Horn of Africa

Somaliland Pins Hopes of Recognition on Trump

February 12, 2025 UNAC Editor Africa, Genocide, Horn of Africa, Interview, Palestine, Racism, Refugees, Somalia, The Sahel, U.S. Hegemony, United Nations, US Hypocrisy

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, February 12, 2025 Somaliland is pinning its hopes of recognition as an independent state on Donald Trump, and Trump has suggested that the breakaway state accept Palestinians exiled from Gaza. Somaliland declared its independence from Somalia in May 1991, and has unsuccessfully battled for recognition ever since. Now, almost 34 years later,[…]

How the U.S. Destabilized the Horn of Africa

October 18, 2024 UNAC Editor Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, Somalia, U.S. Aggression, US Foreign Policy, US Intervention

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, October 2, 2024 In 2018, the leaders of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia signed a regional cooperation agreement that raised great hope in the Horn, but now, six years, later, it lies in tatters. The Horn of Africa and its key waterways are the geostrategic interface between Europe, Africa, and Asia. They have[…]

Red Sea Politics: Ethiopia, Somalia & US/EU/NATO

January 23, 2024 UNAC Editor Africa, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, Imperial Wars, Imperialism, Neocolonialism, Somalia

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, January 17, 2024 An MOU pairing Ethiopia’s Red Sea ambitions with Somaliland’s secessionist aspirations heightens tensions in the Horn of Africa. The world’s eyes are now on the geostrategic Red Sea waterways where Yemen’s Ansar Allah fighters have stopped Israeli and Israel-bound ships from passing. Other regional tensions have come into play[…]

Sudan: Alignment of Forces, Players

May 3, 2023 UNAC Editor Civil War, Horn of Africa, Sudan

by M. K. Bhadrakumar, published on Indian Punchline, April 23, 2023 The worst-case scenario is coming to pass, apparently, in Sudan. That is, at any rate, the apocalyptic message streaming out of Khartoum in the western media. President Biden lent credence to the alarmist perception by confirming that on his orders, the US military conducted an operation “to extract government[…]

Eritrea vs. AFRICOM: Defending Sovereignty in the Face of Imperialist Aggression

December 29, 2021 UNAC Editor Eritrea, Horn of Africa, US Foreign Bases

by Dina Asfaha and Tunde Osazua, published on Black Agenda Report, December 1, 2021 The rapid expansion of AFRICOM on the African continent should be a cause for concern as African nations are quickly surrendering their sovereignty to the US. As the only country without a relationship to AFRICOM, Eritrea bears the brunt of US vilification. We must salute Eritrea’s[…]

Ethiopia: Assailed by Terrorists and Betrayed by the West

November 1, 2021 UNAC Editor Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, US Foreign Policy

by Graham Peebles, published on Countercurrents, October 30, 2021 As the new government led by Prime-Minister Ahmed Abiy takes office for their second term, the West’s relentless propaganda campaign against Ethiopia continues. Since the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) attacked the Ethiopian State on 4 November 2020 (the day after President Biden was elected coincidentally), the US and allies, factions[…]

Imperialism and the Horn of Africa

October 7, 2021 UNAC Editor Africa, Horn of Africa, Propaganda, U.S. Aggression

by Salome Ayuak, published on Black Agenda Report, October 6, 2021 This is a condensed speech by Salome Ayuak given at the International Month of Action Against AFRICOM launch event – “AFRICOM at 13: Building the popular movement towards demilitarization and anti-imperialism in Africa.” Horn of Africa Pan Africans for Liberation and Solidary (HOA PALS) understands the Horn as Ethiopia, Sudan,[…]

Ethiopia and Eritrea: Elias Amare on US Sanctions and the UNSC

September 21, 2021 UNAC Editor Collapsed States, Horn of Africa, Hybrid Warfare

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Star News, August 30, 2021 Watch Ben Norton’s show with a recent update (9/20) on the US condemnation of Ethiopia and Eritrea HERE. [jb] US Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman recently returned from a tour of Ethiopia, Djibouti, and the United Arab Emirates. On the following Monday, the US State[…]

Don’t Allow Another U.S.-NATO Libya in the Horn of Africa

June 26, 2021 UNAC Editor Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, Political Analysis, Statement

Statement by Black Alliance for Peace, June 24, 2021 Paternalistic U.S. government political posturing toward Africa has a history of turning into fatal consequences for the masses of African peoples. A decade ago, several of the same individuals who now hold positions in the Biden administration were accomplices in the U.S.-led NATO decimation of Libya, which was rationalized under the[…]

Ethiopians Go To the Polls Even After U.S. Tells Them Not To

June 24, 2021 UNAC Editor Democracy, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, Resistance

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, June 23, 2021 “Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia are now alarming US political and military elites by forming an alliance and threatening to chart an independent path in the Horn of Africa.” On Monday, June 21st, Ethiopians went to the polls to select a parliament, which will elect a prime minister, even though[…]