Somalia has demanded that a memorandum of understanding – which would see Ethiopia gain access to the Red Sea via a Somaliland port – be ripped up.
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed claims his landlocked country has a right to demand maritime access to a Red Sea port from its neighbors in the Horn of Africa − Somalia, Eritrea and Djibouti.
Large scale infrastructure projects like ports represent more than just financial investments.
States with more capacity, more political inclusion and that make good use of foreign aid tend to see better outcomes.
Les échecs des gouvernements élus de manière symbolique ont privé les dirigeants – ainsi que le système démocratique – d'une base populaire avant-gardiste.
The failures of nominally elected governments has denied leaders - as well as the democratic system - a vanguard popular constituency.
Food security has six dimensions: availability, access, stability, utilisation, agency and sustainability.
The gap between the continent’s most democratic and authoritarian regions is likely to continue to grow.
Leaders’ efforts to end conflict have been ineffective. Working through regional economic communities might be part of a better approach.
The alarm being raised by multilateral financial institutions about rising government debt across Africa is exaggerated. The real problem is that African governments pay way over the odds for debt.
Turkey harbours strong national ambitions, and a willingness to grow and use its military muscle alongside economic instruments.
Kenya and Djibouti are building a more secure and sustainable domestic maritime sector.
The country has not had a seat at the Security Council table for 24 years.
Now that African countries have signed up for the continental free trade agreement, they must complete the institutional loop by jumpstarting the creation of the African Monetary Fund.
Ghana is the latest country in Africa to mandate the use of pictures on cigarette packages to convey health warnings.
The African Peer Review Mechanism got off to a good start, but enthusiasm soon waned.
Data suggest that people are living many years in poor health in Africa.
Containing Al-Shabaab in Kenya doesn’t directly reduce the group’s standing inside Somalia.
It would be a mistake to ridicule what’s been achieved in the Horn of Africa, but obstacles remain.
The Belt and Road Initiative will not be starting entirely from scratch. China has already invested heavily in several African railways.
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Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Studies and Governance, University of the Free State
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Extraordinary Lecturer, University of Pretoria
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Regional Adviser, Immunisation, WHO Regional Office for Africa, Stellenbosch University
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Director & SARChI Research Chair: Political Economy of Migration in the SADC Region, University of Pretoria
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Yarik Turianskyi is Manager of the Governance and African Peer Review Mechanism Programme at the South African Institute of International Affairs and guest lecturer in African Governance and Eastern European Politics, University of Pretoria
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Lecturer of English. PhD Candidate in Afrofuturism and African Studies, University of the Western Cape
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Executive director, Africa Institute of South Africa, Human Sciences Research Council
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Visiting Professor, University of Kent
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Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science
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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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Professor in Practice on Environmental Innovation, School of Social and Environmental Sustainability, University of Glasgow, UK, National University of Singapore
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Emeritus Professor of International Relations, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
