Walking on eggshells with South Africa only obscures an increasingly discordant U.S.-South Africa relationship.

Across the continent, ill-conceived security arrangements are having unintended consequences 

When it comes to civil liberties in Africa, Western governments and institutions must put their monies where their mouths are.

Without new measures to build democratic institutions, entrenched corruption, migration, and violence will only get worse.  

In the Central African Republic (CAR), outside the capital Bangui, President Faustin-Archange Touadéra exerts little to no authority. Armed rebel groups control two-thirds of the country, including access to mining sites.