Harry Verhoeven

The spec­tac­u­lar up­surge of vi­o­lence in east­ern Ethiopia will be one of the main chal­lenges of Abiy Ahmed’s tenure as PM.

Is­sues of com­mu­ni­ty rec­on­cil­i­a­tion and in­ter­na­tion­al ac­count­abil­i­ty re­main un­re­solved in Rwan­da.

In­stead of is­su­ing harsh rhetoric, Egypt should work to­geth­er with Ethiopia and en­dorse its dam-build­ing pro­gramme.

Is Su­dan’s mil­i­tary-Is­lamist regime about to split, pos­si­bly with ex­is­ten­tial con­se­quences?

Will the death of Zenawi desta­bilise the Horn of Africa and de­rail the African Union’s agen­da for peace and se­cu­ri­ty?

Is­lamists and Salafis have been bat­tling for promi­nence in forg­ing new po­lit­i­cal re­al­i­ties in the Is­lam­ic world.

Un­der­stand­ing the game of geopo­lit­i­cal pok­er be­tween the Su­dans re­quires study­ing the splits in al-Bashir’s cab­i­net.