Horn of Africa - Regional Cooperation in Multidimensional Security

The Horn of Africa is currently facing with multidimensional challenges with critical impacts on the political, military, economic and social domains. Intra- and inter-state conflicts, terrorism, economic decline, food insecurity and migration are among the most significant challenges affecting the region. In order to deal with these challenges, regionalism and regional organizations play an important role, covering cooperation in security, the economy, environmental and social development. The NSD-S HUB and the African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT) organized a workshop on 23 May 2023 in Algiers, Algeria to discuss regional cooperation in the Horn of Africa. The following report contains the discussed topics of the workshop.

READ FULL REPORT

Background

By the cooperation of NSD-S HUB and ACSRT, regional experts from East Africa have participated on the workshop to discuss about the security situation in the region, the challenges and benefits of the regional cooperation and the role of external actors in those cooperative initiatives. The report aims to summarize the discussed topics of the event and highlight the main takeaways of the panels.

Key insights

Trends

• Horn of Africa is facing with multidimensional security challenges.
• To face these challenges, the countries of the region have created regional organizations.
• In 2018, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia initiated the Horn of Africa Cooperation regional bloc as new security organization in the Horn of Africa. 
• The workshop focused on to investigate the possible future of this organization and other regional initiatives in Horn of Africa.

© Story by NATO Strategic Direction South HUB

  Related articles

Transnational

Sahelian Local Perspectives On Western Models Of Security Collaboration

14 January 2025

A joint report by the NSD-S HUB and the Centro para el Bien Común of the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria.

Africa

Enhancing Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea

03 December 2024 at 12:31

A study day with regional and international subject matter experts.

Africa, Middle East, Transnational

Dashboards Selected by the NSD-S Hub

16 April 2024 at 15:55

We've selected dashboard pertaining to Security - with focus on the Middle East & Africa.

Transnational

The African Standby Force - An Overview

03 April 2024

An overview of the concepts on which the African Standby Force (ASF) is based - with focus on the maritime domain.

Africa, Transnational

Wagner’s Presence in Africa

24 March 2024

Consequences and Future Trends

Africa

African Shared Values Vs the Implication of Increasing Authoritarianism in the Greater Sahel and Gulf of Guinea

21 December 2023

On leadership shifts that might challenge Africa's shared values and impact the entire system built around on local, regional and international level.

20230828_NU_NSD-S_HUB_Report_The_Horn_of_Africa_Regional_Cooperation_on_Multidimensional_Security.PDF (1.01 MB)