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June 16, 2015

Sub-Saharan Africa
Al-Bashir and the Rule of Law in South Africa

The media’s take on the failure of South Africa’s Zuma government to hold Sudanese President al-Bashir is that it is a slap in the face of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The press drama is f…

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Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

June 26, 2015

Turkey
Weekend Reading: Kurdish in Turkey, The Ghost of Omar Pasha, and Islam vs. Jihadism

Nadeen Shaker investigates how Turkey’s Kurds are reclaiming their language in the classroom. Farah Halime of Rebel Economy has published a translation of former Vice President of Egypt Omar Suleima…

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Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

August 25, 2015

Sub-Saharan Africa
What to Do About Sudan’s al-Bashir and the UN General Assembly?

In early August, the Sudanese UN envoy stated that Sudan President al-Bashir plans to travel to New York to speak at the upcoming UN General Assembly (UNGA). Al-Bashir is under indictment by the Inte…

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Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

June 26, 2024

Sudan
What Is the Extent of Sudan’s Humanitarian Crisis?

More than a year into the civil war in Sudan, over nine million people have been displaced, exacerbating an already devastating humanitarian crisis.

In Brief by Mariel Ferragamo and Diana Roy

July 3, 2024

Inequality
Women This Week: Women Excluded From UN-led Talks on Afghanistan

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers June 29 to July 3.

Maryam, a boot polisher, sits next to a beauty salon in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 6, 2023.
Blog Post by Noël James Women Around the World

August 7, 2024

Election 2024
Meet Tim Walz, Democratic Vice-Presidential Candidate

The Minnesota governor is Kamala Harris’s choice to be her running mate in the 2024 presidential election.

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Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

September 20, 2023

Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa’s ‘Leaders for Life’

Sub-Saharan Africa is home to many of the world’s longest-ruling heads of state. Pro-democracy advocates have at times successfully stopped presidents from extending their mandates, but the authorita…

A worker throws away campaign posters of President Yoweri Museveni after Uganda’s 2021 election.
Backgrounder by Claire Klobucista and Mariel Ferragamo

July 15, 2024

West Africa
An Opportunity to Reimagine ECOWAS

The split between ECOWAS and the mutinous AES states may be just what the regional body needed. 

A view shows the empty seats of Mali and Guinea during the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) summit in Abuja, Nigeria on July 7, 2024.
Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare Africa in Transition