Africa is big enough to accommodate everybody—its needs are incredibly huge and its prospects are truly breathtaking
Just over a year ago, at the US-Africa leaders' summit in Washington in December 2022, President Joe Biden made a public commitment ...
... 2023 the transition leaders of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger signed the Liptako-Gourma Charter, instituting the Alliance of Sahel States. This happened in the midst of economic sanctions imposed on them by the subregion’s Economic Community of Western Africa (ECOWAS) and its threats to carry out a military operation in Niger. For the three landlocked nations, those sanctions had serious repercussions, aggravating the socioeconomic situation inside those countries and fueling the growing activity of ...
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s tour portrayed Washington’s official strategy as more benevolent than it actually is
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin embarked on a tour of Africa this week, marking the first such visit by a Pentagon chief since 2020, when Mark Esper visited Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco. In contrast to that occasion, when no attention was paid to Sub-Saharan Africa, Austin’s trip was intended to reaffirm ...
... with a real prospect of civil war, which could indefinitely postpone the transit of power to the civilian government, turning Sudan into one of the hottest spots in the world for many years to come.
What caused the current conflict
Nikita Panin:
When Africa Is Just Around the Corner
The current armed escalation of Sudan’s internal political crisis has been triggered by a
delay
with the signing of a political agreement to form a civilian government and initiate a new transitional phase towards elections....
... instability and, as a result, impoverishment of the population and forced migration.
The authors of the report analyze the causes of economic and political crises in the region, consider the main actors of
conflicts and suggest some ways to overcome crises.
African Pressure Points: Sahel (situation review and future prospects)
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RIAC and IISS of Peking University Report #66 / 2021
RIAC and IISS of Peking University Report #66 / 2021
The report attempts to compare Russia and China’s views on the current state of affairs in African and their prospects moving forward. Experts have tried to juxtapose the strategies pursued by the two countries and assess the opportunities for expanding Russia–China cooperation on the continent. The positions presented in this report reflect ...
On July 15, 2020, the International Crisis Group (ICG) held an expert discussion on security and development issues in the Horn of Africa in the context of the coronavirus pandemic, economic recession, and exacerbation of regional conflicts
On July 15, 2020, the International Crisis Group (ICG) held an expert discussion on security and development issues in the Horn of Africa in ...
On July 1, 2020, International Crisis Group (ICG) held an expert discussion on security issues in the Sahel region of Africa, as it has been five years since the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation was signed in Bamako by Malian parties and the leaders of the combatants.
On July 1, 2020, International Crisis Group (ICG) held an expert discussion on security issues ...
... dialogue have covered a range of geopolitical issues such as the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, organised crime, terrorism, and the Middle East. This year, the workshops focused on the challenging issues of the economic opportunities in Africa; maritime security in the Arctic; private military companies; and the rules of the information space.
This iteration of the project also broadened its activities beyond London and Moscow with an event on maritime security held in the Arctic ...
... the current security agenda, European experts generally do not see Moscow making any significant contribution to the future of the MENA
In 2016-2019 an international consortium of think tanks and universities from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa carried out a large-scale research
project
“Middle East and North Africa Regional Architecture: Mapping Geopolitical Shifts, Regional Order and Domestic Transformations”. One of the final results of the project was the
report
“Imagining ...