What’s Really Going on in the Horn?
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What’s Really Going on in the Horn?
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Thu, 03/19/2026 - 16:14
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19 March 2026
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This week on The Horn, Alan speaks with Moses Chrispus Okello, Senior Researcher at ISS Africa, about what connects the various conflicts in the Horn of Africa together, from deepening internal fragmentation and growing external involvement to a renewed fixation on geography and history.
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Related Tags Horn of Africa In this episode of The Horn, Alan is joined by Moses Chrispus Okello, Senior Researcher at the Institute of Security Studies, to unpack the common forces driving instability across the Horn of Africa and where the region might be headed. They discuss how today’s crises across the Horn of Africa are rooted primarily in domestic politics, even as they are increasingly shaped and intensified by outside powers competing for influence as the region becomes more entangled in Red Sea geopolitics. They examine Ethiopia’s central place in the region, how its push for sea access is raising tensions with neighbours and the prospects for wider regional realignments. Finally, they explore what stabilisation might require, from reducing proxy competition to rebuilding regional diplomacy.
Click here to listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. For more, check out our Briefing “Ethiopia, Eritrea and Tigray: A Powder Keg in the Horn of Africa”, as well as our Horn of Africa page. Related Tags More for you Briefing /
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