Source: National Interest | Jordan Cope With four burgeoning safe havens, ISIS has revived in Sub-Sahara and could be deadlier than ever. – Before 9/11, many forget that Osama Bin Laden largely made a name for himself in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Sudan, he conceived his Islamic Army Shura, laying “the groundwork for a true global terrorist network” […]
Military Watch | Dash-8 Spy Plane and C-146 Transport Destroyed The Somali militant group Al Shabab launched a successful attack on a U.S. military base in Kenya, the Manda Bay Airfield, on January 5th. The attack follows longstanding tensions between the group and American forces in the region, and amid at time when the U.S. […]
Ethiopia in Crisis Ethiopia’s total debt reached 51% of its GDP Ethiopia’s total domestic and foreign debt has reached 54.7 billion US Dollar (2.01 trillion birr) (50.8 percent of the country’s GDP), according to a recent government debt statement. Source: Reporter Desert outbreak in Ethiopia caused 356, 286 metric tonnes of cereal loss In a […]
Global News – AP | A suicide bombing near the Somalia capital, Mogadishu, on Saturday killed five people including two Turks, Turkish and Somali officials said. The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group claimed responsibility for the attack in a post by its Shahada News Agency. The Somalia-based group often targets Mogadishu with suicide bombings and other attacks, […]
An Emboldened Horn of Africa Axis and an Unfolding Humanitarian Crisis Await the Biden Administration By Guled Ahmed | Middle East Institute Summary The Biden Administration is set to face a series of challenges in the Horn of Africa. Given growing Russian and Chinese involvement in this strategically important region, U.S. policymakers should be attuned to […]