"More than 3,000 Ethiopian troops are expected to begin pulling out in the coming days or weeks, according to people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified as they’re not authorized to speak to the media." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Ethiopia Plans Somalia Troop Pullout to Fight Rebels Back Home

Ethiopia is planning to withdraw thousands of troops from neighboring Somalia as escalating fighting at home forces Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government to redirect military resources toward a widen...

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Fighting is intensifying in Ethiopia, with 150,000 people already displaced in Ethiopia’s Afar region addisstandard.com/as... 1/3

I went on the BBC to provide some updates and context on Ethiopia's new war and how it broke out in the first place. As I pointed out here, yesterday bank accounts opened in Tigray were collectively frozen, which prevents millions from accessing funds. The situation is becoming increasingly dire.

The digital war was pretty bad in 2020, but what is happening now clouds the information landscape even more. (1) Old footage from the 2020 war is being recycled (2) AI generated videos (3) sober analysts have all left the major platforms (X). www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfe...

Al Jazeera reports from near front line in Ethiopia’s Afar region

Al Jazeera reports from Ethiopia’s Afar region, where fighting has spread amid efforts to oust PM Abiy Ahmed.

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"Although the operation was built so that it could not be traced back to the actors, our investigation linked it with high confidence to UAE government officials." www.anthropic.com/threat-intel...

Countering misuse of AI: September 2026 / Anthropic

Case studies from threat actors disrupted between December 2025 and August 2026 across seven areas of harm, from cyber operations to biological misuse.

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Along with a team of incredible researchers, I've been tracing the Houthis' outreach across the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden for the past year. You can see what we learned here: tcf.org/content/repo...

From Spoke to Hub: The Houthis in Africa

Download the From Spoke to Hub PDF 1. Overview: From Spoke to Hub In the fall of 2024, security forces in Mukalla, a small port city in southern Yemen,

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As tensions rise in Ethiopia, RVI's most recent analysis provides helpful content: 'Peace and Instability: Tigray since the Pretoria Agreement' riftvalley.net/publication/...

Peace and Instability: Tigray since the Pretoria Agreement – Rift Valley Institute

CONFLICT TRENDS ANALYSIS / MARCH 2026

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Africa’s Greater Horn region is facing a looming polycrisis fueled by conflict, prices, climate and disease theconversation.com/africas-grea...

Africa’s Greater Horn region is facing a looming polycrisis fueled by conflict, prices, climate and disease

The response to the many problems facing the region has been set back by cuts in humanitarian aid.

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www.state.gov/releases/off...

Announcement of Targeted Visa Restrictions for Individuals Involved in Undermining Peace in Ethiopia - United States Department of State

Rising tensions between Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) hardliners and the Ethiopian government have threatened to reignite the conflict in northern Ethiopia and undermine peace and security a...

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Now let me tell you all about the thousands of students, employees, business owners, and government officials from Africa that are denied visas to Europe and the US..[checks notes]..every single day. #Artan

Please join the Northeast Africa Forum on 2 June for a book launch & discussion: 'Occupied Refuge: Humanitarian Colonization and the Camp in Kenya' w/author Hanno Brankamp (Glasgow) & discussant Loren Landau (Oxford) *Hybrid event* Details & webinar registration: events.ox.ac.uk/oxford_event...

www.dailynewsegypt.com/2026/05/16/e...

Egypt, Eritrea sign maritime transport pact, declare Red Sea security exclusive to littoral states - Dailynewsegypt

Egypt and Eritrea signed a maritime transport cooperation agreement on Saturday to launch a shipping line connecting their ports, as Cairo declared that the security of the Red Sea remains the exclusi...

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYAh...

From Diesel to Electric: Ethiopia’s Bold Bet on EVs

YouTube video by DW REV - Mobility & Innovation

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www.lemonde.fr/afrique/arti...

Au Somaliland, la discrète implantation d’une base militaire construite par les Emirats pour les Etats-Unis et Israël

Berbera attire les convoitises en raison de son emplacement stratégique, à l’entrée sud de la mer Rouge. Des images satellitaires consultées par « Le Monde » révèlent que l’aéroport de Berbera s’agran...

