Limbo

With a fragile ceasefire nearing its deadline, Washington and Tehran traded fresh warnings of war, casting doubt over whether negotiations that US President Donald Trump said would resume in Pakistan will go ahead at all. The White House said Vice President JD Vance stood ready to return to Islamabad, where Pakistani authorities were preparing for a second round of talks aimed at halting a conflict that has engulfed the Middle East and rattled global markets. Tehran, however, stopped short of confirming its participation.…

Mogadishu’s constitutional limbo has defined Somalia’s federal transition for more than a decade. With the adoption of Article 63 in the amended constitution, lawmakers have drawn a new map for the capital and the wider Benadir Region—one that elevates local representation while keeping national authorities firmly in charge of security and other strategic levers. It is a hybrid that resists easy labels, neither a full Federal Member State nor a city simply run from the center. The decision settles years of debate over…

Ethiopia: Unresolved Elements in Pretoria Agreement, TPLF Voices Concerns ADDIS ABABA - On the milestone marking two years since the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement, better known as the Pretoria Agreement, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) expressed their dissatisfaction with numerous unresolved matters. Many issues are still dangling in limbo despite the deadlines set in Pretoria and later restated in Nairobi. The TPLF, entangled in its own internal disputes, recognized the agreement's significant…