In the labyrinth of Ethiopia’s political landscape, an age-old rhythm of resistance and centralization replays itself. Fano, the self-styled guardian of ...

The most probable scenario is not the total defeat of Fano but a protracted stalemate that forces the central government to the negotiation table. In exchange for peace, the federal government could ...

Tensions between Ethiopia and Egypt go back decades and reveal a web of Cold War intrigue, clandestine diplomacy and internal ...

About 47 years ago, the Somali National Army and the Western Somali Liberation Front (WSLF) jointly fought against Ethiopia’s Derg forces over the Ogaden region. As wars leave behind national ...

“When Somalia and Ethiopia fought over the Ogaden in the 1970s and 1980s, Egypt stood by Somalia. Secondly, Somalia, Eritrea, Egypt, and to some extent Kenya form what I call the coalition of ...

Some experts now see the general security of the Red Sea as a second water dispute that has attracted Egypt to Somalia ...

They are also members of the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation,” he told The EastAfrican. “When Somalia and Ethiopia fought over the Ogaden in the 1970s and 1980s, Egypt stood by ...

Ikran Mohamed, left, sits among her class of Minneapolis Police Department recruit graduates during a ceremony at the American Indian Center on Thursday. Lesly Vera wanted to be a police officer ...

Of the recruits is the first-ever Somali woman, Ikran Mohamed, and permanent resident, Lesly Vera, for the department. A permanent resident who is a non-citizen can be part of the department now ...

In his address to the UN General Assembly’s annual debate, Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre of Somalia highlighted the multitude of challenges facing the world today, including transnational conflicts, ...

Nairobi (AFP) – Growing tensions between Ethiopia and Somalia, heightened by arms shipments, risk destabilising the fragile Horn of Africa and creating opportunities for the Islamist insurgents ...