Diplomacy and hegemony in the “Horn of Africa”

... according to a recent World Bank media release. The European Union has pledged around $3.7 billion until 2020 (for the next five years.) The African Development Bank has announced a pledge of $1.8 billion to last for the next three years, for countries of the Horn of Africa region. The Islamic Development Bank has committed up to $1 billion but only for Djibouti, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda. The World Bank is mobilizing $1.8 billion in cross-border regional funding Sounds like a rather nuanced approach. Will the “new Horn” mediate China's regional presence? So far, peer-reviewed academics everywhere and major media have ...