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Heads of state and governments in the greater Horn of Africa knew that it was only a matter of time before COVID-19 descends on their territories, threatening citizens with loss …

The simultaneous experiences of the ‘global pandemic’ that is COVID-19, a region-wide desert locust invasion, and terrorist activity have pushed some states in Horn of Africa region into uncharted territory. …

The spread of COVID-19 is increasing in the Horn of Africa, pointing to fears of a health sector collapse, and socio-economic and political devastation.

The Egypt and Ethiopia row over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) continues to escalate, with both countries stepping up a war of words. The two countries, together with Sudan, …

Only a day after Sudanese women protested their marginalization, and less than a month since Sudan’s Transitional Government (TG) signalled its intentions to cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) …

Few political pronouncements generate blips on monitors of Kenyans who are seemingly comatose from endless, empty political rhetoric. One of these is President Uhuru Kenyatta’s ‘revisiting’ of Kenya’s relations with …

March 4, 2020 marked exactly seven years since the start of devolution in Kenya. The governance system has not only facilitated decentralization of political power from the national government to …

South Sudan recently formed the long-anticipated unity government, and is now getting into the business of realizing the same – prioritizing appointment of key government officials, and settling matters relating …

Kenya’s seeming lacklustre responses to the yet-to-be-contained locust invasion, and the potential incidence of COVID-19 in the country has exasperated Kenyans.

South Sudan is now on a new path following the formation of the Revitalised Transitional Government of Nation Unity (R-TGoNU) on February 22, 2020.

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