Africa Center Commentary & Analysis

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Event Recap

Aug 19, 2015

Briefing on Stability and Human Rights in Guinea

By Africa Center

On Wednesday, August 19, the Africa Center hosted a briefing by Corinne Dufka, Associate Director of Human Rights Watch’s Africa Division, who spoke about her recent fact-finding mission to Guinea. The West African nation is scheduled to hold presidential elections in less than two months, and the pre-election period has seen a rise in sometimes-violent […]

Africa North & West Africa

AfricaSource

Aug 11, 2015

Why Lake Chad matters: Tackling climate change, development, and security

By Abdoul Salam Bello

Lake Chad is shrinking In recent years, we have witnessed the dramatic rise of Boko Haram in Nigeria and its expansion into neighboring Cameroon, Chad, and Niger. In addition to sharing borders, these four countries have another valuable asset in common: Lake Chad. The resource remains the primary source of freshwater for irrigation projects in […]

Africa Climate Change & Climate Action

AfricaSource

Jul 28, 2015

President Obama in Africa: Making Liberal Americans and African Dictators Smile

By Bronwyn Bruton

In the many years that I spent working as a civil and human rights activist across East, West, Central and Southern Africa, I quickly learned that there is a surefire way to get a visa into Africa’s most repressive countries. When filling out the little box that asks for your purpose of visit, just say […]

Africa East Africa

New Atlanticist

Jul 23, 2015

Obama’s ‘Most Strategic Itinerary’ in Africa

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Atlantic Council’s J. Peter Pham says President has important reasons to visit Kenya and Ethiopia US President Barack Obama’s decision to visit Kenya and Ethiopia this week underscores the strategic significance of these two sub-Saharan nations to the United States, says the Atlantic Council’s top Africa analyst. Obama arrives in Kenya, his late father’s homeland, […]

Africa East Africa

New Atlanticist

Jul 17, 2015

President Buhari Comes to Washington

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Boko Haram, trade will be at the top of the agenda, says Atlantic Council’s J. Peter Pham Nigeria’s war on Boko Haram will be at the top of the agenda when US President Barack Obama meets his Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari at the White House July 20, says the Atlantic Council’s J. Peter Pham. The […]

Africa Economy & Business
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Event Recap

Jul 14, 2015

Ahead of Obama’s Africa Trip, the DC Launch of The Next Africa

By Africa Center

On Tuesday, July 14, the Africa Center hosted the official Washington, DC launch of a new book, The Next Africa: An Emerging Continent Becomes a Global Powerhouse, by Africa Center Senior Fellow Aubrey Hruby and coauthor Jake Bright.

New Atlanticist

Jul 9, 2015

At Four Years Old, South Sudan is the ‘World’s Most Failed State’

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Atlantic Council’s Pham says President Salva Kiir must step down to give his country a chance Four years after it won independence from Sudan following decades of war, South Sudan is once again trapped in a vicious cycle of conflict that has turned the world’s youngest nation into a failed state, says the Atlantic Council’s […]

East Africa

AfricaSource

Jul 9, 2015

Is Nigeria’s Other Insurgency Making a Comeback?

By Dafe Oputu

Even as Nigeria struggles to fight against Boko Haram insurgents in its northeast, a dangerous but forgotten conflict on the other side of the country is resurfacing. Before the rise of Boko Haram, the conflict in the southern Niger Delta region had long been considered the most potent threat to Nigeria’s security. Over the years, […]

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AfricaSource

Jul 7, 2015

Burundi: Dust Settles after Parliamentary Elections

By Kelsey Lilley

Burundi, the central African nation entering its third month of political crisis, held parliamentary elections last week. Seventeen opposition parties formally boycotted the polls (though several others appeared on the ballot); preliminary results suggest that the ruling party of incumbent President Pierre Nkurunziza—whose announcement that he would seek a third term sparked widespread protests—won a […]

East Africa

Event Recap

Jun 23, 2015

Briefing by the Foreign Minister of Burundi

By Africa Center

Since late April, the small, central African nation of Burundi has been wracked by a political crisis, marked by sometimes-violent demonstrations as well as refugee flows into neighboring countries, following a decision by incumbent President Pierre Nkurunziza to seek a controversial third term in office. On Tuesday, June 23, the Africa Center hosted a briefing by […]

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