December 10
Africa: Record Levels of Flooding in Africa Compounds Stress On Fragile Countries
Extensive flooding in more than two dozen African countries due to higher-than-average rainfall has resulted in thousands of fatalities, millions of people displaced, and… Read more »
December 02
Africa: The Growing Militarization of China's Africa Policy
China is leveraging its military training exercises with African forces to advance China's expeditionary capabilities and geostrategic ambitions. Read more »
October 15
Africa: Famine Takes Grip in Africa's Prolonged Conflict Zones
Eighty percent of the record 163 million Africans facing acute food insecurity are in conflict-affected countries, including potentially 840,000 people in Sudan, South Sudan, and… Read more »
August 13
Africa: Africa's Constantly Evolving Militant Islamist Threat
Fatalities linked to militant Islamist violence in Africa have surged by nearly 60 percent since 2021, though this is marked by widely varying regional threat trajectories, actors,… Read more »
August 06
Guinea: A Stagnant Transition in Guinea
The increasing repression of Guinea's military junta and shrinking space for dissent risk derailing the promised transition to civilian government while deepening the country's… Read more »
July 29
Africa: China Escalates Its Political Party Training in Africa
China promotes its dominant party model in Africa through a suite of training programs for government and party officials. While popular with some ruling party officials, this… Read more »
July 08
Africa: Why the African Court On Human and Peoples' Rights Matters
Despite limited enforcement capacity, the African Court provides an avenue for redress when national judiciaries are unable to dispense justice, underscoring its instrumental role… Read more »
June 24
Africa: How Africa's Legislatures Can Improve Security
Legislatures play an integral role in advancing national security by ensuring priorities align with citizen interests, budgets are allocated to meet priorities, and adequate… Read more »
June 18
Africa: Culture, Democracy, and the Fight Against Violent Extremism
Strengthening democratic institutions and amplifying traditional African values to promote social cohesion and consensus goes hand in hand with the fight against violent extremism. Read more »
May 20
Congo-Kinshasa: Understanding the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Push for Monusco's Departure
Many Congolese dread the withdrawal of UN peacekeepers, believing government forces are unable to provide security in the eastern DRC. Read more »
April 23
Togo: Togo Revises Constitution to Eliminate Term Limits - an Explainer
The ruling party's revision of the Togolese Constitution eliminates universal suffrage for the presidency while effectively shifting to a parliamentary system that evades… Read more »
March 13
Africa: Mapping a Surge of Disinformation in Africa
Disinformation campaigns seeking to manipulate African information systems have surged nearly fourfold since 2022, triggering destabilizing and antidemocratic consequences. Read more »
February 19
Africa: The State of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations in Africa
General Birame Diop assesses the challenging trends facing UN peacekeeping operations in Africa, including loss of host country support, disinformation, and increasingly brazen… Read more »
February 07
Senegal: Making Sense of Senegal's Constitutional Crisis
The unprecedented attempt by Senegal's President Macky Sall to postpone presidential elections is legally dubious and has thrown the country into a constitutional crisis that will… Read more »
February 02
Mali: Assessing Mali's Non-Transition
The Malian military junta has repeatedly refused to honor its commitments to transition back to a democratic civilian government, resulting in mounting security and economic costs… Read more »
January 02
Congo-Kinshasa: Elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo - a Persistent Crisis of Legitimacy
The Congo's chaotic elections failed to break the country's long legacy of fraudulent polls and plunged the government into a fresh crisis of legitimacy. Read more »
November 28, 2023
Chad: Chad's Constitutional Referendum Promises a Transition without Change - Or Stability
The highly controlled constitutional referendum organized by Mahamat Déby’s military junta appears intended to provide a degree of credibility to the military’s… Read more »
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