Africa Security Initiative

CANCELED – Proxies and militias: Internal stability and geopolitics in Iraq, Somalia, and Nigeria

Friday, Apr 03, 2020 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Eritrean refugees participate in a demonstration in support of a U.N. human rights report accusing Eritrean leaders of crimes against humanity in front of the Africa Union headquarters in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, June 23, 2016. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

Order from Chaos

Highlights: Experts discuss human rights trends across Africa

Adam Twardowski

Thursday, January 2, 2020

The state of human rights in Africa

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EST

Jihadism in Africa

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EST

Experts

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy

Director of Research - Foreign Policy

The Sydney Stein, Jr. Chair

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Vanda Felbab-Brown

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence

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Research

DATE IMPORTED: September 23, 2012 A Ugandan soldier from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) watches as defected members of Islamist militant group al Shabaab walk after giving themselves up to the African Union AMISOM forces in Garsale, approximately 10km from the town of Jowhar, 80km north of Mogadishu, in this September 22, 2012 handout picture made available by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team on September 23, 2012. Islamist rebels said they shot dead a Somali lawmaker in Mogadishu on Saturday and threatened to kill every legislator in the country. The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) force said, however, there were signs of deepening internal rifts within al Shabaab. More than 200 rebels defected near the town of Jowhar on Saturday, AMISOM said. REUTERS/AU-UN IST/Abukar Albadri/Handout (SOMALIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Somalia

The hard, hot, dusty road to accountability, reconciliation, and peace in Somalia

Vanda Felbab-Brown

May 2018

DATE IMPORTED: June 15, 2017 Members of the local militia, otherwise known as CJTF, sit in the back of a truck during a patrol in the city of Maiduguri, northern Nigeria June 9, 2017. Picture taken June 9, 2017. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye.

Nigeria

“In Nigeria, we don’t want them back”

Vanda Felbab-Brown

May 2018

People crowd around a water tanker to fill their buckets and pots in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad May 11, 2006. At least 27 people have died in India from scorching weather, officials said on Monday. REUTERS/Amit Dave - RTR1DA14

Report

Water theft and water smuggling

Vanda Felbab-Brown

March 2017

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Blog Posts

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed addresses delegates during the signing of the Sudan's power sharing deal, that paves the way for a transitional government, and eventual elections, following the overthrow of a long-time leader Omar al-Bashir, in Khartoum, Sudan, August 17, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah - RC138A0BD790

Order from Chaos

Alfred Nobel catches ‘Abiy-mania’

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Voters queue outside a polling centre before casting their ballots in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, December 30, 2018. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe - RC129A38C790

Order from Chaos

A roadmap for the United States in DRC and other budding African democracies

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Sasha Lezhnev

Friday, February 22, 2019

A voter casts his ballot at a polling station during the presidential election in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, December 30, 2018. REUTERS/Olivia Acland - RC190B6199F0

Order from Chaos

What did elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo mean? Experts discuss

Adam Twardowski

Thursday, February 7, 2019

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