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September 18, 2024

Angola
Washington Woos Angola

Reports of an upcoming presidential visit to Angola raise thorny policy questions.  

President Joe Biden meets with Angola's President Joao Lourenco in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 30, 2023

June 18, 2024

Sudan
Sudan’s Ongoing Civil War, With Michelle Gavin

Michelle Gavin, the Ralph Bunche senior fellow for Africa policy studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the ongoing deadly conflict and humanitarian crisis in Sudan.

Podcast A damaged tank in Omdurman, Sudan, on April 7, 2024.

September 4, 2024

Sub-Saharan Africa
Ruling Parties Gear Up for Coming Elections

Despite a summer of protests, African leaders are doubling down on the status quo.

Participants pose for a group photo at a summit of SADC Heads of State and Government in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Aug. 17, 2024.

August 20, 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo
DRC-Rwanda Talks Underway, But Lasting Peace Remains Elusive

The peacebuilding challenge in the Democratic Republic of Congo is daunting, to be sure. But the alternative is, and has been, a catastrophe.

Congolese people carry their belongings as they flee following clashes between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC); towards Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on February 7, 2024.

August 13, 2024

Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s Pre-SADC Crackdown

As SADC leaders gather in Harare for their annual summit, Zimbabwe’s government rounds up perceived “enemies of the state.”

Activists from the opposition party Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) arrested for holding a political gathering which authorities said was unauthorized arrive at the Magistrates' courts in Harare, Zimbabwe on June 18, 2024.

April 9, 2024

Ukraine
Russia, Ukraine, and Global Instability, With Michael Kimmage

Michael Kimmage, a history professor at the Catholic University of America and a senior associate with the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, s…

Podcast Ukrainian tank-men are seen on a BWP infantry fighting vehicle in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on March 17, 2024.

July 23, 2024

Sudan
Bringing More Attention to Sudan’s Crisis

As diplomacy ramps up, so too must humanitarian innovation.

Sudanese people, who fled the conflict in Murnei in Sudan's Darfur region, cross the border between Sudan and Chad in Adre, Chad

July 25, 2023

Sudan
Sudan’s Civil War, With Michelle Gavin

Michelle Gavin, the Ralph Bunche senior fellow for Africa policy studies at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the deadly struggle between the Sudanese military and the paramilit…

Podcast Smoke billows from a warehouse in Khartoum amidst ongoing heavy fighting on June 7, 2023.

July 17, 2024

Uganda
Uganda’s Inventive Protest Culture

In the face of growing repression, Ugandans continue to find new and creative ways to combat the entrenched system of state capture.  

Police officers detain a Ugandan activist participating in a demonstration over proposed plans by Total Energies and the Ugandan government to build the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), in Kampala, Uganda on September 15, 2023.