Concern at the role of fake sites in influencing South African public opinion has been growing over time.
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Leaders go in and out of fashion, making statues built in their memory a tricky issue.
Kenya is attacked far more than Ethiopia or other eastern African states by al-Shabaab militants.
Given the range of support for President Omar al-Bashir it isn’t surprising that he’s managed to resist pressure to step down.
It is difficult to see how the EU can allow its key African migration work to be supervised by Eritrea.
The lifting of UN Sanctions is unlikely to end internal and external pressure for reform and greater democracy in Eritrea.
For black South Africans, the hard lesson was the same as it had been during the Boer war: support for Britain would bring few rewards.
As South Africa became an international pariah, it began working in shady ways through even more shady operators, including getting arms from the Soviet Union and China.
Sería un error ridiculizar lo que se ha logrado en la región, pero aún queda mucho camino por recorrer.
It would be a mistake to ridicule what’s been achieved in the Horn of Africa, but obstacles remain.
The Eritrean ports of Massawa and Assab will hum with life once more as trade flows through them.
Few believed they would see an end to two decades of hostility between Eritrea and Ethiopia.
Israel is deporting thousands of Eritrean asylum seekers to Rwanda, while in the US, many face being sent back to the country they fled.
Qatar withdrawing its troops has reignited tensions between Eritrea and Djibouti which the UN and African Union are trying to mediate. This comes as Eritrea is also embroiled in the Yemen civil war.
A deal to secure the southern Libyan border aims to stop migrants from attempting to cross the Mediterranean.
Eritreans are at risk of severe malnutrition – but aid agencies struggle to access those in need.
The growing Arab military, political and religious influence is only the latest example of an external force taking hold in the Horn of Africa.
It is not just Trump and the US throwing up barriers to Africans. The European Union is moving fast to halt the arrival of refugees and migrants on its southern shores
To get Nelson Mandela released and save Namibia’s independence elections, Thatcher proposed a massive aid programme.
Many Ethiopians regard Castro as the man who saved their country. Somalis view him as the man who denied them the Greater Somalia re-union
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Professor in the History of People, Place and Community, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Lecturer in French Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Research Fellow, Institute of Historical Research, University of London, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Research Fellow, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Senior Research Fellow, Horn of Africa and Southern Africa, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Associate Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Lecturer in Refugee Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and Professor of British and Commonwealth History, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Research Assistant, Institute of Latin American Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Reader, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Past and Present Research Fellow, Institute of Historical Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London
