Russian efforts to influence the outcome of the 2016 U.S. presidential election drew attention to the problem of ‘fake news’ and media manipulation.  The dissemination of misinformation through social media and mainstream news outlets is a global one, and Africa has...

Described as an initiative that brings “together technical and legal experts, the private sector, and governments from around the world to work in partnership to increase the number of people with access to power”, Power Africa has been an attempt to work more...

As Côte d'Ivoire celebrates the signing of its first compact with the Millennium Challenge Corporation, we examine the progress and potential of Africa's fastest growing economy.

While radicalization is a complex process, Salafism is widely considered the branch of Islam that constitutes the basis for the radicalization of Muslims worldwide. States in East Africa have addressed the challenge of managing jihadi Salafism differently. Drawing on his...

Join us for a discussion with Nnamdi Obasi and Hans De Marie Heungoup of the International Crisis Group, authors of two recent ICG publications on the state of security and humanitarian responses to conflict in the Lake Chad basin.

Please join CSIS and Mercy Corps for an expert panel on effective programmatic approaches to CVE in Africa. Mercy Corps will present the findings of its rigorous mixed-methods impact evaluation of a multi-year youth-focused stability program in Somaliland funded by...

The Sahel region has received significant international attention as a new battleground for fighting extremism, made vulnerable by tensions between various communities, weak public institutions, food insecurity, and often unresponsive governments.

This session serves as the inaugural event of the CSIS Africa Program’s new Spotlight on Africa conference series, which will profile political and economic trends in some of the continent’s largest and most dynamic economies.