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Oct 16, 2019

Bruton in Foreign Policy: Will Abiy Ahmed’s Nobel Prize tilt Ethiopia’s election?

By Atlantic Council

Abiy Ahmed took up the reins of government in Ethiopia at a time of profound strife, and through a serious of deft political gestures, including the release of thousands of political prisoners and overturning highly repressive restrictions on civil society and political groups, he probably averted a civil war. His reforms may have been symbolic—critics […]

Africa Elections

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Sep 25, 2019

Hudson in Foreign Policy: The United States should lift sanctions on Sudan

By Atlantic Council

Africa Economic Sanctions

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Aug 29, 2019

Hudson quoted in the New Humanitarian on Sudan’s transition

By Atlantic Council

Democratic Transitions Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding

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Aug 28, 2019

Hudson quoted in Middle East Eye on Hemeti’s rise to prominence in Sudan

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Sudan

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Aug 19, 2019

Bruton quoted in African Business on the consequences of Ethiopian reforms

By Atlantic Council

Ethiopia Political Reform

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Aug 4, 2019

Bruton quoted in the Daily Nation on US policy toward al-Shabaab

By Atlantic Council

East Africa Extremism

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Aug 2, 2019

Hudson quoted in Middle East Eye on a Canadian lobbyist’s Libyan connection

Conflict Libya

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Jul 26, 2019

Hudson quoted in Foreign Policy on US decision not to sanction Sudanese security forces

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Economic Sanctions

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Jul 17, 2019

Sudan’s power-sharing deal: An exercise in optimism

By Cameron Hudson

Until there is greater clarity on how the Sovereign Council will function, how it will relate to the prime minister and his Council of Ministers, and what the duties, responsibilities, and authorities of the Legislative Council will be, the agreement will remain little more than words on a page.

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Event Recap

Jul 15, 2019

Africa business experts discuss china’s commercial expansion in Africa

By Africa Center

On July 15, the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center hosted a discussion on China’s diversifying economic engagement in Africa, occasioned by the launch of Senior Fellow Aubrey Hruby’s latest issue brief, Deconstructing the Dragon: China’s Commercial Expansion in Africa.

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