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The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung’s (KAS) Regional Programme Security Dialogue for East Africa (RP SIPODI East Africa) together with SPACE-South Sudan hosted a one-day Symposium on the changing migration patterns in the Horn of Africa, in view of the ongoing war in Sudan. The symposium which took place on 13th June 2024, at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Juba, brought together experts, academics, diplomats, refugees from Sudan, representatives of migration and refugee agencies and policy makers in South Sudan.
The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung’s (KAS) Regional Programme Security Dialogue for East Africa (RP SIPODI East Africa) and the HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies hosted a Symposium to situate the position of the Non-Military Players in the Sudan Conflict and their role in the Post-Conflict State Reconstruction on 29th May 2024, at the Sarova Panafric Hotel in Nairobi.
On the invitation of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), for the first time a high-ranking political delegation from the Horn of Africa visited Brussels and Berlin from 13th to 17th May 2024. The participants were renowned Somali and Djiboutian security experts from politics and academia, all of whom come from the network of the Regional Programme Security Dialogue for East Africa (RP SIPODI East Africa) of KAS. In Brussels, the delegation held political talks with various institutions of the European Union (EU), including the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the Directorate General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA). There was also an exchange with NATO and representatives from esteemed European think tanks. In Berlin, talks were held at the German Bundestag, the Federal Chancellery, the Federal Foreign Office (AA), the Federal Ministry of Defence (BMVg) and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) as well as at the KAS headquarters. These exchanges on security affairs and geopolitical issues took place at an important time, particularly with regard to German and European security interests in the Horn of Africa. In response to the attacks on civilian merchant shipping in the Red Sea by the Iranian-backed Yemeni Houthi militia, the EU has set up the EUNAVFOR Aspides mission. The German Navy is actively participating in the mission with the frigate Hessen, which returned from its two-month deployment at the end of April, and the frigate Hamburg, which is currently preparing for its deployment at the beginning of August.
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.
