Strategic bases and Red Sea trade routes are putting the region in the crosshairs as the Middle East conflict widens.

For countries in the Horn of Africa, the Red Sea is not merely a strategic corridor it is also an economic lifeline. Much of the region’s food, fuel, and manufactured goods arrive through maritime trade networks connected to the Gulf and Asian markets.

The Red Sea is not merely a shipping lane on a map. It is the narrow passage where the future of Africa, the Middle East, and global stability may soon be decided.

Iran may still retain several pressure cards that it could deploy as its military confrontation with the US–Israeli coalition intensifies.

The Horn of Africa and Red Sea regions, which link Africa and the Middle East, share a dense web of military, political and economic interactions that enable crises on one shore to quickly affect the other. Here, Somalia, Eritrea, Yemen, Sudan, Ethiopia and Djibouti sit along one of the world’s most important trade and geopolitical corridors.

Please join the CSIS Humanitarian Agenda on 23 March at 2:00 pm EST for a discussion on the multiple, overlapping humanitarian crises in the Horn of Africa. Drought conditions caused by a La Niña weather system is ravaging agricultural production and ...

Three years after the Tigray peace agreement, Ethiopia faces renewed conflict as unresolved grievances threaten stability in the Horn of Africa. This article explores the implications of ongoing tensions and the urgent need for sustainable solutions.

ASMARA - Eritrea has refuted claims that it is responsible for endless conflicts in the Horn of Africa, shunning the statement issued by former Ethiopian President Mulatu Teshome, who linked Asmara directly to the current crisis in the Tigray region.

The Horn of Africa remains a region of persistent conflict, geopolitical tensions, and weak regional cooperation, all of which shape its political and security landscape. Ongoing conflicts in Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, and South Sudan, along with ...