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New Atlanticist
By Katherine Walla
During a discussion at Atlantic Council in New York, officials and food security experts laid out the solutions that can expand Africa’s agricultural productivity—and make it more resilient to climate change.
By Atlantic Council experts
A newly announced group of thirty-two countries aims for further collaboration on economic development, environmental protection, and maritime issues such as illegal fishing.
The Russian and Chinese leaders were not at the summit, but that did not stop the Group of Twenty leaders from approving an eighty-three-paragraph declaration that added the African Union to the group.
Experts weigh in on what the mercenary leader’s apparent death will mean for the Russian state and Wagner’s operations abroad.
AfricaSource
By Hippolyte Fofack
Coming out of the Johannesburg summit, the BRICS group has the potential to accelerate the process of dedollarization and the transition to a multipolar world.
While ECOWAS has ordered the activation of a “standby force,” it has sent a mixed message about intervening. Meanwhile, the military junta in Niger has declared a new government.
By Rama Yade
The ongoing coup in Niamey and others that have taken place in West Africa in recent years reflect significant geopolitical changes underway.
By O. Felix Obi
Bola Ahmed Tinubu does have an opportunity to set up Nigeria as an economic powerhouse and African superpower. Here’s how he can seize it.
The last ship under the UN- and Turkey-brokered deal to export grain and fertilizer from Ukraine by sea has left Odesa. Atlantic Council experts explain what to expect next.
By Alexandra Gorman
Nigeria’s new president will need to get all the help he can get—including from the United States—to address the jihadist insurgency that has engulfed the country’s north.
