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December 6, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
Nelson Mandela and American Hopes

In an Expert’s Brief I published yesterday, I reflected on Nelson Mandela’s achievements as the father of the democratic, non-racial South Africa that replaced the odious and repressive apartheid sta…

President Nelson Mandela will celebrate his 80th birthday on July 18.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

May 3, 2024

South Africa
Mutual Suspicion Grates U.S.-South Africa Relations

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

Election posters of different political parties are shown as South Africa prepares for national and provincial elections, in Pretoria, South Africa on April 5, 2024.
Blog Post by Michelle Gavin Africa in Transition

June 28, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
President Obama in Africa: Nelson Mandela’s Illness

President Obama met Nelson Mandela in 2005, when he was a senator from Illinois and speaks of him with glowing terms. Many Africans and Americans had hoped that the president’s trip to Africa would p…

Wellwishers cast shadows in front of portraits of Nelson Mandela (L) and U.S. President Barack Obama outside the Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital, where the ailing former South African President is being treated, in Pretoria June 28, 2013.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

July 2, 2012

United States
Daniel Klaidman’s Revelations

This weekend, the CIA continued its campaign against suspected militants in Pakistan with a drone strike that reportedly killed at least eight. I’ve compiled excerpts from Daniel Klaidman’s recently …

Obama call
Blog Post by Micah Zenko Politics, Power, and Preventive Action

September 5, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
Nelson Mandela Returns Home from Hospital

On September 1, Nelson Mandela was released from the hospital after an eighty-nine day stay and returned to his Johannesburg house. According to the presidency, Mandela’s condition “remains critical …

A get-well message is seen on a brick outside former South African president Nelson Mandela's garden in Houghton, Johannesburg August 31, 2013.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition