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December 26, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
No Christmas for South Sudan

The current crisis in South Sudan escalated on December 15, when President Salva Kiir accused his long-time political rival former vice president Riek Machar of attempting a coup. Since then, there h…

(L-R) Ethiopia's Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, South Sudan President Salva Kiir and Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta meet in the capital Juba December 26, 2013.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

March 20, 2015

Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Weekend Reading: Wasting Capital on a New Capital, Jihadism in Tunisia, and Israel’s Election

Khaled Fahmy criticizes the Egyptian government’s plan to invest money in building a new capital rather than fixing Cairo’s endemic problems. Simon Cordall investigates the social and intellectual a…

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Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

May 15, 2020

Cybersecurity
Cyber Week in Review: May 15, 2020

U.S. government agencies accuse China of targeting COVID-19 research; TSMC to build chip factory in Arizona; Huawei struggles internationally without Google Apps; Cyberattack targets Iranian port; an…

A logo of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) is seen at its headquarters.
Blog Post by Adam Segal Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program

September 21, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa Impoverished?

I had always thought that Africa was a cornucopia of mineral riches:  gold, platinum, coal, diamonds, oil--you name it; Africa has it all. Maybe not so, writes Bright Simons in "Africa’s Fabulous Mi…

A woman and her children wash gravel from local mines in hope of finding sapphires in the town of Sakaraha 16/09/2007.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

December 17, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
An Optimistic Review of Africa in 2013

Simon Allison published an article on December 15 in South Africa’s Daily Maverick entitled "Africa for Optimists: 2013 in Review." He picks five of the “most encouraging” African stories from 2013 a…

Ships lie at anchor outside the harbour at Durban, South Africa as a full moon rises on Boxing Day December 26, 2004.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition