*This is a closed session* FES and IPSS are re-establishing their monthly Breakfast Meeting Series on topics related to peace and security issues in the Horn of Africa. The first meeting in this series will take place on 7 July 2022. It will focus on the regional implications of the re-election of  Somalia’s President Hassan […]

*By Invitation Only/Closed Session* The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has been a center of regional political interaction in what is known as the Eastern Nile Basin. For a decade, the dam has shaped the hydro-politics of the Nile, particularly the tripartite political relation between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt. Unprecedented negotiations unfolded inviting major global […]

The first IPSS-FES Breakfast Meeting of 2026, titled "War on Iran: Repercussions on the Horn of Africa," is scheduled for this Friday, May 22, 2026, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. EAT. The main objective of the meeting is to provide context and analyze how the ongoing U.S.-Israel War on Iran is reshaping the political, geopolitical, security, […]