations between the...

13.10.2024 9

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The Horn Of Africa States: The Perils Of Strategic Errors (Part II) – OpEd

There is a fear among all Ethiopians and many pundits outside Ethiopia that the country is in danger of disintegrating from within, let alone from...

11.10.2024 4

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The Horn Of Africa States: The Teetering Ethiopian Economy – OpEd

Ethiopia stepped into a destructive path in 2020 when it started a war with itself. Inter-state wars are often reported to negatively affect...

08.10.2024 2

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The Horn Of Africa States: The Dynamics Of The Cold War Never Left The Region – OpEd

The Horn of Africa States is an important junction in world affairs and this pivots to its vital linkage in world shipping and hence trade and...

07.10.2024 5

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