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.

Event Recap

Oct 16, 2012

Ansari Africa Center Hosts Visit by Sierra Leonean Delegation

By Adrienne Chuck

The Michael S. Ansari Africa Center hosted a visit today by a delegation from the Office of the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, led by Professor V.E. Strasser-King, director of the Strategy and Policy Unit, and Caroline King, coordinator of policy benchmarking.

North & West Africa

New Atlanticist

Oct 5, 2012

Cry Libertad: Ghana’s Blow for Rule of Law, Fiscal Probity

By Peter Pham

Slowly, but surely, word is getting out about Africa’s overall buoyant economic prospects. What just a few years ago was universally pitied as the “hopeless continent” is today home to six of the world’s fastest growing economies.

North & West Africa

Event Recap

Sep 26, 2012

Launch of the 2012 African Economic Outlook Report

By Adrienne Chuck

The Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center partnered with the Africa Growth Initiative at the Brookings Institution and the African Development Bank to host the Washington launch of the latter’s 2012 African Economic Outlook (AEO) Report with a panel discussion at the Council today.

Africa Economy & Business
Chinese oil rig in South China Sea

New Atlanticist

Sep 19, 2012

Deep-Water Oil Rigs as Strategic Weapons

By Martin N. Murphy

This, at least, is how Wang Yilin, Chairman of the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), chooses to view them. He reportedly told an audience at CNOOC’s headquarters in Beijing in May that ‘large-scale deep-water rigs are our mobile national territory and a strategic weapon’.

China Energy & Environment

Event Recap

Sep 18, 2012

Roundtable with Nigerien minister of justice on crisis in the Sahel

By Africa Center

The Michael S. Ansari Africa Center hosted a roundtable today on the crisis in the Sahel with H.E. Marou Amadou, minister of justice, guardian of seals, and spokesperson of the government the Republic of Niger. The minister, who is in Washington for meetings with US officials before traveling to New York to represent his country […]

Africa Conflict

New Atlanticist

Sep 11, 2012

The Weak Hand of Somalia’s New President

By Peter Pham

Yesterday the members of Somalia’s rump parliament elected a civil society activist and educator, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, to head the failed state’s sixteenth transitional entity since 1991.  

Elections Politics & Diplomacy

Event Recap

Aug 17, 2012

Roundtable Discussion with Ministerial Delegation from the Republic of South Sudan

By Adrienne Chuck

The Michael S. Ansari Africa Center hosted a not-for-attribution roundtable discussion with a ministerial delegation from the Republic of South Sudan.

East Africa
Assessing Governance in Rwanda

Event Recap

Aug 7, 2012

Assessing Governance in Rwanda

By Adrienne Chuck

The Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, in partnership with International Republic Institute (IRI), hosted a discussion on Assessing Governance in Rwanda at IRI’s auditorium earlier today as part of the IRI Democratic Governance Speakers Series.

East Africa

Event Recap

Aug 6, 2012

Transition Seminar for First South Sudanese Ambassador to the US

By Adrienne Chuck

The Michael S. Ansari Africa Center hosted a luncheon “transition seminar” for H.E. Akec Khoc, ambassador of the Republic of South Sudan to the United States, to introduce him to the policy community and assist him in orienting his mission.

East Africa
US-Sudan Relations

Event Recap

Aug 1, 2012

US-Sudan Relations

The Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center hosted a major policy presentation on US-Sudan relations by Ambassador Princeton N. Lyman, United States special envoy for Sudan and South Sudan.

East Africa Sudan
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