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May 14, 2015

Elections and Voting
Sudan’s Recent Elections and Daunting Future

This is a guest post by Aala Abdelgadir, research associate for the Council on Foreign Relation’s Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative. Last month, Sudan held national elections, and Oma…

Omar al-Bashir - Voting

May 8, 2015

Sub-Saharan Africa
Kenya’s Al-Shabaab Problem

This is a guest post by Aala Abdelgadir, research associate for the Council on Foreign Relation’s Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative. On October 16, 2011, the Kenyan army, in an ostens…

Al-Shabaab

February 5, 2015

Sub-Saharan Africa
Chasing an Elusive Peace in South Sudan

This is a guest post by Aala Abdelgadir, research associate for the Council on Foreign Relation’s Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative. Earlier this week, after thirteen months of civil …

Machar Kiir Peace February 2015

January 23, 2015

Sub-Saharan Africa
U.S. Efforts to Power Africa

This is a guest post by Aala Abdelgadir, research associate for the Council on Foreign Relation’s Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative. While on his Africa tour in June 2013, President O…

Power Africa Image

January 9, 2015

Sub-Saharan Africa
Ten Years Later: Taking Stock of Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement

This is a guest post by Aala Abdelgadir, research associate for the Council on Foreign Relation’s Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative. Ten years ago today, the Comprehensive Peace Agr…

CPA Garang Taha Sudan