Somalia and Energy Politics

Overshadowed by the present crisis in the Middle East, tensions grow off the Horn of Africa as nations vie to secure the vital marine passageway of the Red Sea.

Since the National Islamic Front seized power in Sudan, the United States has eyed the Horn of Africa with increasing concern. Intent on building a radical Islamist state, sympathetic to Islam’s most extreme factions such as al Qaeda, Sudan has operated as a gateway for the free movement of Islamic terror organizations throughout the Horn of Africa. This region embraces Africa’s central north-eastern coastlands including Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea, as well as Sudan.
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