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East Africa must fear rallying of world powers, militaries in Red Sea arena

Hopefully, some people in East African capitals have their eyes on the goings-on around the Red Sea. FOTOSEARCH

By  Charles Onyango-Obbo

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I am sorry, but we shall get through the painful introduction here quickly. The other week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, there was a meeting of the African Union High Level Implementation Panel, abbreviated as AUHIP.

Now to the fun part. AUHIP is led by former South African president Thabo Mbeki, and like all things involving TM (as he’s known by those close to him), at times it got quite wonkish.

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