Africa Center Commentary & Analysis

Through high-level relationships and a track record of well-respected analysis, the Africa Center speaks directly to the stakeholders who matter, shaping policy on the foremost issues of this dynamic continent.

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Aug 2, 2016

A Primer on South Africa’s Municipal Elections: What’s at Stake and Why it Matters

By Chloë McGrath

On August 3, South Africans go to the polls to vote in the country’s fifth local government elections since the end of apartheid. Although municipal elections seldom draw much international attention, this year the stakes are particularly high in South Africa. Since it championed the struggle to liberate the country from apartheid under the leadership […]

Africa South Africa

Event Recap

Aug 2, 2016

US-Angola Energy Roundtable

By Africa Center

On Tuesday, August 2, the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center, in partnership with the US-Angola Chamber of Commerce, hosted a roundtable on US-Angola energy opportunities. Coming on the heels of the official US-Angola Strategic Energy Dialogue that took place on Monday, August 1, at the US Department of State, the event welcomed a delegation of Angolan […]

New Atlanticist

Jul 29, 2016

Investment Compact Brings Hope to Niger

By Mitch Hulse

A nearly $450 million investment package from the Millennium Challenge Corporation—an independent US foreign aid agency—for Niger will empower farmers and bolster transit infrastructure in the West African state, improving the livelihoods of more than 3.9 million Nigeriens, according to Niger’s prime minister, Brigi Rafini. The Nigerien government and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) on […]

Economy & Business North & West Africa

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Jul 28, 2016

Roundtable with the prime minister of the Republic of Niger

By Africa Center

On Thursday, July 28, the Africa Center hosted a breakfast roundtable with His Excellency Brigi Rafini, Prime Minister of the Republic of Niger, to discuss development and security challenges currently faced by the country.  The event coincided with the signing of a $437 million Millennium Challenge Corporation Compact between the United States and Niger, scheduled […]

Economy & Business Sahel

New Atlanticist

Jul 27, 2016

Upcoming Elections Spotlight South Africa’s Worsening Economic Crisis

By Chloë McGrath

South Africa’s upcoming municipal elections on August 3 have brought the country’s economic crisis to the forefront of public discussion. The ruling African National Congress (ANC) party will be striving to maintain its political foothold against the Democratic Alliance and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party as the country continues to deal with a protracted […]

Economy & Business Elections

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Jul 27, 2016

Roundtable with Sir Richard Dearlove, former Chief of MI6

By Africa Center

On Wednesday, July 27, the Africa Center hosted Sir Richard Dearlove, KCMG, OBE, former Chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and immediate past Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge for a high-level roundtable discussion. Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham welcomed participants and set the stage for the discussion, noting Sir Richard’s nearly four […]

Africa

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Jul 26, 2016

Roundtable with Ann Bernstein

By Africa Center

On Tuesday, July 26, the Africa Center hosted a breakfast roundtable discussion with Ann Bernstein, executive director of the Center for Development and Enterprise (CDE) in Johannesburg, South Africa’s leading development think tank, who discussed the challenges of mass employment and inclusion and their impact on rising social discontent in the run-up to the pivotal […]

South Africa

New Atlanticist

Jul 19, 2016

Three Questions About the African Union Mission in South Sudan

By Kelsey Lilley

The African Union (AU) announced on July 19 that it will deploy a peacekeeping force to South Sudan, which recently descended into a new round of bloodletting, shortly after celebrating its fifth independence anniversary.  Violence began two weeks ago, as government and opposition forces clashed in the country’s capital, Juba. At least two hundred people, […]

East Africa

New Atlanticist

Jul 15, 2016

Nigeria’s Optimists

By Kelsey Lilley

The International Republican Institute’s (IRI) Nigeria Country Director Sentell Barnes likes to describe Nigeria as a house. “When you see it from the outside, maybe it looks like it’s falling in. But when you see it from the inside, there are things in place where the country is preventing itself…from going off the edge,” said […]

Economy & Business Nigeria

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Jul 14, 2016

Nigeria Speaks: Poll Shows Confidence in Democracy, Governance

By Africa Center

On Thursday, July 14, the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center, in cooperation with the International Republican Institute (IRI), hosted a discussion on the findings of a recent IRI poll on the state of democracy and governance in Nigeria.

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