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1 day ago | 
flipboard.com | Suleiman Walhad
Why Paula Yates was secret force behind Live Aid and how star helped raise £74mTHE world will always remember 1985’s Live Aid as the global fundraiser organised by Bob Geldof. But the truth was, he could not have pulled off the …
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1 day ago | 
eurasiareview.com | Suleiman Walhad
Since the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, the significance of the Red Sea, and hence Bab El Mandab Straits and the Gulf of Aden, as a gateway to the Indian Ocean, have been transformed from relatively peripheral water bodies to some of the most critical and major maritime corridors globally. It is a key corridor linking continents, reshaping global shipping, geopolitics, and regional development.
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2 days ago | 
eurasiareview.com | Suleiman Walhad
The local name of Eritrea was “Mdree-Bahree” meaning “land of the Sea”. In 1890, Italy named it Eritrea, derived from the Greek word ‘Erythraean’, referring to the Red Sea. Eritrea was an Italian colony until 1941, when Britain took over its administration until 1952 on behalf of the UN, which then decided to federate Eritrea with Ethiopia. It remained united with Ethiopia until 1993, when it regained its independence, after a war of liberation that lasted for decades from 1962.
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4 days ago | 
eurasiareview.com | Suleiman Walhad
Somalia does not currently produce any oil or gas. It relies on imported petroleum products. The country does not have operational refineries. There was once a refinery in Mogadishu, but like anything Somali, it collapsed with the state in 1991. Power plants operate on imported diesel, although the country has a high solar and wind potential. Lack of a national grid infrastructure keep it hooked to imported fuels.
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5 days ago | 
eurasiareview.com | Suleiman Walhad
As I write on the politics and economies of the region, I have on several occasions been asked to present what actual resources are available in the region and estimates thereof, if and when available. It is the story of this article – the untapped resources of the region. The Horn of Africa States region is extremely resource-rich both human and material, but these resources are vastly underdeveloped.
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6 days ago | 
eurasiareview.com | Suleiman Walhad
It is obvious that the clan-based federal infrastructure imposed on the nation about a decade and half ago is not working. The Global Somali Council, a Somali think tank based in the United States and linking all Somali diaspora organizations, proposed recently a Transitional Somali Technocrat Council (TSTC) to replace the dysfunctional clan-based federal system. Its success or failure as a replacement system cannot be gauged with precision, but a review of the proposal, needs to be done.
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1 week ago | 
eurasiareview.com | Suleiman Walhad
Investopedia defines a financial system as “a set of institutions, such as banks, insurance companies, and stock exchanges, that permit the exchange of funds and credit. Financial systems exist on firm, regional, and global levels.” It is, indeed, present in the Horn of Africa States region but on the basis of national firms within the countries of the region. Few have branches and/or subsidiaries beyond their original home countries.
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1 week ago | 
eurasiareview.com | Suleiman Walhad
Ethiopia has not learned much from history. No maritime nation gives up its waters, because these waters are deeply tied to its sovereignty, security, economic prosperity, and geopolitical leverage. In the maritime domain, control equals power—both now and in the future. “Why No Maritime Nation Gives up its Waters” is a fundamental principle of international relations, maritime law, and national security.
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1 week ago | 
eurasiareview.com | Suleiman Walhad
The ongoing West Asia war will affect the region from multiple fronts. These include, among others, disruptions that may occur to the ports, trade, and logistics of the region, noting that the region imports most of its needs, even food, clothing, building materials, fuel and energy and many other items from other parts of the world, and mostly via the Gulf countries of Arabia.
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1 week ago | 
eurasiareview.com | Suleiman Walhad
Amy Goodman (Democracy Now) reported in 2007 that General Wesley Clark, former commander general of European Command of the United States and supreme commander of NATO military forces in Europe from 1997 to 2001 told her in an interview, after picking up a paper, that “This is a memo that describes how we’re going to take out seven countries in five years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and, finishing off, Iran” – (L’Hora.org, March 3, 2007).
