Tensions in the U.S.-South Africa relationship only heighten as both countries head towards national elections. 

In assessing Chad’s upcoming elections, the junta’s actions should speak louder than their words.    

As external actors seem to lessen pressure on West Africa’s juntas, Guineans register their discontent with military governance.

The recent flurry of congressional and executive attention on Sudan needs to be married to a long-term strategy toward the Horn of Africa. 

President Macky Sall’s decision to postpone Senegal’s elections threatens the country’s democratic identity.

An already tense security environment in the Horn of Africa is growing even more perilous.