Tensions in the U.S.-South Africa relationship only heighten as both countries head towards national elections. In 1994, when South African President Nelson Mandela made his first state visit to the […]
Mutual Suspicion Grates U.S.-South Africa Relations Read More »
Feeling stuck and unheeded, young Nigerians are increasingly resorting to all manner of desperate measures. One unmistakable effect of Nigeria’s deepening socioeconomic crisis is acute despair at the country’s long-term
Nigerians’ seemingly coordinated assault on the Guinness World Records offers a didactic lens into the national psyche and the state of the nation. Over the weekend, twenty-nine-year-old Nigerian chess champion
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Efforts will Have Serious Consequences for Gender Equality and Women’s Health Gambia may soon become the first nation to reverse a ban against the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM).
Gambia Moves To Reverse Ban On Female Genital Mutilation Read More »
The president of Women in Africa (WIA) Initiative, Hafsat Abiola, shares her experiences for International Women’s Day under the theme “Invest in women: Accelerate progress.” This interview with Hafsat Abiola is produced by
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Blog Post by Dr. Entisar Abdelsadig, Guest Contributor Dr. Entisar Abdelsadig is a senior advisor on Sudan at Search for Common Ground Supporting Sudanese agency in the ongoing conflict will boost confidence-building measures for a
Sudan’s Civil Society Laying The Groundwork For Sustained Peace Read More »
The would-be independent state strikes a contrast with Somalia as a place of relative stability, and despite its lack of international recognition, Somaliland continues to push its own foreign policy.
Somaliland: The Horn Of Africa’s Breakaway State Read More »
In assessing Chad’s upcoming elections, the junta’s actions should speak louder than their words. On February 28, Chad’s Prime Minister, Succès Masra, told listeners at an Atlantic Council event in Washington
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Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have left the most important West African regional bloc due to escalating tensions over their democratic decline, leaving room for Russia to assert itself in
ECOWAS Split Spells Trouble For Democracy In West Africa Read More »
The crisis in Nigeria offers a rare opportunity to rethink the moral foundations of the Nigerian state. As is often the case in moments of crisis, the current ugly situation
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