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By 2050, a quarter of the global population will live in Africa. CSIS scholars research critical issues and emerging trends affecting the world’s fastest-growing region. African countries are endowed with potential stemming from both natural resources and a burgeoning youth population, but governance and security challenges persist.

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New Approaches to Address the Role of Gold in Sudan’s Civil War

Revenues from gold are a key driver of the conflict in Sudan. Recent EU sanctions are a start, but much more needs to be done to ensure the gold trade no longer finances bloodshed in the world’s most abandoned humanitarian crisis.

Commentary by Andrew Friedman and Brad Brooks-Rubin — August 11, 2026

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Oge Onubogu

Oge Onubogu

Director and Senior Fellow, Africa Program
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Katherine E. Bliss

Director and Senior Fellow, Immunizations and Health Systems Resilience, Global Health Policy Center
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Deputy Director, Global Food and Water Security Program

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The Trade Guys

Zainab Usman on Critical Minerals and AGOA

Bill and Scott welcome Zainab Usman, senior research scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, to discuss critical minerals and the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).

Podcast Episode by Scott Miller and William Alan Reinsch — August 17, 2026

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Into Africa

It's More Than Just A Game: Africa at the Men’s World Cup and the Women’s AFCON

In this Youth Roundtable, Catherine Nzuki is joined by Janine Anthony and Chibuogwu Nnadiegbulam. They unpack what drove the group-stage surge, from expanded participation fees to the competitive edge of AFCON, and why so many campaigns unraveled after the 80th minute.

Podcast Episode by Catherine Nzuki — August 13, 2026

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New Approaches to Address the Role of Gold in Sudan’s Civil War

Revenues from gold are a key driver of the conflict in Sudan. Recent EU sanctions are a start, but much more needs to be done to ensure the gold trade no longer finances bloodshed in the world’s most abandoned humanitarian crisis.

Commentary by Andrew Friedman and Brad Brooks-Rubin — August 11, 2026

Into Africa

Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, Executive Director, WHO Health Emergencies Programme: Ebola outbreak in Ituri, Congo "a perfect storm."

This week on Into Africa, we are sharing an episode from the CSIS podcast, CommonHealth, hosted by CSIS Senior Vice President and Director of Global Health Policy Center Stephen Morrison. Stephen is joined by Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, Executive Director, WHO Health Emergencies Programme.

Podcast Episode by Oge Onubogu and J. Stephen Morrison — July 30, 2026

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