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"We find steady growth in work-related messages but even faster growth in non-work-related messages, which have grown from 53% to more than 70% of all usage." www.nber.org/papers/w34255

How People Use ChatGPT

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

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The world's electricity infrastructure, mapped.

"Yemen’s internationally recognized government has reported that Iranian personnel entered Hodeidah by dhow from the Horn of Africa in the days before the Houthis’ March 28 launch." The logistical dimensions of this conflict certainly also run through the Horn. www.stimson.org/2026/how-to-...

2 #postdoc positions available at UBT: on South - South security arrangements and transnational security/aid professionals from the Global South and East. Happy to answer questions! www.uni-bayreuth.de/job-vacancy-... @postcolh.bsky.social @conf-mean-trans.bsky.social @africamultiple.bsky.social

Job advertisement of the University of Bayreuth - Chair for Sociology in Africa

Two Postdoctoral Positions (m/f/d)

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Ethiopia Signs $13.1 Billion of Energy, Mining Investment Deals

Ethiopia has signed $13.1 billion of investment deals spanning renewable energy, manufacturing, real estate, mining and green ammonia, according to the government.

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Iran looking to formalize its control over the Strait and its power to receive tolls from favored nations in exchange for freedom of movement says India, Pakistan, Iraq, Malaysia and China are in negotiations now to establish rules of transit www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...

Iran developing a ‘vetting system’ for Strait of Hormuz transit: Report

Lloyd's List reports that ships could be allowed to pass through 'safe corridor' once they are approved by IRGC.

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Helpful analysis from Emadeddin Badi for ISPI: Corridor Governance: How LAAF-RSF Cooperation Sharpens Gulf Competition in Libya and Sudan www.ispionline.it/en/publicati...

Corridor Governance: How LAAF-RSF Cooperation Sharpens Gulf Competition in Libya and Sudan | ISPI

Cross-border supply corridors linking Libya and Sudan have become the backbone of the RSF’s war endurance.

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What did people think Israel's recognition of Somaliland was about, if not this? This was always going to be the plan. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Resharing this paper from a year: „The Bab-El-Mandeb to the Suez Canal is part and parcel of our national security. […] If Djibouti becomes the theatre of global war, given the presence of all these military bases including of China and America, then we are trapped.“

Biruk Terrefe@terrefebiruk.bsky.social · 2y ago

'Ethiopia's Red Sea Politics: Corridors, Ports & Security in the Horn of Africa' My latest research paper published by @rvinews.bsky.social & #XCEPT. riftvalley.net/publication/...

Me too.

Jordan aka Jirdan@slclunk.com · 8mo ago

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

Please join the Northeast Africa Forum on 3 March for a book launch & discussion of: Immunity on Trial: Ethiopian Courts, Chinese Corporations, and Contestations over Sovereignty with author Miriam Driessen & discussant Hallelujah Lulie *Hybrid event* Full details talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/3f3...

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The growing threat of conflict in the Horn of Africa

With no sign yet of a diplomatic off-ramp, this analysis explores the conflict dynamics that could lead to war.

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A good overview and analysis from Ngala Chome on African Arguments from a few days ago: The Horn and the Gulf: How a New Geopolitical Confluence is Emerging africanarguments.org/2026/01/the-...

The Horn and the Gulf: How a New Geopolitical Confluence is Emerging | African Arguments

The Horn and the Gulf

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🚨It’s publication day!🚨 My book OCCUPIED REFUGE is officially OUT today with Duke University Press. Available to order from all book shops! Upcoming book launches in Glasgow, Oxford, Nairobi and—perhaps—a city near you! Read the introduction for free online: www.dukeupress.edu/occupied-ref...

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How Ethiopia Is Embracing the EV Revolution and Ditching Fossil Fuel Cars

Also: companies including Apple are quitely dropping ESG links to executive pay.

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It is with great sadness that the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa must announce the passing of our inaugural director, Professor Tim Allen. You can read more about Tim’s life and legacy, and leave a message of condolence, on our website www.lse.ac.uk/africa/about...

In memoriam

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