India-Pakistan conflict over water reflects a region increasingly vulnerable to climate change: Water from the Chandra Taal lake in Himachal Pradesh, India, ultimately flows into Pakistan and the Indus river. ImagesofIndia / shutterstock In an unprecedented move, India recently suspended the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, citing cross-border terrorism. This was one of a …
Egypt’s fears about Ethiopia’s mega-dam haven’t come to pass: moving on from historical concerns would benefit the whole region: A new round of angry exchanges has broken out between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). On September 1, Cairo wrote to the UN security council to protest against Ethiopia’s continued filling …
Violence at the Kenya-Ethiopia border: what’s driving insecurity in the region: Communal conflict is endemic in the vast arid region on both sides of the Kenya-Ethiopia border. Fresh alarm has been sparked in both countries following a kidnapping and armed attacks on police and civilians in Kenya’s Marsabit county, in the extreme north of the …
Cameroon spends 90% of Chinese development loans on its French region: this could deepen the country’s divisions: In Cameroon, violent clashes between government forces and separatists from the English-speaking parts of the country started in 2017. Since then, at least 598,000 people have had to leave their homes and about 2 million have been left …
Massive US-led naval exercises in Hawai’i and Pacific islands reflect over a century of colonial exploitation of the region: Since the last week in June, navies and naval assets from 29 countries have been taking part the world’s largest naval exercises. The US-led Rimpac 2024 (Exercise Rim of the Pacific), the 29th such exercise to …
La Russie a renforcé son emprise sur la région du Sahel et s’intéresse désormais à la côte ouest de l’Afrique: L’armée du Niger a pris le pouvoir en renversant le gouvernement en juillet 2023. Les mois suivants ont été marqués par des spéculations sur un possible alignement sur Moscou du gouvernement militaire et sur l’éventualité …
Scramble for the Sahel – why France, Russia, China and the United States are interested in the region: The Sahel, a region 3,860km wide located south of the Sahara Desert and stretching east-west across the African continent, has been a focus of attention around the world recently. In the last decade, issues such as terrorism, …
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 …
China’s Africa strategy is shifting from extraction to investment – driven from the industry-rich Hunan region: China experienced a massive economic boom in the 1990s and 2000s which increased its demand for resource imports, like oil, from Africa. This led to a model of development finance in which China funded infrastructure in African countries in …
Niger is a key player in the Sahel region – 4 security implications of the coup: The Niger coup – the fifth in the Sahel and sixth in the broader west Africa region in three years – has pushed the region further into political unrest and insecurity. Several interests converge there at the intersection of …
Two years after Taliban takeover: why Afghanistan still poses a threat to the region and beyond: The dramatic and rapid Taliban offensive in the spring of 2021 culminated in its takeover of Kabul on August 15. The chaos of the western withdrawal that surrounded the return of the Taliban represented a sad endpoint of two …
Vodacom Eastern Cape region ramps up fight against base station battery theft and vandalism: GQEBERHA – Vodacom Eastern Cape is taking significant steps to address the escalating issue of vandalism and battery theft at base station sites in the region. On average, 120 sites on average per month experience vandalism, while approximately 62 lithium batteries …
Le conflit soudanais aura des répercussions dans une région instable et dans le monde entier: Le conflit qui fait rage à Khartoum pourrait avoir un impact négatif sur les flux commerciaux entre Port-Soudan et le reste du monde. Getty Images Le Soudan, troisième pays d’Afrique par sa superficie, partage ses frontières avec sept pays dans …
Sudan’s conflict will have a ripple effect in an unstable region – and across the world: The raging conflict in Khartoum could negatively affect trade flows through Port Sudan to the rest of the world. Getty Images Sudan, Africa’s third largest country by land mass, shares borders with seven countries in an unstable region. This …
LG MEA Brings to the Region Innovation-Packed Home Entertainment Line-Up: JOHANNESBURG, 16 MARCH 2023 – LG recently welcomed its executives, guests and partners for the opening of the LG Showcase MEA 2023. The grand event acted as a platform for LG to showcase its latest innovations and solutions, while also providing visitors with the chance …
Election violence in Nigeria’s south east is threatening to derail voting in the region: Armed policemen patrol ahead of the last governorship election in Anambra state, southeast Nigeria. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images Violence is a perennial feature of elections in Nigeria. It happens across the three stages of the electoral cycle – before, …
Unequal power relations driven by poverty fuel sexual violence in Lake Chad region: Women wait for food distribution to commence at the Government Girls Secondary School IDP camp in Monguno, Nigeria. gettyimages/Jane Hahn for the Washington Post There have been multiple instances of sexual violence against women and girls in the Lake Chad region since …
How conflicts intertwined over time and destabilised the DRC – and the region: A soldier from the armed forces of the DRC on foot patrol in the village of Manzalaho near Beni. Alexis Huguet / AFP via Getty Images The conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the deadliest the …