Multiple and often overlapping crises such as floods or drought due to climate change, violent conflict and economic instability are creating new forms of vulnerability. Collectively they’re known as a polycrisis. These…
Zambia’s election, scheduled for 13 August, has shaped up into a battle between two alliances. The ruling United Party for National Development alliance is backed by 15 smaller parties. The Tonse-Pamodzi Alliance…
As South Sudan’s political crisis deepens and the risk of renewed civil war grows, the country’s leaders are betting on gold as the next engine of economic growth. But across the border…
A review of Joe Studwell, “How Africa Works: Success and Failure on the World’s Last Developmental Frontier” (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2026). Many books speak of Africa; far fewer capture its living realities…
Members of Senegal’s National Assembly on Monday adopted a controversial constitutional amendment that expands their role and reduces presidential powers, but the government said it will be put to a referendum. The…
Since a combination of jihadist and separatist rebels inflicted severe blows to Mali’s armed forces and their Russian partners recently, prominent experts have called for Washington to intervene, arguing that the military setback could make…
Western forces have largely beat a hasty retreat from Africa’s coup-prone Sahel region in recent years. In 2022, French forces departed Mali as insurgents made incursions into the capital, Bamako. A United…
The conflict in Sudan is often described as a civil war between the government-backed Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). But the most consequential drivers sustaining the…
The country’s counterterrorism strategy cannot address the range of root causes driving conflict across different regions. Editor’s Note: Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, is known as a terrorism hotspot. Steven Hendrix,…
Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin’s offensive in Mali could be just the beginning. Editor’s Note: Although the threat from the Islamic State and other jihadist groups appears to be declining in the Middle…