The link below will take you to a map of the Horn of Africa from the website of the Council on Foreign Relations. Kenya is included in the Horn here; some maps also add Sudan and even Uganda to the Horn.
About Horn of Africa Report
Shlomo Bachrach will address current events in the Horn of Africa — Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia (with some over flow into neighbors Kenya and Sudan). He invites you to comment, offer suggestions, take issue and share a reminiscence if something triggers a memory. An archive of news from the Horn of Africa is available at www.EastAfricaForum.net.
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Shlomo–these are great sources of information. Thank you
That is correct. There are no longer any UN observers on the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea. Their mandate was terminated in July, 2008 under pressure from Eritrea. This was Eritrea’s way to protest Ethiopia’s refusal to comply with its commitment to accept the ruling of the Border Commission and the UN’s, and other guarantors’ (US, EU, AU) indifference.
As a result, several hundred thousand troops face each other within sniper range without even the pretence of a buffer. Despite small incidents, the armed truce is still holding….