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September 20, 2023
Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa’s ‘Leaders for Life’
Sub-Saharan Africa is home to many of the world’s longest-ruling heads of state. Pro-democracy advocates have at times successfully stopped presidents from extending their mandates, but the authorita…
August 8, 2023
Africa Program
LGBTQ+ Rights in Africa
Panelists discuss the status of LGBTQ+ rights in Africa, along with the opportunities and challenges of U.S. foreign policy and U.S. aid in advancing equality and human rights in the region.
August 15, 2023
Sub-Saharan Africa
Democracy in Name Only for Africa
Three decades after the fight for multiparty democracy in Africa, many on the continent still face sham elections, restrictions of rights, and few improvements.
September 27, 2023
Diplomacy and International Institutions
A Dispiriting UNGA
Leaders devalue democracy under the guise of standing up to the West.
October 17, 2023
Central Africa
The Lumumba Plot
A spellbinding work of history that reads like a Cold War spy thriller—about the U.S.-sanctioned plot to assassinate the democratically elected leader of the newly independent Congo.
August 7, 2023
Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa’s Multiple Security Crises
Across the continent, ill-conceived security arrangements are having unintended consequences
May 23, 2023
Military Operations
What Is Russia’s Wagner Group Doing in Africa?
Russia’s Wagner Group has intervened in the affairs of several African countries, providing military and security support while expanding Moscow’s influence across the continent.