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A Setback for SenegalWith news of the dissolution of Senegal’s main opposition party, it is one step forward and two steps back for Senegalese democracy.
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Power to the PeopleSenegalese leader’s belated disavowal of a third term ambition is a win for the country’s civil society and the region’s prodemocracy coalition.
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Tensions Mount in SenegalEchoes of the past in Senegal as growing uncertainty over a potential third term for President Sall triggers protests and unrest.
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Whither Political Freedoms in Africa?When it comes to civil liberties in Africa, Western governments and institutions must put their monies where their mouths are.
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Climate Change and Conflict in the Sahel
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The African countries of the Sahel stand to be among the most affected by climate change. To help mitigate its effects, Beza Tesfaye argues that the United States should partner with civil society groups and expand climate adaptation and financing efforts. -
Where Has COVID-19 Contact Tracing Worked?As part of global efforts to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, health officials have tried a variety of contact-tracing strategies in countries around the world. Some have been success stories; others have been flops, as governments struggled to get buy-in from the public or shore up the resources needed for comprehensive tracing. Here are five countries’ experiences with contact tracing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Senegal's Democracy Faces a Crisis of Public TrustSenegal is easy to admire, but the latest news from Senegal is worrying, and it forces observers to grapple with the country’s complexities and challenges.
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Senegal Pilgrimage Tests Resistance to COVID-19Senegal is a major center of West African Islam, and its imams, mullah, and brotherhoods are influential across the Sahel. The holy city of Touba, 120 miles east of the Senegalese capital of Dakar, i…
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How Remittances From Petit Senegal, a Diaspora Community in New York City, Build Wealth AbroadTareian King is an intern with CFR's Africa Program and a student at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University. She is also the founder of Nolafrique, an e-commerce platform that enables ar…
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Secretary of State Pompeo Completes Trip to AfricaSecretary of State Mike Pompeo recently completed his first trip in his current role to Africa. Over three days, he visited Dakar in Senegal, Luanda in Angola, and Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, where he a…
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Senegal vs. Iran?One of the oddest news stories of the week reported that: Senegal will send 2,100 troops to Saudi Arabia as part of an international coalition combating Houthi rebels in neighbouring Yemen, the West…
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For Nigerian Girls Boko Haram Is Not the Only ThreatThis is a guest post by Latanya Mapp Frett, Executive Director of Planned Parenthood Global, the international arm of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Zahra, a teenage Muslim girl living in…
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American Foreign Policy Toward AfricaFor many of us, the American lack of attention toward Africa is short-sighted and frustrating. It is to the great credit of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy that it has devoted the e…
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Standing Up to...SenegalIn today’s Washington Post, Fred Hiatt notes that Vice President Biden chose not to mention human rights matters when he faced the press alongside the Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week. Hiatt’s col…
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President Obama in Africa: Nelson Mandela’s IllnessPresident Obama met Nelson Mandela in 2005, when he was a senator from Illinois and speaks of him with glowing terms. Many Africans and Americans had hoped that the president’s trip to Africa would p…