Africa's Quiet Diplomacy on Hormuz Crisis Masks High Economic Stakes

Fuel shortages in Ethiopia forced government to prioritize security and agriculture, leaving private citizens waiting at empty gas stations; East African migrant workers face reduced remittances if Gulf economies falter.

For six months, the Strait of Hormuz — the narrow passage through which a fifth of the world's oil flows — has been effectively closed, a consequence of American and Israeli strikes on Iran that set in motion a cascade of disruption reaching far beyond the Middle East. Across Africa, the silence of governments has been deliberate rather than indifferent: leaders who understand the cause of the crisis have chosen careful diplomacy over candid speech, weighing economic survival against geopolitical honesty. The continent absorbs the shock of distant decisions it did not make, and in doing so, is

Africa's Quiet Diplomacy on Hormuz Crisis Masks High Economic Stakes

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