Medicine for Minerals: US Foreign Assistance in Africa
In a March 16, 2026 article, The New York Times reported that it had obtained the draft of a...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Medicine for Minerals: US Foreign Assistance in Africa
A nation must think before it acts.
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The New US National Security Strategy: A Transactional Document that Marginalizes Africa
The first official National Security Strategy (NSS) of the second Trump administration, dated November 2025 and publicly issued in...
Ideological Agenda of Russian Information Influence in Africa
Russian information operations in Africa are a tool to expand Russia’s presence on the continent and to turn African...
Latvia and Africa: An Untrodden Road
Relations between Latvia and African countries have generally been rather distant. They are far apart in geographic terms. There...
America Re-engages Africa and Latin America in a Reimagined Atlantic
Building on its new global economic initiatives, such as the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and the India-Middle East-Europe Corridor (IMEC),...
Can West Africa Survive the Coup in Niger?
On July 26, a military junta seized power in Niger. The junta arrested the democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum...
Nigeria’s 2023 Elections: A Youthful Revolution?
Since its return to democracy in 1999, Nigeria has been ruled by a male gerontocracy. Muhammadu Buhari, the incumbent...
A Deeper Look Into the West African Coup Wave
West Africa has recently been rocked by military uprisings. In the past three years, rogue soldiers have overthrown the...
Biden’s National Security Strategy: Hitting the Right Notes on Africa
Editor’s Note This is the fifth article in a series on the Biden administration’s National Security Strategy. Please read...
Rising Inflation Forces Greater Attention to Food Insecurity in Africa
A Generational Challenge Food security across sub-Saharan Africa stands among this generation’s greatest challenges, a crisis that continues to...