Two other articles on the Red Sea crisis are available here: Africa needs a stronger voice on resolving the Red Sea crisis, and Africa’s oceans could pay dearly for the Red Sea Crisis. Still reeling ...

Survivors of a people-smuggling operation gone wrong in the Red Sea have recounted how they were forced off their boat far ...

The wars currently going on in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa are not happening in a vacuum, and a big part of these conflicts is the battle for influence in the Red Sea.

The Horn of Africa stands at a dangerous crossroads, with tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea threatening to reignite large ...

Both America and China have their only permanent military bases in Africa at this strategic spot on the African side of the Bab al-Mandab strait, where the Red Sea meets the Gulf of Aden (see map).

The oceans surrounding Africa cover approximately 214 million square kilometers, and with 90 percent of our trade flowing through maritime routes, the question is no longer whether the seas matter, ...