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[OPFist]

We know that the United States, the world’s most powerful country has appointed a special envoy for the Horn of Africa region. They did not appoint a special envoy for Somalia or for Ethiopia or for Eritrea nor for Djibouti. The Europeans have their special envoy for the region and the Chinese have now their own special envoy and most recently the United Kingdom has appointed its own special envoy to the region. The United Nations and the African Union have both special regional envoys to the region. Who will be next? It is a clear indication that the region is important for others and the region’s leadership should take note of this. Although with a starving population, the region remains significantly important for many a region or a block or a country beyond the borders of the Horn of Africa Federation and even multi-laterals. We should at least recall the region is the source of the Blue Nile and that it is also the gateway for all trade ships destined to pass through the Suez Canal, let alone the potential oil and gas resources of the region.

[OPFist]

The world apparently needs a stable cohesive Horn of Africa Region. It is time its leadership realized this and took onto themselves the responsibility to complete the task of reforming the region for the better.

[BigBreak]

A single country in the form of a federation comprising the entire Horn could be the way to go. The country called "Horn African Federation" would be made up of five states called Somaliland, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti

Asmara should be the political capital of the HAF, Addis Ababa should be the financial hub of the HAF that hosts the HAF Central Bank and the President of Djibouti should be the President of the HAF as a whole simultaneously