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AfricaSource

Mar 20, 2025

If the international community wants to curb fossil fuel emissions, it must make Africa a serious clean energy offer

By Neil Ford

Before the international community asks African countries to leave undeveloped fossil fuel resources in the ground, it must make them an offer of clean energy financing—one substantial enough to fund Africa’s current and future appetite for electricity.

Africa Energy & Environment

AfricaSource

Mar 17, 2025

This Women’s History Month, focus on African women’s achievements, not just their challenges

By Rama Yade

African women deserve recognition not just for the indignities they face, but for the heights they achieve.

Africa Resilience & Society

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Mar 17, 2025

To improve its Sahel policy, the US must update four assumptions

By Jordanna Yochai

By reevaluating long-held assumptions and adapting policy to the rapidly changing geopolitical environment, the United States can play a vital role in the Sahel region.

Africa Sahel

AfricaSource

Mar 13, 2025

What airstrikes in Somalia show about the war on terror

By Alexander Tripp

With terrorist groups increasingly prevalent throughout Africa, the United States is likely to devote more attention to counterterrorism efforts on the continent.

Africa Sahel

AfricaSource

Feb 28, 2025

Senegal’s president must not miss the opportunity afforded by the country’s democratic spotlight

By Hippolyte Fofack

President Bassirou Diomaye Faye must actively use the opportunity provided by the rekindling flame of democracy to usher in a new era.

Africa Elections

AfricaSource

Feb 25, 2025

Cameroon may soon lurch into crisis. Here’s how the US can help steer it away.

By Benjamin Mossberg

Benjamin Mossberg outlines ten recommendations for elevating Cameroon on the US foreign policy agenda.

Africa Politics & Diplomacy

AfricaSource

Feb 24, 2025

Trump’s dismantling of USAID offers a new beginning for Africa

By Rama Yade

African leaders should take advantage of the dismantling of USAID to propose new partnerships made up of direct investment and fairer trade, Rama Yade writes.

Africa Politics & Diplomacy

AfricaSource

Feb 12, 2025

Trump should patch the holes in US-Africa space cooperation

By Temidayo Oniosun

In order to harness the opportunities of the African space sector, the United States must also fill the gaps in its space coordination with Africa.

Africa Space

AfricaSource

Feb 6, 2025

The United States needs a new guiding message in promoting LGBTQI+ rights in Africa: Tolerance

By Richard K. Bell

The United States should point to the fact that LGBTQI+ rights are, indeed, rights—and as is the case with rights, they have a legal basis.

Africa Resilience & Society

AfricaSource

Jan 24, 2025

Immigration looms large over US-Africa relations in 2025

By Alexander Tripp

Immigration will likely top the United States’ agenda in its relations with African nations in the months to come.

Africa Migration