Council on Foreign Relations

Global Climate Agreements: Successes and Failures

International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.

Backgrounder by Lindsay Maizland December 5, 2023 Renewing America

Climate Change

Global Climate Agreements: Successes and Failures

International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.

Backgrounder by Lindsay Maizland December 5, 2023 Renewing America

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June 1, 2021

Nigeria

Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: May 22–28

This update represents violence in Nigeria and related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger from May 22 to May 28, 2021.

Map of Nigeria shaded in red to reflect Nigeria Security Tracker-documented deaths per state. Borno state, the northeastern-most state, is dark red, while the rest of the country are shades of pink. Regions of Cameroon, Chad, and Niger that have experienced Boko Haram-related violence are also shaded.

Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

November 5, 2020

Election 2020

The Biden Administration's Approach to Africa

Joseph Biden and Kamala Harris will likely be elected president and vice president of the United States. A Biden administration's approach to Africa will depend on policy but also on who the president appoints to his cabinet and senior positions.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden addresses a public forum at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. American and Kenyan flags can be seen in the background. A podium with the seal of the U.S. Vice President can be seen in the middle of the picture.

Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

June 15, 2020

Nigeria

Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: June 6–12

This update represents violence in Nigeria and related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger from June 6 to 12, 2020.

Map shows Nigeria in different shades of red to reflect the amount of deaths due to political violence. Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno is the darkest.

Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

November 3, 2020

Elections and Voting

Musings on Elections in Africa on America's Election Day

Americans assume that free, fair, and credible elections are essential to democracy. Elsewhere, however, elections are rigged and serve mainly to consolidate the position of a "big man" and his cronies or to legitimate self-perpetuating elites.