Horn of Africa States

By Dr. Suleiman Walhad September 10th, 2023   A Bit of both. A healthy financial system takes money from those who have savings to those who need to put them to use. The banking system in the Horn of Africa States, much like those of the rest of the continent, did not serve the general …

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By Dr. Suleiman Walhad June 3rd, 2023 Geographically the two regions are neighbors. The EAC extends from the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean and enjoys not only a huge land space (5.2 MM sq. km) and hence access to the world beyond their coasts and to the HAS region, North Africa and SADC countries. …

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By Dr. Suleiman Walhad July 18th, 2022 The Horn of Africa States region remains strategically important for it straddles one of the most important seaways and airways of the world. The people of the region also know that despite its significance, it is marred by ethno-based conflicts, no one knows how they started or how …

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By  Dr. Suleiman Walhad July 16th, 202 This is a continuation of an article I published in Zehabesha on April 19th, 2022and entitled : “The Horn of Africa States and the East Africa Community – What is yours is mine, and what is mine is mine!”. In the article we defined the East Africa Community …

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By Dr. Suleiman Walhad June 28th, 2022 “Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink”, is part of a long poem by the English Poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge published in 1798 and entitled the Rime of the Ancient Mariner. It is often misquoted as “Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink”. The title …

The Horn of Africa States Pledges, Pledges and Pledges but No Implementation Read More »

By Dr. Suleiman Walhad June 19th, 2022 And now that China’s non-intervention policies in the governance of others appears to being left behind through the expected June 20-21 Peace Summit for the Horn of Africa co-hosted by Kenya and Ethiopia, to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, it is good time to revisit our views …

The Horn of Africa States Peace and Development Summit (June 20-21st, 2022) Read More »

By Dr. Suleiman Walhad April 23rd, 2022 The Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden are extremely important for the Horn of Africa States yet, discussion on the peace and security of these maritime waters are only considered with reference to the Arabian region, without due consideration to the importance of these waters and its …

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