Abiy Ahmed’s Strategic Isolation Is Now in WritingIsraeli Recognition of SomalilandSomalia Scraps UAE Security Deals as Regions Push BackIsrael’s Somaliland Recognition Sparks Legal, Regional, and Security BacklashREDISCOVERING ERITREA: A UN Resident Coordinator’s Testimony of Progress and PotentialSudan at the Crossroads: A Peace Initiative Rooted in Accountability, Not IllusionsWhen Maps Become Messages: Ethiopia’s Dangerous Normalization of Territorial ClaimsEgypt: Cairo Draws Clear Red Lines as Sudan’s War Tightens Its GripEthiopia on the Brink: A Humanitarian Crisis Deepened by Political ChoicesPresident Isaias Afwerki: Ending Sudan War Requires Cutting RSF Supply LinesAbiy Ahmed’s Strategic Isolation Is Now in WritingIsraeli Recognition of SomalilandSomalia Scraps UAE Security Deals as Regions Push BackIsrael’s Somaliland Recognition Sparks Legal, Regional, and Security BacklashREDISCOVERING ERITREA: A UN Resident Coordinator’s Testimony of Progress and PotentialSudan at the Crossroads: A Peace Initiative Rooted in Accountability, Not IllusionsWhen Maps Become Messages: Ethiopia’s Dangerous Normalization of Territorial ClaimsEgypt: Cairo Draws Clear Red Lines as Sudan’s War Tightens Its GripEthiopia on the Brink: A Humanitarian Crisis Deepened by Political ChoicesPresident Isaias Afwerki: Ending Sudan War Requires Cutting RSF Supply Lines
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Trump Letter

Abiy Ahmed’s Strategic Isolation Is Now in Writing

What Addis Ababa has spent two years denying is now staring it in the face—on White House letterhead. The January 16 letter from  Donald Trump  to  Abdel Fattah el-Sisi  isn’t just about mediation. It’s a signal. Clear, deliberate, and consequential. Washington is aligning itself

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Israeli Recognition of Somaliland

A Regional Security Threat and Potential for Destabilisation of the Horn of Africa, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden Regions and Redrawing the Map of the Horn of Africa On December 26, 2025, the State of Israel announced its formal recognition of the Republic of Somaliland as an

Israel-Somaliland

Israel’s Somaliland Recognition Sparks Legal, Regional, and Security Backlash

Israel’s announcement on Thursday recognizing Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state has triggered immediate diplomatic fallout across the Horn of Africa and the Middle East, reopening long-standing legal and geopolitical fault lines rather than delivering the stability

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