May 6—Eastern Africa is 9,000 miles from New Mexico, but the problems besetting countries there can affect residents here, reflecting how the world has gotten smaller and more interconnected, says the ...

Attacks by Al-Shabaab and the Houthis in the Red Sea, war in Sudan, Ethiopia’s ambitions … amid a turbulent neighbourhood, Egypt is taking steps to restore the region’s strategic balance and spur ...

Climate change and climate-induced migration in the Horn of Africa could seriously exacerbate security risks in the region. The sixth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ...

Mr. Hudson is a senior fellow in the Africa program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. Conflict, famine and a great-power competition are colliding in the Horn of ...

As tensions rock the Middle East, the Horn of Africa is following suit, with the New Year presenting a critical resurgence of Al Shabab, an Al-Qaida affiliate, helped along by geopolitics that strike ...

The world is in the midst of a water crisis that is endangering children’s lives and futures. In Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, UNICEF reports, the number of people without reliable access to safe water ...

The eyes of the world are fixed on the rising tensions in the Middle East as Israel's war continues in Gaza and Syria falls back into chaos, dominating global news coverage. Yet the world cannot ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The last time the United States was on the cusp of a presidential election, ...

For over 30 years, women in the Horn of Africa have fought tirelessly against violence, discrimination, and systemic oppression. One of the leading voices in this struggle is Hala Al-Karib, a Sudanese ...

The number of lives threatened by catastrophic conditions has doubled in the past five months. A look at UNICEF's action plan for 2023. Women and children queue for health and nutrition services from ...

Hunger and drought are overwhelming the Horn of Africa again, threatening a humanitarian catastrophe and a warning from aid agencies of an "explosion of child deaths." Countries in the Horn of Africa ...