East Africa

3,000 Miles from Paris Climate Talks, Drought Threatens to Overshadow Progress in Ethiopia

World leaders met this week for the Paris Climate Conference (COP21) with an ambitious agenda to tackle warming global temperatures and reduce carbon emissions. At the same time, Ethiopian officials revised their predictions of the number of people affected by the ongoing drought upward by nearly two million. They now estimate that more than 10 […]

Update on the Eritrean Migration Situation with Felix Horne

By Africa Center

On Thursday, December 10, the Africa Center hosted a briefing on the Eritrean migration situation with Felix Horne, Eritrea and Ethiopia researcher at Human Rights Watch.

Sudanese Refugees on Egypt’s Border

By Tom Rollins

With 15 Sudanese refugees or migrants gunned down on Egypt’s border with Israel on November 15, and another five killed by Egyptian border guards a week later, Egypt is witnessing the worst case of violence against Sudanese refugees since 2005. At the time, police brutally dispersed a sit-in, where refugees were protesting UNHCR’s decision to […]

Rwanda: Term Limit Controversy Masks Real Issues

By Sam Learner

The decision by Rwanda’s Supreme Court to allow a popular referendum on the lifting of presidential term limits has all but cleared President Paul Kagame’s path to a third term in office. Rwanda’s constitution currently restricts the president to two seven-year terms, the second of which President Kagame began in 2010, but the ruling Rwandan Patriotic […]

Discussion on Status of South Sudan’s Peace Agreement with Dr. Riek Machar

By Africa Center

On Tuesday, October 6, the Africa Center hosted a luncheon roundtable with Dr. Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon, Former Vice President of the Republic of South Sudan and Chairman and Commander-in-Chief of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-in-Opposition (SPLM/A-IO). Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham welcomed guests and gave a short introduction.

Somalia Security and Political Briefing

By Africa Center

On Monday, October 5, the Africa Center hosted a roundtable discussion with Ambassador Maman Sambo Sidikou, Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission and Head of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) for an update on AMISOM’s operations in Somalia as well as recent security and political developments in the country. […]