Programs

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.

Content

In the News

Jul 11, 2019

Hruby in Real Clear World: Promoting African investment

By Atlantic Council

Africa

In the News

Jul 5, 2019

Hellyer quoted in the Washington Post on Sudan

By Atlantic Council

Democratic Transitions Sudan

In the News

Jul 3, 2019

Hellyer quoted in the Citizen on Sudan protests

By Atlantic Council

Sudan

In the News

Jun 25, 2019

Bruton Joins War on the Rocks to Discuss the June 22 Foiled Coup Attempt in Ethiopia

By Bronwyn Bruton

Listen to the full discussion here.

Ethiopia

In the News

Jun 24, 2019

Khoury Quoted in Lobe Log on Sudan’s Role in Yemen

By Nabeel Khoury

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Sudan Yemen

In the News

Jun 21, 2019

Nabeel Khoury quoted in the Globe Post: Saudi Arabia, UAE Want a Dictator to Remain in Power in Sudan, Expert Says

By Nabeel Khoury

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Saudi Arabia Sudan

AfricaSource

Jun 18, 2019

Mauritania election primer

By Luke Tyburski

Mauritania’s presidential election on June 22 stands to mark the country’s first democratic transfer of power since independence in 1960. This comes as Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who assumed control in a 2008 coup d’état, has agreed to step down, abiding by term limits. Aziz’s ruling Union for the Republic (UPR) party maintains […]

Africa Elections

Event Recap

Jun 18, 2019

Expert panel discusses the state of democracy in Africa

By Africa Center

Brenthurst Foundation Director Dr. Greg Mills said out various challenges to African democracy and argued that the continent’s rapid demographic growth “demands an end to business as usual.”

Africa Democratic Transitions

Program Impact Story

Jun 18, 2019

Expert Panel Discusses the State of Democracy in Africa

By Atlantic Council

On Tuesday, June 18, the Africa Center hosted a public event on the state of democracy in Africa, occasioned by the launch of the new book Democracy Works: Rewiring Politics to Africa’s Advantage, co-authored and presented by Brenthurst Foundation Director Dr. Greg Mills and former Zimbabwean Minister of Finance Mr. Tendai Biti. The panelists offered […]

Africa Democratic Transitions

Inflection Points

Jun 15, 2019

Putin muscles into Africa

By Frederick Kempe

What the CAR story provides is yet further evidence that America’s autocratic rivals, both Russia and China, are acting with greater operational creativity and strategic purpose than their counterparts – in this case France and the United States.

Africa Russia

Experts

Events