Djibouti and The Growth of Arms Trade in the Horn of Africa

Over the past few years, Djibouti has emerged as an increasingly important hub for weapons trans-shipment to armed groups in the region BY EXX AFRICA EXX Africa published a special report on the arms trade in the Horn of Africa. The trade of illegal weapons in the Horn of Africa remains highly lucrative and is comprehensively […]

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Yemen Conflict Doesn’t Deter Ethiopian Migrants

Ethiopians continue to look outside of their “double-digit growing” country for better life BY LISA SCLEIN | VOA NEWS The United Nations migration agency reports that thousands of Ethiopian migrants continue to make the perilous journey to war-torn Yemen in search of better economic opportunities despite the dangerous security conditions. Despite the ongoing war and […]

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Split in Rebel Yemeni Coalition, as Ex President Saleh Seeks Peace with Saudis

Yemen’s Ansarullah movement has accused former President Ali Abdullah Salih of staging a coup, after he said he was open to talks with Saudi Arabia. BY TESFANEWS * Amid a growing problem of malnutrition and cholera outbreaks caused by the Saudi-led war on Yemen, the two branches of the northern Yemeni government have split and […]

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Helicopter Attack Killed 42 Somali Migrants Near Yemen’s Coast

Attack on boat near Bab al-Mandeb Strait leaves dozens of Somali refugees dead. BY AL JAZEERA Dozens of Somali refugees have been killed off the coast of Hodeidah in Yemen after a helicopter attacked the boat they were travelling in, according to the International Organization for Migration. Joel Millman, spokesman for the Geneva-based agency, told […]

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Egypt and Saudi Arabia Standoff – Political Displacement and the New Axis of Resistance

By Catherine Shakdam | for RT.com, Just when you thought the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region could not churn out any more crises… This time two giants are locking horns over conflicting geopolitical ambitions, or rather, Saudi Arabia might have overstepped one boundary too many against Egypt. With so many eyes locked in […]

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