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Together with the Institut des Études Diplomatiques (Institute for Diplomatic Studies; IED), a department of the Djiboutian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Regional Programme Security Dialogue for East Africa (RP SIPODI East Africa) of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) organised the Djibouti Security Symposium 2024 on 6th May 2024. In addition to high-ranking Djiboutian government representatives, numerous international academics and decision-makers took part as experts for the panel discussions. The audience consisted of Djiboutian professionals and government representatives as well as some international diplomats.
From 5th to 7th May 2024, Thomas Röwekamp, Member of the German Bundestag and member of the German Defence Committee, conducted a political dialogue programme in Djibouti as part of a delegation visit. He was accompanied by his Policy Adviser Malte Engelmann and Dr Stefan Friedrich, Head of the Department Sub-Saharan Africa of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS). The trip to this especially for Germany and Europe geopolitically and geostrategically relevant country in the Horn of Africa was largely organised by the Regional Programme Security Dialogue for East Africa (RP SIPODI East Africa) of KAS. The visit by MP Thomas Röwekamp was the first by a member of the German Bundestag to Djibouti in over eight years. The main objective of the visit was to discuss the latest security developments in the Horn of Africa and their impact on German and European politics.
15th April 2024 marked one year since the fighting broke out in Sudan. The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung’s (KAS) Regional Programme Security Dialogue for East Africa (RP SIPODI East Africa) held a roundtable briefing for journalists and members of the Programme’s network in Uganda on 18th April 2024, to assess the regional implications of this conflict, as it goes into a second year.
On the evening of 17th April 2024, the Regional Programme Security Dialogue for East Africa (RP SIPODI East Africa) of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) organised a symposium within its premises in Kampala for Hermann Gröhe, Deputy Chairman of the CDU/CSU-Parliamentary Group. The discussion focused on the ongoing conflict in Sudan, addressing the current mili-tary situation, the network of armed militias within Sudan, the influence of foreign powers, and the humanitarian consequences of this conflict.
On the evening of 21st March 2024, the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung’s (KAS) Regional Programme Security Dialogue East Africa (RP SIPODI EA) organised a two-panel symposium at its office in Kampala. The first panel discussed the escalations in the Red Sea with a specific focus on the current military situation, Iran’s network of armed groups in the Middle East and the implications of these escalations on the Horn of Africa.
The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung’s (KAS) Regional Programme Security Dialogue for East Africa (RP SIPODI East Africa) in partnership with the Ethiopian civil society organisation, Climate Resilient Borderlands Horn of Africa (CRBi), conducted a one-day workshop on the topic: “Local Views and Solutions for Climate Change Induced Displacement and other related Threats in Borderland Areas” on the 5th March 2024 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Three weeks after the announcement of the striking Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Addis Abeba and Hargeisa on the establishment of an Ethiopian military base in Somaliland in return for Ethiopia's recognition of Somaliland's independence from Somalia, a delegation of Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) visited the three capitals of Mogadishu, Addis Ababa and Djibouti. Beside this latest diplomatic turmoil the main purpose of the visit was to address the situation in Sudan and the most recent security related developments in the Red Sea and their impact on German and European politics.
The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung’s (KAS) Regional Programme Security Dialogue for East Africa (RP SIPODI East Africa) hosted an evening discussion event on 14th December 2023 on the theme of “The Horn of Africa at Crossroads? Recent Developments and Scenarios for 2024”. The event focussed on the latest developments in Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan and their impact on the entire Horn of Africa region. External speakers were Lukas Kupfernagel, Director of the KAS Country Office Ethiopia / African Union and Khaled Sirelkhatem, political analyst and Sudanese expert on the Horn of Africa. Edgar Mwine, Project Officer at RP SIPODI East Africa, was the third expert, elaborating on the current situation in Somalia.
On Thursday 28th November 2023, the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung’s (KAS) Regional Programme Security Dialogue for East Africa (RP SIPODI East Africa) launched a publication on Child Migration in Ethiopia. This publication is a collection of ten research papers from different scholars and researchers in Ethiopia on the challenges of Child Migration. The research was conducted between March and May 2023 and the findings were first presented at an academic research conference held at Wolaita Sodo University on 16th and 17th June 2023 that brought together academics, community-based organisations, local and regional leaders from the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia and was organised by KAS RP SIPODI East Africa in partnership with Wolaita Sodo University, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission, and the Ethiopian Office of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).
The Regional Programme Security Dialogue for East Africa (RP SIPODI East Africa) of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) in cooperation with the Management Institute for National Development (MIND) Somalia has organised several dialogue platforms throughout this year. The four debates addressed (security) policy questions of high relevance for the Somali society and took place at the Somali capital of Mogadishu.
