West Africa

A chain is used to secure the gate of the Abuja National Mosque, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Abuja, Nigeria March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: Debt relief in Somalia, government efforts to combat COVID-19, and new Boko Haram attacks

Christina Golubski

Saturday, March 28, 2020

A passenger is seen at the South African Airways (SAA) customer desk, after SAA announced that it would immediately suspend all intercontinental flights until May 31 in response to a government travel ban aimed at stopping the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa March 20, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: The Uganda-EU deal, politics, airlines, and COVID-19 updates

Christina Golubski and Payce Madden

Saturday, March 21, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Kenyan nurses wear protective gear during a demonstration of preparations for any potential coronavirus cases at the Mbagathi Hospital, isolation centre for the disease, in Nairobi, Kenya March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi/File Photo

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: New EU-Africa strategy, impacts of the oil price crash, and spread of coronavirus

Christina Golubski and Anna Schaeffer

Saturday, March 14, 2020

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo walks with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at the Prime Minister office after a meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia February 18, 2020. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS

Podcast Episode

What will Pompeo’s trip mean for US policy toward Africa?

Witney Schneidman and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Reports

Women pick unwanted coffee beans from the final product just before packaging in Holiso cooperative of Shebedino district in Sidama, Ethiopia November 30, 2018. Picture taken November 30, 2018. REUTERS/Maheder Haileselassie - RC1A79217960

Report

Supporting small informal businesses to improve the quality of jobs in Africa

Ahmadou Aly Mbaye

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

A cargo train is launched to operate on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line constructed by the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) and financed by Chinese government in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa, May 30, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC18EA14A4B0

Report

Understanding China’s Belt and Road infrastructure projects in Africa

David Dollar

September 2019

Tourists sit at the Mara Serena Safari Lodge, within the Masai Mara game reserve, southwest of Nairobi, Kenya, July 28, 2009. Picture taken July 28, 2009. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - RC1A8B82F4A0

Developing Economies

Africa’s tourism potential

Landry Signé

Monday, December 3, 2018

Report

Gender-sensitive pedagogy

Hawah Nabbuye

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

A member of forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad stands with a civilian on the rubble of the Carlton Hotel, in the government controlled area of Aleppo, Syria December 17, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki - RC181701B570

Peacekeeping & Conflict Management

Managing the new threat landscape

Bruce Jones, Charles T. Call, Daniel Toubolets, and Jason Fritz

September 2018

Blog Posts

U.S. President Donald Trump points to the media as he walks with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta before their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on February 6, 2020. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: Updates on US-Africa relations, elections in Malawi and Guinea-Bissau, and return of stolen funds to Nigeria

Christina Golubski and Anna Schaeffer

Saturday, February 8, 2020

A man works inside the next generation greenhouse farm in Ikorodu on the outskirt of Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos, Nigeria, May 11, 2017. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye

Africa in focus

Policy priorities for achieving food and nutrition security by 2030

Simeon Ehui, Holger Kray, and Elliot Mghenyi

Thursday, January 30, 2020

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

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Events

2019

Nov

Past Event

The state of human rights in Africa

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EST

Jihadism in Africa

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EST

Using extractive industry data to fight inequality & strengthen accountability: Victories, lessons, future directions for Africa

9:00 AM - 12:30 PM EDT

Washington, DC

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Experts

Ahmadou Aly Mbaye

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative

Landry Signé

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative

LandrySigne

Witney Schneidman

Nonresident Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative

WitneySchneid

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Multimedia

The entrance of the Africa CEO Forum, a two-day business conference, is seen in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, March 21, 2016. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon

Podcast Episode

How to boost the economies of Africa

Landry Signé and Jonathan Tepperman

Foreign Policy

Monday, November 4, 2019

Africa in focus

A conversation with Guinean President Condé on natural resource management in Africa

Christina Golubski

Thursday, October 3, 2019

General view of the port terminal in Algiers, Algeria March 13, 2019. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra - RC1308CF2410

Podcast Episode

How will the Continental Free Trade Area transform Africa?

Landry Signé

Friday, May 31, 2019

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