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The Atlantic Council’s Africa Center promotes dynamic geopolitical partnerships with African states and helps redirect US and European policy priorities toward strengthening security and bolstering economic growth and prosperity on the continent.

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AfricaSource

Jun 21, 2018

Islamist terrorism in Mozambique: An emerging threat?

By James Wholley

In October 2017, a little-known Islamist insurgency by the name of “Ahlu Sunna wa-Jama” or “Swahili Sunnah,” attacked the town of Mocimboa da Praia in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province. The attack began a campaign of terror that has paralyzed Mozambique’s northern coast and threatened $30 billion in offshore natural gas projects, a key lifeline […]

Africa English

Uncategorized

Jun 19, 2018

Hruby Joins the Global Startup Movement to Discuss Activating African Corporate Venture Capital

By Aubrey Hruby

Africa

In the News

Jun 13, 2018

Gadzala Joins OCP Policy Center Podcast to Discuss Powering Inclusive Growth in Africa

By Aleksandra Gadzala

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Africa

In the News

Jun 11, 2018

Hruby in Axios: Ethiopia Opens the Door to Privatization, Foreign Investment

By Aubrey Hruby

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Ethiopia

Event Recap

Jun 8, 2018

Discussion on communal violence, security threats, and elections in Mali

By Africa Center

On Friday, June 8, the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center, in collaboration with the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM), hosted a discussion on USHMM’s new report: Regions at Risk: Preventing Mass Atrocities in Mali. The event featured the report’s authors, Mr. Ibrahim Yahaya Ibrahim, early warning […]

Africa Conflict

In the News

Jun 6, 2018

Bruton Quoted in the New York Times on Ethiopia- Eritrea Peace Deal

By Bronwyn Bruton

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Ethiopia

AfricaSource

Jun 5, 2018

Cameroon’s anglophone crisis intensifies: Why the central government is ultimately responsible for perpetuating the escalating violence

By Alexandra Fairbend

In the past year, both national holidays commemorating Cameroon’s foundations—October 2017’s independence anniversary and May 2018’s National Day salute to the unitary state system—were marred by violence between the Francophone government and Anglophone secessionists. The secessionists, who formally declared independence for the “Republic of Ambazonia” in October, have struggled to establish a sovereign state comprising […]

Africa English

AfricaSource

May 30, 2018

Congolese opposition unify ahead of presidential elections

By Pierre Englebert

Democratic Republic of the Congo opposition leaders Moïse Katumbi and Felix Tshisekedi are on a US and European tour to lobby for further sanctions against the regime of President Joseph Kabila and for continued Western pressure towards free and fair elections, scheduled for December. They have formed an alliance which, they hope, can unite the […]

Africa Corruption

In the News

May 24, 2018

Pham Quoted in Task and Purpose on the U.S. Military Ebola Response

By J. Peter Pham

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Africa

In the News

May 23, 2018

Hruby in The Financial Times: Driving Gender Equity in African Business

By Aubrey Hruby

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Africa

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