Sub-Saharan Africa

CSIS’s Africa Program, Global Health Policy Center, the Human Rights Initiative, the Prosperity and Development Project, and the Global Food Security Program provide analysis on political, economic, and security dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting important new trends and rising stakes for U.S. engagement.

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Photo: DENIS SASSOU GUEIPEUR/AFP/Getty Images

Photo: DENIS SASSOU GUEIPEUR/AFP/Getty Images

Chad: The Sahel’s Last Domino to Fall

Major cracks in Mahamat Déby's rule in Chad are emerging, which could ultimately spell Déby’s demise and usher in a new period of transition and violent instability for the country and the wider region.

Commentary by Cameron Hudson — December 6, 2023

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Daniel F. Runde
Senior Vice President; William A. Schreyer Chair; Director, Project on Prosperity and Development