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With elections looming, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno hopes to prove he is worthy of his inherited position amid reports voting will be rigged

ICRISAT and The Nature Conservancy to Convene Side Event at Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit Healthy soil is the foundation of...

‘What’s happening in the Sahel is really an overlap of counterterrorism and Great Power competition.’

The Commonwealth, the successor to the British Empire, lost its importance. For the 56 member states, it is primarily a diplomatic network. Young Africans see little benefit from membership and demand reforms

In Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye has emerged as Africa’s youngest democratically elected leader. At only 44- years old Faye’s election was nothing short of a rollercoaster having been released from prison only 10 days before the polls opened. 

Israel’s limited attack suggests a hope to tamp down tensions and avoid major retaliation.

Join USIP for the Africa Futures Summit to examine approaches to catalyze Africa’s potential to benefit and shape the global system. Discussions will draw on the African Futures research, forecasting and policy analysis led by the Institute for Security Studies, along with perspectives from Africa, the African Diaspora and American experts. 

A Machine Learning Engineer at SERVIR West Africa Program is strengthening the p-Locust platform for better locust risk predictions Safeguarding...

A drone strike in the northern Sudanese city of Atbara highlights tensions and divisions within the army, as it continues to fight the Rapid Support Forces

Six months since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel and subsequent outbreak of war in Gaza, the deadly and devastating conflict looks no closer to concluding. Is it still possible to achieve a sustainable cessation of hostilities and restart the conflict-resolution process? To get there, what are the incentives and disincentives that could be constructed for the two main combatants, Israel and Hamas?