This is a report of the International Conference on Africa–Middle East Relations organized by the HORN Institute on August 25-26, 2021. The Institute extends warm gratitude to all the guests and keynote speakers whose participation was invaluable in making the conference a success. Special thanks go to Hon. Ababu Namwamba, Chief Administrative Secretary, Kenya Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Rev. Samuel Kobia, Ph.D., Chairman, National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC); Titus Ibui, EGH, Chairman, Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET); Ambassadors Mokhtar Gambou, Ph.D., Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to Kenya; Zaddock Syong’oh, Policy Analyst; Mohamed Guyo, Ph.D., IGAD Special Envoy for the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Somalia; Erastus Mwencha, EGH, Former Deputy Chairperson African Union Commission (AUC), and Board Chairman, Equity Group Holdings; and Boaz Mbaya, Executive Director, Center for Policy Analysis.
Pastoralism remains one of the most important livelihood systems in the Horn of Africa, supporting millions of people through livestock keeping and small-scale agriculture
