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Summits, treaties, and cross-border partnerships.
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The mechanism gives Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya a shared operations room to defuse border incidents within hours rather than days.
HornCompass · IGAD wire · By Yasmin Abdi · July 20, 2026
Leaders from Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti and Kenya signed a limited framework on cross-border operations, but the thorniest questions were quietly deferred.
HornCompass · By Yasmin Abdi · July 13, 2026
A second berth and a new logistics zone are turning the Somaliland port into a serious challenger to Djibouti's dominance.
HornCompass · By Ahmed Warsame · July 12, 2026
The mechanism gives smaller Horn states a formal channel into peacekeeping debates for the first time.
HornCompass · By Rahel Bekele · July 11, 2026
Brussels commits fresh funding, but conditions on governance benchmarks.
HornCompass · By Marta Fikru · July 7, 2026
Hargeisa opens representative offices in three new capitals as officials frame recognition as a matter of regional stability.
HornCompass · By Muna Yusuf · July 13, 2026
Menelik II's defeat of an Italian invasion force preserved Ethiopian sovereignty and became a rallying symbol for anti-colonial movements across the continent.
HornCompass · By Selam Tesfaye · July 4, 2026
In just five days, two territories with different colonial languages, currencies and legal codes merged into the Somali Republic — a union whose seams still shape politics today.
HornCompass · By Muna Yusuf · July 2, 2026
A joint investment desk aims to route more electronics, fisheries and agri-tech deals through Berbera.
HornCompass · By Ahmed Warsame · July 15, 2026
