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Atlas of Impunity Reflects Governance Accountability Challenges in Africa

PAST EVENT VIDEO

Experts discuss impunity and accountability across Africa in the 21st century.

An anti-police brutality protest in Lagos, Nigeria on October 20, 2022.
Reuters

Nakate on Climate Justice and Youth Activism

PAST EVENT VIDEO

Founder of the Rise Up Climate Movement Vanessa Nakate discusses the global climate crisis and the importance of elevating the next generation of underrepresented environmental leaders with Jamia Jowers.

Vanessa Nakate speaks into megaphone during a demonstration for climate change.
Reuters

Commentary & Analysis

Sudan's Humanitarian Crisis Overshadowed by Other Global Conflicts

BLOG
Running Numbers by Rania Boukari

Despite the scale of the crisis and its importance for the broader region, Sudan remains out of the minds of most Americans.

A man walks by a house hit in recent fighting in Khartoum, Sudan
Marwan Ali / AP
US Foreign Policy

Unraveling the Global War on Terror in Africa

In the News
Defense Priorities
Elizabeth Shackelford

More than 20 years after 9/11, are US counterterrorism efforts in Africa paying off? Senior Fellow Elizabeth Shackelford joins fellow experts to discuss.

Lizzy Shackelford speaks via Zoom US Foreign Policy

Research

The Emerging Geopolitics of Infrastructure Competition

RESEARCH
Working Paper by Simon Curtis

The success of ambitious states will be determined by their ability to shape global infrastructures and the cities they connect around the world.

Belt and Road High Speed Rail
AP Photos
Global Cities

Less is More: A New Strategy for US Security Assistance to Africa

RESEARCH
Report by Coauthors

The US strategy toward Africa today is neither effective nor sustainable. It’s time to flip the script.

US troops participate in a military exercise with African allies
USA AFRICOM
US Foreign Policy