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.

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

Event Recap

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.

Africa Nigeria

New Atlanticist

Jul 13, 2016

Congolese Presidential Candidate Urges Use of Sanctions to Bring About Democratic Change in DRC

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Moise Katumbi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s leading opposition candidate for president, has urged the international community to use sanctions to press Congolese President Joseph Kabila to give up power. A political crisis in a country where war claimed around five million lives between 1994 and 2003 could create instability that spreads to the […]

Event Recap

Jul 13, 2016

Roundtable with Moϊse Katumbi

By Africa Center

On Wednesday, July 13, the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center hosted Moϊse Katumbi, joint opposition candidate for the presidency of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and former governor of Katanga Province, for a roundtable discussion on the current political situation in the DRC in the lead up to what should be a constitutionally mandated […]

AfricaSource

Jul 12, 2016

Reclaiming African Transitional Justice

By Daniel Samet

On May 31, Simone Gbagbo, former First Lady of Côte d’Ivoire, went on trial in Abidjan before the country’s highest criminal court for crimes against humanity. She faces charges for offenses committed during the 2010-2011 post-election crisis, when incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo refused to step down after losing to opposition leader Alassane Ouattara. What ensued […]

Africa North & West Africa

New Atlanticist

Jul 11, 2016

South Sudan: Heading Down a Familiar Road to War?

By Ashish Kumar Sen

The international community needs to take a more active role in defusing the crisis in South Sudan where gun battles between forces loyal to the president and vice president over the weekend resulted in the death of 200 people, said the Atlantic Council’s J. Peter Pham. Contending that South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir, and his […]

East Africa

AfricaSource

Jul 8, 2016

Israel’s Return to Africa

By J. Peter Pham

This week Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu became the first sitting Israeli head of government to travel to Africa since Yitzhak Rabin went to see Morocco’s King Hassan II in 1993. Netanyahu made stops in Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, and Ethiopia; while in Uganda, he also met with leaders from South Sudan, Tanzania, and Zambia. Although much […]

Africa East Africa

AfricaSource

Jun 28, 2016

Africa and Brexit: Not All Bad News

By J. Peter Pham

Amid the global political and economic turmoil in the wake of last week’s narrow decision by British voters in favor of taking their country out of the European Union, there has been no shortage of alarm about the potential toll of “Brexit” on Africa in terms of diminished trade, investment, and assistance. While there will […]

Bremain vs Brexit

Jun 28, 2016

Africa and Brexit: Not All Bad News

By J. Peter Pham

Amid the global political and economic turmoil in the wake of last week’s narrow decision by British voters in favor of taking their country out of the European Union, there has been no shortage of alarm about the potential toll of “Brexit” on Africa in terms of diminished trade, investment, and assistance. While there will […]

Africa
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