Editorial commentary

Abstract

The April 2022 edition of the Journal of Somali Studies (JoSS) presents a number of interesting articles on the Horn and East African region, Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and South Sudan. For example, the article “Public Private Partnership Projects and Regional Cooperation in Horn of Africa and East African Region in the era of COVID 19 pandemic” by Nuwagaba and colleagues analyses Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects and regional cooperation during COVID 19. Due to the limited information on the role of PPPs in promoting regional cooperation, the study embarked on examining the link between PPP and regional cooperation for the Horn of Africa and east Africa region. Th article argues that the use of PPPs provides a basis for the promotion of regional cooperation among member states in this region and that these projects provide a basis for fostering regional cooperation.