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The Latest Breaking News from the Horn of Africa

Horn of Africa droughts: how a network of groundwater bores could help – study

The Horn of Africa recently suffered its worst drought in almost half a century, and its sixth failed rainfall season in a row.

The Conversation

Thirty-eight migrants found drowned after shipwreck off Djibouti

Thirty-eight bodies, including those of children, have been found after a shipwreck off the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti, the UN's International Organisation for Migration said on Tuesday.

Radio France Internationale

Nikki Haley's Father Recovers, Husband Safe While Deployed

Learn about Nikki Haley's family, including her father's recent hospitalization and her husband's military deployment in the Horn of Africa.

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Ethiopia's deal with Somaliland upends regional dynamics, risking strife across the Horn of Africa

The Horn of Africa ushered in the new year with news of a deal that would ensure that diplomatic relations in the region got off to a bumpy start in 2024. Ethiopia, it was announced on Jan. 1, had signed a memorandum of understanding with the breakaway region of Somaliland,…

The Conversation

OPINION - Somaliland is my home country — Britain has a moral duty to recognise it

History was being made in the Horn of Africa, just at the point last week when many of us were contemplating what our new year resolutions would be.

Evening Standard

Heat records and climate accords: How did the environment fare in 2023?

From drought in Spain to floods in the Horn of Africa and wildfires in Canada, 2023 was marked by some alarming environmental disasters. However, it wasn't all bad news – the past few months have seen some significant advances in the fight against climate change.

France 24

Hijacked cargo ship has moved towards Somalia, says EU naval force

The European Union's maritime security force says it’s monitoring a Maltese-flagged merchant ship that was hijacked last week in the Arabian Sea off the Horn of Africa.

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First the drought, then flood: Climate crisis compounds woes for Somalis

The shocks from a relentless climate crisis have upended the lives of millions in Somalia and the Horn of Africa region.

Al Jazeera

Kenya approves police deployment mission in Haiti despite court order

In tonight's edition: Kenyan lawmakers try to sidestep court orders delaying plans for a police deployment to Haiti. More than 100 people, including 16 children, have died and over 700,000 forced out of their homes because of flash flooding in the Horn of Africa. Africa Tech Festival, the continent’s biggest…

France 24

Ethiopia's Abiy takes a page from Russia, China in asserting the right to restore historical claim to strategic waters

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed claimed on Oct. 13, 2023, that his landlocked country has a right to demand maritime access to a Red Sea port from its neighbors in the Horn of Africa – first through diplomatic means, he said, or by force if necessary.

The Conversation

Landlocked Ethiopia wants better sea access: a port deal with neighbours could benefit the region

Ethiopia’s access to the coast has occupied the minds of the country’s rulers since time immemorial. This is because being landlocked undermines Ethiopia’s ability to grow its economy, develop its military (navy force) and exert influence across the Horn of Africa.

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The wild magic of Socotra

A lonely island in the Arabian Sea some 150 miles off the Horn of Africa, Socotra figures in ancient texts as a place of mystery and enchantment. It seems Greek and Arab sailors once spoke of it as an earthly paradise, perfumed with frankincense and bristling with magical trees.

The Week

‘They are overlooked by everybody’: elders in Ethiopia bear brunt of the climate crisis

With their cattle killed by five years of drought, and aid agencies focused on children and mothers, older people in the Horn of Africa are facing terrible malnutrition

The Guardian - UK

Q&A with Ludovic Slimak, the archeologist who wants to rewrite the history of early humans in Europe

The French archaeologist Ludovic Slimak has spent the past 30 years rummaging fields and caves from the Horn of Africa to the Artic Circle, and, of course, his beloved Rhône Valley in France. For the past year and a half, his team of 45 researchers have been on a roll,…

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Ethiopia's musicians fled the country after the 1974 revolution - how their culture lives on

The overthrow of Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie in 1974 led to violent conflict that had a particularly heavy impact on musicians. Sing and Sing On: Sentinel Musicians and the Making of the Ethiopian American Diaspora is the first study of the forced migration of musicians out of the Horn of…

Al Jazeera

UN conference pledges fall short of $7bn goal for Horn of Africa

The 2.4bn raised was less than the $7bn the UN says is needed to provide help to millions at risk in the region.

The Independent UK

US announces $524 million in new aid for Horn of Africa drought, climate crisis

The United States has announced $524 million in additional humanitarian aid for the Horn of Africa that aims to put a spotlight on the extreme effects of climate change and the worst drought in the region in 40 years

Al Jazeera

Will Ethiopia and Eritrea be dragged into Sudan’s complex war?

The countries have a long history of getting involved in each other’s affairs, leading to fears of a regional crisis.

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Daily Mirror

Global warming is to blame for devastating East Africa drought, scientists believe

Rivers in the Horn of Africa are usually in full flow, but a devastating drought caused primarily by climate change has left villagers without water for drinking, cooking and washing - and killed off crops and livestock

Radio France Internationale

Global climate change driving drought in Horn of Africa

A report released Thursday shows that the devastating series of droughts that has struck the Horn of Africa since late 2020 would not have occurred without global warming.

The Guardian - UK

Human-driven climate crisis fuelling Horn of Africa drought – study

Region is suffering its worst drought in 40 years after five consecutive years of below-average rainfall

Al Jazeera

Could the Sudan unrest inflame the Horn of Africa?

Regional leaders and experts fear a civil war could lead to new crises in a region battered by conflict and drought.

Bangkok Post

Waking up to a world water crisis

The world is becoming accustomed to the drip-drip of catastrophic headlines following each new climate-driven disaster. Increasingly frequent and severe heatwaves are causing wildfires in California and widespread coral die-offs in Australia. Unprecedented floods have wreaked havoc in Pakistan, Germany, China, and New Zealand. Drought in the Horn of Africa…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Report: 43,000 Estimated Dead in Somalia Drought Last Year

A new report says an estimated 43,000 people died amid the longest drought on record in Somalia last year and half of them likely were children. It is the first official death toll announced in the drought withering large parts of the Horn of Africa. At least 18,000 people are…

The Conversation

Droughts bring disease: here are 4 ways they do it

Countries in the Horn of Africa have been hit by a multiyear drought. Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda are expected to continue getting below-normal rainfall in 2023. Excluding Uganda, 36.4 million people are affected and 21.7 million are in need of food assistance.

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