Zimbabwe: Familiar Unrest in Zimbabwe

A potential coup against President Mnangagwa offers little prospect of real change. Read more »

Ethiopia: Alarm Bells in Tigray

Tigray seems headed for a resumption of hostilities. It might also become the proving ground for America First foreign policy. Read more »

Burkina Faso: Prince of the Sahel

Beneath the ideological bluster, Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré is just the latest in a long line of African martial impostors.Burkinabe dictator, Captain Ibrahim… Read more »

Sudan: The Abandonment of Sudan

Partition in Sudan is no solution for a sustainable peace. Read more »

Africa: U.S.-Africa Policy in a Second Trump Term - Council on Foreign Relations Panel

Panelists discuss how a second Trump administration could reshape U.S.-Africa relations, whether security, economic, and diplomatic engagement will deepen or decline, and how to… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: The Fall of Goma

As civilians in Goma once again flee chaos, leaders fail to take responsibility for the crisis.  Read more »

Sudan: Sudan's Civilians Deserve Better

Complexity is no excuse for the world's continued inaction on the war in Sudan. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Fears of a Constitutional Coup in Democratic Republic of Congo

Attempts to change the constitution of the Democratic Republic of Congo only exacerbate existing citizen distrust in government. Read more »

Africa: What Does Africa Really Want?

The continent's case for "global restructuring" is muddled. Read more »

East Africa: Tensions Rising in the Horn of Africa

In the Horn of Africa, the time is now for preventative diplomacy. Read more »

West Africa: Fear and Loathing in the Sahel

Across the region, the promise of a better life under the military is fast turning into a nightmare. Read more »

Africa: The God of All Things

Why a dangerous reliance on miracles matters for ethics and policy. Read more »

Nigeria: Uncivil Society Taking on Nigeria's Politics

The standard state versus society framework for analyzing African politics is no longer fit for purpose. Read more »

Rwanda: DRC-Rwanda Talks Underway, but Lasting Peace Remains Elusive

The peacebuilding challenge in the Democratic Republic of Congo is daunting, to be sure. But the alternative is, and has been, a catastrophe. Read more »

Nigeria: The Forever Counterinsurgency

What if the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria is 'programmed' to continue in perpetuity? Read more »

Sudan: Bringing More Attention to Sudan's Crisis

As diplomacy ramps up, so too must humanitarian innovation. Read more »

Nigeria: A Sense of Foreboding

Nigerians' frustration with the Tinubu government threatens to spill over. Read more »

Sudan: The World's Shameful Neglect of Sudan

The disregard paid to Sudan's brutal conflict is an indictment on the international community. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: A Puzzling Attempted Coup in the DRC

A clumsy coup d'état attempt in the Democratic Republic of Congo reveals the underlying fragility of U.S.-DRC relations. Read more »

West Africa: When Civilians Become Targets

Recurrent deadly encounters between soldiers and civilians across West Africa offer an instructive glimpse into the state of civil-military relations in the region. Read more »

Nigeria: Ethnonationalist Rumblings

Why seeming democratic progress has failed to staunch agitation for self-determination in Nigeria. Read more »

Africa: When Non-Intervention Becomes a Dogma

Sometimes the only thing worse than foreign intervention is non-intervention. Read more »

Chad: Chad's 'Democratic' Transition

In assessing Chad's upcoming elections, the junta's actions should speak louder than their words. Read more »

Nigeria: The Case Against Military Rule

Nigeria needs a change of direction, not a change of government. Read more »

Nigeria: A Tragedy Sixty-Four Years in the Making

The crisis in Nigeria offers a rare opportunity to rethink the moral foundations of the Nigerian state. Read more »