Getting to a Sustainable Endgame in Ethiopia Will Be an Uphill Climb
As rebel forces of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front and the Oromo Liberation Army close in on Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, domestic factions and international mediators are quickly revising their calculations regarding how the war
Formalizing West Africa’s Mining Sector Could Pay Security Dividends
The residents of Solhan, a village in northeastern Burkina Faso, are painfully aware of the connection between artisanal mining and insecurity. Last June, insurgents invaded the village, targeting the civilian self-defense force in the area
China Just Raised Its Diplomatic Ambitions in Africa
Last week, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi completed a tour of Eritrea, Kenya and Comoros, continuing a tradition dating back three decades by which Chinese foreign ministers open the diplomatic year with a trip to
China’s Engagement With Africa Has a Cold War Parallel
In 1956, then-Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev executed a sharp but largely forgotten reorientation in his country’s foreign policy. During the long decades under Josef Stalin, with the exception of its support for communist China, Moscow
Russia’s ‘Return’ to Africa Is Less Than the Sum of Its Parts
Over the past several years, international policymakers, primarily in the West, as well as journalists and commentators have frequently called attention to Russia’s renewed interest in expanding its footprint in Africa. These discussions of “Russia’s
Spain’s ‘Focus Africa’ Initiative Is Mainly About Domestic Politics
In early April, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez traveled to Angola and Senegal, accompanied by representatives of 12 Spanish companies he hopes will do business there. The visit followed the launch in late March of
Mali’s Military Junta Is Winning the Battle of Public Opinion—for Now
On Jan. 14, Malians across the country took to the streets en masse, after the country’s interim military government called for protests against tough sanctions imposed the previous weekend by the Economic Community of West
Burkina Faso’s Coup Is Deja Vu All Over Again
In the latest in a series of military coups in West Africa, a group of army officers in Burkina Faso has overthrown the government of President Roch Kabore. In a televised address on Burkina Faso’s
Burkina Faso : le Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU “gravement préoccupé”
Sans condamner explicitement le coup d’État militaire du 24 janvier, les 15 membres du Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU ont approuvé mercredi une déclaration commune exprimant leur préoccupation face à la situation au Burkina Faso.