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

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters while visiting the U.S.-Mexico border in Calexico, California on April 5, 2019.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters while visiting the U.S.-Mexico border in Calexico, California on April 5, 2019. Kevin Lamarque/REUTERS
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An Immigration Debate Worth Having

by Ebenezer Obadare November 12, 2024

The best immigration policy is one that helps developing countries hold on to their best.

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Nigeria
Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: December 3-9
This update represents violence in Nigeria and related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger from December 3 to December 9, 2022.
Blog Post by CFR Africa Program December 13, 2022 Africa in Transition
Sub-Saharan Africa
Putting African Aspirations First
African aspirations, not African leaders, should be the focus of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit.
Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare December 12, 2022 Africa in Transition
Nigeria
Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: November 26-December 2
This update represents violence in Nigeria and related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger from November 26 to December 2, 2022. 
Blog Post by CFR Africa Program December 6, 2022 Africa in Transition
  • Nigeria
    The Uses of Parody
    When conventional tools of resistance have failed or been compromised, humor has been a weapon of last resort for the African subaltern.  
    Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare December 5, 2022 Africa in Transition
  • South Africa
    A Fresh Start Eludes South Africa
    The South African President tried to focus his country on the future, but the past–including his own–continues to intrude.
    Blog Post by Michelle Gavin December 1, 2022 Africa in Transition