The regional program examines cross-cutting problems facing countries in the  Horn of Africa and neighboring areas—namely, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda and Djibouti—and utilizes research and discussion to help policymakers and key stakeholders find effective ways of tackling them. Over the years, IAG’s work in the regional program have helped to produce quality academic and policy publications as well as facilitate forums that have shed insight on key issues in this part of the world. Below are highlights of past projects undertaken in the regional program. Activities for the upcoming years have yet to be planned as IAG has not secured the required funding.

Quarterly Briefings on Peace and Security in the Horn of Africa:  Through this project, IAG commissions scholars and analysts who have considerable knowledge of the region and whose opinions are highly regarded among policy makers, diplomats and regional and international organizations, to produce reports on significant and relevant peace and security issues.  Three reports were produced in 2007, an additional five in 2008 and two in 2009. These include:

Talking Peace Making War
What Next for Somalia: Making Peace Sustainable
Prospects for Peace in Darfur by: Dr Alex de Waal
Kenyan Post-Electoral Crisis by: Dr Tim Murithi
Post Accord Kenya: Between Fragile Peace and a Constitutional Revival by: Dr Tim Murithi
The Djibouti – Eritrea Conflict by: Medhane Tadesse
The Establishment and Implications of the US-Africa Command by: Birouk Mesfin
Piracy off the Somali Coast by: Berouck Mesfin and Kidist Mulugeta
Somalia: Bailing out the TFG by: Professor Medhane Taddesse