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December 20, 2024

Sub-Saharan Africa
What's at Stake for Africa in 2025

The incoming administration should think twice before ignoring the Africa portfolio. 

U.S. President Joe Biden, Angolan President Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco, Democratic Republic of the Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi, President of Zambia Hakainde Hichilema, and Tanzania’s Vice President Philip Isdor Mpango pose for a photo, during a tour of a Carrinho facility, near Lobito, Angola, on December 4, 2024.
Post by Michelle Gavin Africa in Transition

December 18, 2024

Western Sahara
What Does the Western Sahara Conflict Mean for Africa?

After a decades-long cease-fire crumbled in 2020, Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front have resumed fighting over the disputed Western Sahara.

In Brief by Esther Sun

December 4, 2024

Democracy
Africa’s Democratic Momentum

Contrary to doomsayers, liberal democracy is building up a head of steam on the continent.

Young men prepare a banner of the presidential candidate of Ghana's ruling New Patriotic Party, Mahamudu Bawumia, ahead of the elections on December 7, in Accra, Ghana on December 2, 2024.
Post by Ebenezer Obadare Africa in Transition

November 26, 2024

China Strategy Initiative
China in Africa: November 2024

Apart from a few noteworthy deviations, November saw routine Chinese investments in infrastructure and green energy across Africa, in addition to strong Sino-African cultural exchanges. Africans made…

The state flags of Uruguay, the United States, Tanzania, and the United Kingdom fly near the venue of the UN climate change conference COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, on November 16, 2024. Janis Laizans/REUTERS
Article by Nathan Schoonover China Strategy Initiative

November 25, 2024

Mozambique
High Stakes in Southern Africa

Elections in Namibia and proposed negotiations in Mozambique make this a pivotal week for the region’s future governance.

Protesters hold a banner with the face of Venancio Mondlane, independent candidate for the presidency of Mozambique during a "national shutdown" against the election outcome, in Maputo, Mozambique, on November 7, 2024.
Post by Michelle Gavin Africa in Transition

December 3, 2024

Angola
Domestic Politics Overshadow Biden’s Africa Visit

The pardoning of Hunter Biden raises discomforting parallels as President Biden lands in Angola. 

President Joe Biden shakes hands with Angolan President Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco at the Presidential Palace in Luanda, Angola, on December 3, 2024.
Post by Michelle Gavin Africa in Transition

October 2, 2024

Global
Central Bank Currency Swaps Tracker

Introduction Since the financial crisis of 2007, central banks around the world have entered into a multitude of bilateral currency swap agreements with one another. These agreements allow a centr…

Tracker by Benn Steil, Elisabeth Harding, and Samuel Zucker

October 31, 2024

China
China in Africa: October 2024

Chinese diplomatic developments abounded across the African continent throughout October, including the implementation of new China-Africa partnerships in the wake of last month’s Forum on China-Afri…

Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other participants in the outreach/BRICS Plus format meeting attend a family photo during the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia October 24, 2024. ALEXANDER NEMENOV/Pool via REUTERS
Article by Nathan Schoonover China Strategy Initiative

October 22, 2024

China
China’s Central Bank is Becoming the Developing World’s “Payday Lender”

With the developing world’s growing use of costly and opaque “payday loans” from China’s central bank, the IMF and World Bank need to demand far greater transparency from Beijing. 

China’s Central Bank is Becoming the Developing World’s “Payday Lender”
Post by Benn Steil and Elisabeth Harding Geo-Graphics

October 18, 2024

Ethiopia
Tensions Rising in the Horn of Africa

In the Horn of Africa, the time is now for preventative diplomacy.

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud walks near a Turkish Navy Ship after it docked at the Mogadishu Sea Port following the signing of a defense and economic agreement between Somalia and Turkey in Mogadishu, Somalia on April 23, 2024.
Post by Michelle Gavin Africa in Transition