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Director’s Discourse: Dialogue as a Vehicle for Change
This month, a unique conference is taking place in Beijing, China. Its title is: “Africa: 54 Countries, One Union.” It is actually the fourth in a series, begun in 2010 in Bologna, Italy, by Romano...
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Director’s Discourse: Implications for Sustained Peace after M-23 Defeat in DRC
The news out of Africa over the last two weeks has been dominated by the defeat of the rebel group M-23 at Bunagana in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This had led to subsequent...
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South Sudan: The End of a Noble Experiment?
On December 15, 2013 fighting broke out in Juba, South Sudan in the Presidential compound among elements of the presidential guard, an elite unit of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA). This...
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South African Elections: What Provincial and Municipal Results Mean for the...
On May 7, 2014, 17 million South African streamed to the polls to cast their votes for National, Provincial, and Municipal level leaders. Except for a few minor disturbances and one large protest in...
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One Outcome of the US-Africa Summit is Essential
There is uncertainty surrounding the “product” that will emerge from the on-going African Leaders Summit being hosted by President Obama. Through the planning sessions leading up to the Summit, in...
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A Report Card for the US-Africa Leaders Summit
President Obama closed the first ever US-Africa Leaders’ Summit on August 7, 2014, by declaring it had been an “extraordinary event” and citing the accomplishments of the summit in terms of trade and...
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Tensions Mount in Burundi as Elections Approach (Part I)
Observers who follow Burundi closely have had a growing fear that the nation is slipping slowly back into the awful years of intercommunal violence, civil war, bad governance, and a failed economy....
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Tensions Mount in Burundi as Elections Approach (Part II)
As Burundi approaches elections this year, there are underlying pressures that leave little room for hope of reform. Violence and political tension plague the nation, depriving citizens of certain...
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Burundi: How Should The International Community Respond?
Photo Courtesy of Brice Blondel via Flickr. Testimony before the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations July 22, 2015...
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What Lessons Should We Take Away From The Gambia?
Commemorative cloth from Yahya Jammeh’s 2006 election campaign. Photo by Tommy Miles, via Flickr. Creative Commons. Africa and the international community heaved a sigh of relief as Yahya Jammeh, the...
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