It also seeks to address the long-term causes of conflict and poverty and thus promotes conflict transformation and regional integration.
Several ancient written scripts were developed here as well as ancient wall paintings.
In the 1600’s, Christianity was once again the principal religion, resulting in civil unrest.These various empires continued to rule throughout the Horn of Africa until 1869 when the Suez Canal was opened and European governments attempted to gain control of the region.
Africa south of the Sahara: selected internet resources about the Horn of Africa.
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It aims at improving pastoralist food security and adaptive capacities in the lowlands of Borana Zone, Southern Ethiopia, through enhancing the sustainable management of natural resources.The Horn of Africa is of high interest for Switzerland in terms of migration policy.
The SDC is committed to ensuring that public services are performed competently in the interests of all citizens.
Development banks, UN development organisations and global funds and networks are important pillars of development cooperation, contributing both knowledge and funding.
Carter Center (Atlanta, GA) Information re projects in the Horn of Africa and other Center projects.
This ethnicity is believed to be responsible for 5,000-year old rock paintings.
There are many good ports on both sides of the Horn.
This group numbers between 16 and 20 million individuals.
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Italy became a major colonizer in this area and France established an administration at the end of the 19th century.
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To sustain and expand these results, the program will capacitate Tanzanian institutions to engage in subnational, intersectoral and cross borders malaria elimination strategies in the region whilst continuously informing the global malaria policies and technical guidelines with practices from Tanzania. Notably, it also has the greatest number of endemic reptiles of any other area on the African continent.Although the Horn of Africa consists of 4 independent countries, it shares similar ethnic heritages throughout the region.
The five countries that make up the Horn of Africa is Somalia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, and last Sudan.
The project will support national and local government actors to increase local revenue generation alongside improving their capacities to exercise internal and external control functions.
The Horn of Africa has been at the centre of global attention for several decades because of protracted armed conflict, severe food crises and large scale displacement.. .
It is also committed to an accountable system of public resources allocation. Christianity has existed here since at least the 4th century AD.
The Swiss embassies in Kenya and Ethiopia coordinate the actors of the Swiss Government responsible for the implementation of the strategy.
The proposed Project contributes to the outcomes of the SDCâs Food Security Domain as stipulated in the Swiss Cooperation Strategy Horn of Africa.
In order to ensure scale and sustainability, a partnership with the private sector will be developed.
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The programme will build technical capacity in the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau to more effectively investigate complex financial corruption cases and increase asset recovery.
The Horn of Africa is a peninsula that extends into the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
Switzerland is a recognised global expert in malaria, providing a strong rational for a renewed Swiss commitment towards âa malaria free worldâ by 2030.