Somalia-Turkey maritime deal is a win for both, not a power play for the Horn of Africa
The Turkey-Somalia agreement should be seen in the light of what the deal gives each signatory. Not as part of a new system of regional alliances that are adjusting to the deal signed between Ethiopia and Somaliland at the beginning of 2024.
Rise in White supremacism proves headache to Biden who’s struggling to retain Black voters
Opinion polls show the November 5 election shaping up to be a close match between Biden and Trump, making turnout among Black Americans – who comprise sizeable populations in key battleground states like Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania – a crucial aspect of Biden’s path to victory.
Senegal opposition promise of new currency is threat to future of West African economic bloc
The platform lists a number of measures that would need to be implemented before a new currency could be introduced. But the move would pose another threat to West Africa’s CFA franc currency, which some junta-led states in the region have also said they might abandon.
Anarchy: US forces fly in to bolster security at embassy in Haiti, evacuate nonessential staff
Caribbean leaders have called for an emergency meeting on Monday in Jamaica on what they called Haiti’s “dire” situation. They have invited the United States, France, Canada, the United Nations and Brazil to the meeting.
While Ethiopia’s Tigray region is now peaceful, survivors of the rebellion worry extreme hunger will wipe out their children
The poor harvest prompted Tigray’s authorities to warn of an “unfolding famine” that could match the famine of 1984-5, which killed hundreds of thousands of people across northern Ethiopia, unless the aid response was scaled up. Food deliveries to Tigray in the second half of last year, but only a small fraction of needy people in Tigray are receiving food aid, humanitarian workers say.
US military starts airlifting embassy staff from Port au Prince, bolstering security as Haiti sinks further into anarchy
Haiti entered a state of emergency last Sunday after fighting escalated while Prime Minister Ariel Henry was in Nairobi seeking a deal for the long-delayed UN-backed mission. Kenya announced last year it would lead the force but months of domestic legal wrangling have effectively placed the mission on hold.
Paramilitary group fighting Sudan’s army endorses UN call for ceasefire during Ramadhan
The head of the World Food Programme, Cindy McCain, said earlier this week that the conflict risks creating the world’s largest hunger crisis, with some 18 million people across Sudan facing acute hunger, including six million who face starvation.
