Martin Plaut – Journalist specialising in the Horn of Africa and Southern Africa

Isaias Afwerki at independence celebrations 2026

The Master of Distraction: How Isaias Afwerki of Eritrea Poses a Strategic Risk to the West

25/05/2026 — 1 Comment

On a dirty pavement outside Durban’s Home Affairs Refugee Reception Centre, a huddle of terrified people is waiting for June 30, an ominous deadline that anti-illegal immigration groups have set for undocumented foreigners to leave South Africa.

Africa, African Union, Nigeria, South Africa

As Ghana and Nigeria fly their citizens home, mobs in South Africa set June 30 as a deadline for all foreign Africans to leave

25/05/2026 — 0 Comments

Dylan Page "News Daddy"

Africa, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa

An Open Letter to Dylan Page – News Daddy

24/05/2026 — 1 Comment

Ancient burial of African in England

Africa, Britain

Ancient DNA evidence of Africans in England 1,400 years ago

23/05/2026 — 0 Comments

Africa, Eritrea, Horn of Africa

33 Years After Independence: What Has Changed in Eritrea?

22/05/2026 — 1 Comment

Africa, Horn of Africa

EEPA Situation Report, Horn of Africa, No. 730 – 21 May 2026

21/05/2026 — 0 Comments

Map of arms supplies by UAE to Sudan's RSF

Africa, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Somaliland, United Arab Emirates

The contest for the Horn of Africa – an excellent analysis

21/05/2026 — 1 Comment

These artisanal miners near the Eritrean border pan for gold manually, without the heavy machinery that the newer, larger operations use. The young men were displaced by the war.Claire Wilmot/The Globe and Mail

Africa, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa

How gold tarnished Tigray

20/05/2026 — 0 Comments

Mekelle, Tigray

Africa, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa

Truth Sacrificed for Political Capitulation: Getachew Reda’s Revisionist Narrative

20/05/2026 — 0 Comments

Africa, Horn of Africa

EEPA Situation Report, Horn of Africa, No. 729 – 18 May 2026

19/05/2026 — 0 Comments