Mohammed Ibrahim Shire

Why Ethiopia's Tigray conflict won't turn into a protracted insurgency

The Tigray People’s Liberation Front has executed a series of coercive steps to provoke a conflict at the local, national and regional level to force international powers to intervene.

Kenya’s carrot-and-stick approach to Somalia will not work

As the two countries take their maritime border dispute over resource-rich waters to the International Court of Justice, Kenya is trying to force and out-of-court settlement.

Negotiating with Somalia’s Al Shabab: It’s the traditional elders, stupid

Tribal elders are capable of bridging the trust deficit between the Somali government and Al Shabab - and they might be the only chance left for peace.