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Michelle Gavin, Ebenezer Obadare, and other experts track political and security developments across sub-Saharan Africa.

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President Joe Biden meets with Angola's President Joao Lourenco in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 30, 2023
President Joe Biden meets with Angola's President Joao Lourenco in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 30, 2023 Evelyn Hockstein/REUTERS
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Washington Woos Angola

by Michelle Gavin September 18, 2024

Reports of an upcoming presidential visit to Angola raise thorny policy questions.   Read More

Sudan
Seeking Urgency on Sudan
Sudan’s crisis is deepening, and the international response is utterly inadequate.
Blog Post by Michelle Gavin June 15, 2023 Africa Program
Nigeria
The Nigerian Conundrum
When an irresistible society meets an immovable state. 
Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare June 14, 2023 Africa in Transition
Nigeria
Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: June 3-9
This update represents violence in Nigeria and related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger from June 3 to June 9, 2023. 
Blog Post by CFR Africa Program June 13, 2023 Africa in Transition
  • Nigeria
    Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: May 27-June 2
    This update represents violence in Nigeria and related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger from May 27 to June 2, 2023.
    Blog Post by CFR Africa Program June 9, 2023 Africa in Transition
  • Nigeria
    Not Their President
    For the first time since the country’s return to civil rule in 1999, Nigerian Pentecostals find themselves on the outside looking in.
    Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare June 7, 2023 Africa in Transition