Commentary

Steven Erlanger, Prashant Rao, and Carla Anne Robbins join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Activities to support resilient livelihoods must be combined with peacebuilding, conflict resolution efforts, and investment in food security.

As the youngest continent in the world, Africans want upper age limits for elected officials while still respecting elders.

Ten years after The First 1,000 Days book began, Roger Thurow revisits the featured mothers and children to see how they are faring.

Ten years after The First 1,000 Days book, we revisit Esther and her son Rodgers to see how they are faring.

Western countries should use national and international tools to hinder Wagner’s growing global abuse, Elizabeth Shackelford writes.

A decades-old rivalry between Eritrea and the TPLF risks derailing Ethiopia’s peace deal.

The US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, DC, is the first meeting of its kind since 2014. Africa’s shift toward China and Russia will be a subtext of the meeting.

Elizabeth Shackleford discusses U.S.-Africa relations and how the US can play a constructive role in Africa's future without repeating mistakes of the past.

A ceasefire between Ethiopian government forces and Tigrayan rebels brings optimism after years of fighting.