East Africa

Handicapping the Kenyan Election

By Bronwyn Bruton

As Kenyans go to the polls, observers are bracing for a replay of the country’s horrific 2007 presidential elections, which produced a wave of ethnic violence that killed more than a thousand people and displaced over a half a million.

IntelBrief: Sudanese Hub, Iranian Nexus

By J. Peter Pham

In the latest in the series of “IntelBriefs” on African security issues being produced by the Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center in partnership with the Soufan Group, an international strategic consultancy, Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham explores the background behind the destruction of an arms factory south of Khartoum last week—an attack […]

IntelBrief: Kenya: Bringing Terror Home

By Bronwyn Bruton

In the eleventh of a series of “IntelBriefs” on African security issues being produced by the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center in partnership with the Soufan Group, an international strategic consultancy, Africa Center Deputy Director Bronwyn Bruton draws attention to police persecution of Kenya’s Somali population and warns that a homegrown radicalization problem is brewing.

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.

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.

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.

IntelBrief: Perpetual Conflict in the Sudans

By Bronwyn Bruton

In the seventh in the series of “IntelBriefs” on African security issues being produced by the Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center in partnership with the Soufan Group, an international strategic consultancy, Ansari Center Deputy Director Bronwyn Bruton provides an update on the border dispute between Sudan and South Sudan.