Several African countries including the G5 Sahel of Mali, Chad, Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mauritania, as well as France, are holding talks in Chad’s capital city, N’Djamena, to address the unstable security dynamics in the Sahel region. This comes as 100 civilians were killed just this week in a Burkina
Africa is often portrayed as a continent plagued with endemic violence, disease, famine, poverty, and hardship. While there is certainly some truth to this characterization, this view obscures the emergent reality of a modernizing and industrializing Africa which outpaces even many western, developed countries in terms of real GDP growth
On March 1st, former Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala became Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) after receiving support from the Biden Administration and other influential WTO member-nations. Soon after accepting the position, the new leader explained what will be her central objectives and put forth her vision for
The Rwandan economy is booming and has become a World Bank success story, a somewhat rare description in today’s global lending and loaning marketplace. Rwanda is situated adjacent to the larger and more economically prosperous Democratic Republic of the Congo and nearby its East African counterparts Burundi, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is overhauling his country’s top military positions amid stalled efforts to suppress Boko Haram and internal gang insurgencies. Boko Haram has been wreaking havoc on the northeastern regions of Nigeria for over a decade, and the Nigerian police and military’s failed responses have seemingly led Buhari
Cameroon’s government has deployed its troops to serve as security for the African Nations Championships (CHAN), which began on January 16, 2021, citing concerns of violence from threats levied by separatist groups. The factions vow to stop the football matches in English-speaking regions, just the latest development in a nearly
