The Horn Of Africa States: A Call For Economic Cooperation
December 12th, 2022
Via Eurasia Review, commentary calling for greater economic cooperation among Horn of Africa nations: Detail of map of Greater Horn of Africa. Credit: Wikipedia Commons There is a myriad of challenges in the Horn of Africa States from regional challenges to local state level challenges. These are challenges ranging from economic to social political and […]
Read more »Djibouti Suspends Chinese and Other Loan Repayments
December 7th, 2022
Via South China Morning Post, a look at Djibouti’s – the strategically important Horn of Africa nation which is struggling under mounting financing pressures – recent decision to suspend loan repayments Djibouti – the tiny nation at the intersection of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden where China has vast commercial and military interests […]
Read more »Maritime Investment Tightens UAE’s Grip On Africa
October 19th, 2022
Via The Africa Report, an article on UAE’s investment into African port infrastructure: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is in a prime position to ramp up its influence on the Red Sea corridor and the Horn of Africa, thanks to billions of dollars’ worth of port projects that empower the Emiratis to stave off competition […]
Read more »China’s BRI and Neoglobalization In East Africa
September 24th, 2022
Via an scholarly examination of China’s BRI strategy in East Africa as a particular variegation of transnational state capitalism and neoglobalization: ABSTRACT The most significant case of transnational state capitalism today is China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) which seeks to expand/extend the country’s geoeconomic and geopolitical integrations globally. We conceptualise the BRI as manifest […]
Read more »South Sudan Hopes Planned Port in Djibouti Will Increase Market Access, Profits
September 24th, 2022
Via AllAfrica, a report on South Sudan’s hopes that a planned port in Djibouti will increase market access and profits: Officials in South Sudan confirmed this month they have bought land on the coast of Djibouti to build a port. South Sudan says the port will be key for exporting the country’s crude oil, which currently […]
Read more »Somaliland Gears Up For ‘Healthy’ Battle of Ports
September 2nd, 2021
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on Somalialand’s plan to compete head to head with Djibouti for Ethiopia’s trade: Anchored at the deepwater port of Berbera, an Ethiopian-flagged ship offloads its cargo of sugar and rice coming from India in what officials hope is a sign of a fresh era of trade in the self-declared east […]
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