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June 27, 2024

Uganda
Darryl G. Behrman Lecture: Screening and Discussion of “Bobi Wine: The People's President”

The Oscar and BAFTA-nominated Bobi Wine: The People’s President, is set during Uganda’s 2021 presidential election, where music star, activist, and opposition leader Bobi Wine, together with his wife…

Play Ugandan musician turned politician, Robert Kyagulanyi otherwise known as Bobi Wine arrives at the news conference at his home in Kasangati, Kampala, Uganda.
Event by Moses Bwayo, Michelle Gavin, Bobi Wine, and Richard Stengel Africa Program

May 28, 2024

Palestinian Territories
Who Governs the Palestinians?

Power in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, the so-called Palestinian territories, has been divided among three entities: a governing body called the Palestinian Authority, the militant group Hamas, a…

Palestinians wave their national flag as they rally beneath images of President Mahmoud Abbas and his predecessor, Yasser Arafat
Backgrounder by Kali Robinson

March 27, 2023

Nigeria
Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: March 18-24

This update represents violence in Nigeria and related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger from March 18 to March 24, 2023.

Map of Nigeria shaded in red to reflect Nigeria Security Tracker-documented deaths per state. Borno state, the northeastern-most state, is dark red, while the rest of the country are shades of pink. Regions of Cameroon, Chad, and Niger that have experienced Boko Haram-related violence are also shaded.
Blog Post by CFR Africa Program Africa in Transition

March 3, 2023

Chad
The United States Should Not Play Russia’s Game in Africa

In the wake of reports of a Wagner Group plot in Chad, Washington should resist the urge to resurrect Cold War-era partnerships.

People gather around the coffin of Oredje Narcisse, the Chadian journalist who was killed during a pro-democracy demonstration, as they attend his burial ceremony in N'Djamena, Chad.
Blog Post by Michelle Gavin Africa in Transition

January 6, 2021

COVID-19
Vaccine Diplomacy: China and SinoPharm in Africa

On December 3, John Nkengasong, director, Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), announced a 60 percent vaccination target—one estimate of the level needed to achieve herd immunity from COVID-19—in Africa’s fifty-four countries.

A presentation of a vaccine under development by SinoPharm, a Chinese company, that is to be used to provide immunity against COVID-19
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for John Campbell Africa in Transition

April 6, 2020

Sub-Saharan Africa
Trump’s Africa Policy Is Better Than It Looks

The Trump administration has largely continued U.S. policies in Africa aimed at building economic ties, political stability, and health care, but it lacks a strategy for the continent’s looming geopo…

In Brief by John Campbell