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August 12, 2016
Sub-Saharan Africa
Troubling Clampdown on Opposition in Tanzania
Tyler Falish is a student in Fordham University’s Graduate Program in International Political Economy & Development and a former intern for the Council on Foreign Relations Africa Studies program. T…
September 26, 2018
South Sudan
Another Hollow Peace Deal Signed in South Sudan
On September 12 in Ethiopia, President Salva Kiir and former vice president and opposition leader Riek Machar signed what was meant to be the final peace deal in South Sudan’s civil war, bringing an end to nearly five years of fighting. The new deal would return Machar to power, where he would serve as the “first” of five vice presidents, and maintain Kiir as president.
September 25, 2018
Nigeria
Boko Haram Leader Shekau's Book Helps Explain Factional Rifts
In June 2018, the Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) leader, Abu Mus’ab al-Barnawi, released a history of his jihadist movement. In 2017, the Ansaru leader, under the pseudonym Abu Usama al-Ansari, also released his own history, while Abubakar Shekau released a book in the name of the Boko Haram faction he currently leads.
September 21, 2018
China
China Pledges $60 Billion in Financing to an Increasingly Debt-Distressed Africa
On September 3 and 4, leaders of fifty-three African nations gathered in Beijing for the seventh Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), where President Xi Jinping unveiled a new pledge of $60 billion in financing for Africa.
June 10, 2019
Trade
African Continental Free Trade Area: A New Horizon For Trade in Africa
Kanzanira Thorington is a research associate with the digital and cyberspace policy program at the Council on Foreign Relations. On May 30, the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) of…
