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Deadly EncountersWhy is contact between law enforcement and the average citizen in Africa so frequently lethal?
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What Is the Extent of Sudan’s Humanitarian Crisis?More than two years into the civil war in Sudan, at least twelve million people have been forcibly displaced, but experts say the country’s devastating humanitarian crisis is still not getting the international attention it deserves.
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What Is the BRICS Group and Why Is It Expanding?As BRICS grows in both membership and global sway, its expansion comes with divisions among its members old and new on how to set the stage for a revised world order.
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Peace in TheoryThe U.S. and Qatar brokered peace agreement for Eastern DRC is a long way from conflict termination.
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Nigeria’s Never-ending Security NightmareEscalating violence is a worrying reminder that things are not at ease in the country.
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Government of the DayThe renegade-turned-statesman evolution of Government Ekpemupolo captures a profound shift in political authority and social eminence in contemporary Nigeria.
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The President’s Inbox Recap: The United States and South AfricaPresident Trump has ended an idealistic cooperation with South Africa that obscured rising foreign policy tensions between Washington and Pretoria.
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Political Tension in Côte d'IvoireEconomic successes do not obviate the need for political transition.
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The United States and South Africa, With Reuben BrigetyReuben Brigety, President of Busara Advisors and U.S. Ambassador to South Africa from 2022 to 2025, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss relations between Washington and Pretoria in the wake of last week’s meeting between President Donald Trump and President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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Trump’s Confrontation of South Africa’s President Derails Effort to Cool TensionsSenior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies and former ambassador Michelle Gavin breaks down the tense U.S.-South Africa meeting at the White House.
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The Tensions Behind the Trump-Ramaphosa White House MeetingWill the U.S. and South Africa recover relations from the brink?
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How Pope Leo Will Approach Africa, Catholicism’s Fastest-Growing RegionAs the world’s fastest-growing region for Catholicism, Africa is closely watching to see what Pope Leo’s papacy has in-store for the continent.
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Letter to a Young AfricanA warning about soldiers in power, and the folly of cutting off one’s nose to spite the face.
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A Political Breakthrough?Is the nascent consensus on state police in Nigeria a political ruse or a giant step towards true federalism in the country?