For the EASF, the immediate challenge is turning political commitments into practical capacity. Its leadership wants the force to move beyond being a regional arrangement on paper and become a properly funded, politically supported and operationally ready mechanism capable of responding when crises emerge.

The Commander of the US Africa Command (AFRICOM), General Dagvin R.M. Anderson, shared the command’s strategy during an online...

The EASF, which was established in 2007 and reached full operational capability in December 2015, is the product of several factors that have defined regional integration in the field of peace and security in Eastern Africa and the Horn of Africa, including long-standing and continuing tensions between countries of the region and the threats to peace and security with internal wars, environmental degradation, terrorism, and unconstitutional changes of government notwithstanding. 

During the meeting, all the member states of EASF were urged to fulfil their obligations towards enhancing African solutions for African problems.

The 42nd Extraordinary Assembly of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in East Africa, Heads of State and Government,...

The government of Uganda will be hosting the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in East Africa at State House...

Billow Kerrow, a prominent Kenyan politician, the former Senator of Mandera County and Chair of the Senate Finance and...

The Red Cross Society Secretary Generals of 12 countries in Africa are meeting in Kampala to discuss a roadmap...