From public health to peace and security to climate change, Africa will face a number of crises that will divert scarce resources from economic development efforts. Omicron variant contingencies will ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Reuben Brigety, President of Busara Advisors and U.S. Ambassador to South Africa ...

Reuben Brigety, President of Busara Advisors and U.S. Ambassador to South Africa from 2022 to 2025, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss relations between Washington and Pretoria in the wake of ...

President Biden faced a challenge in winning the confidence of a continent where the circumstances of its leaders vary so dramatically. By Declan Walsh After a flurry of promises during a summit that ...

China has made the transfer of smart city technology one of the dimensions of its security diplomacy towards Africa. How concerned should Washington be about this development? As China seeks to expand ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — Colonel Muammar Gadhafi yesterday called for the creation of a “United States of Africa,” and appeared to be positioning himself to be its first leader. “My vision is to wake up the ...

African students have traded academic institutions in the West for Chinese alternatives. The Trump administration’s clampdown on international students and visas could accelerate the shift. By Abdi ...

The Trump administration’s new policy on visa suspension for foreign nationals looking to study in the United States also affects African countries, such as Togo. It’s a goal, as stated by the ...