Africa
CSIS scholars from the Africa Program, Middle East Program, Global Food and Water Security Program, Global Health Policy Center, Human Rights Initiative, and Project on Prosperity and Development work with and within the Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department to research the most critical issues facing the African continent.

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Africa’s 2025 Transformation: Will New Leadership Elections Really Shape the Continent’s Future?
Commentary by Hannah Ryder and Teta Mukulira — February 6, 2025

Special Envoys Can Elevate Africa Under Trump
Commentary by Cameron Hudson — January 14, 2025

The AGOA Ship Is Sinking: Congress Must Act Now to Save It
Commentary by Daniel F. Runde — December 20, 2024

Sudan’s Humanitarian Crisis: What Was Old Is New Again
Report by Cameron Hudson and Michelle Strucke — December 17, 2024
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AFRICOM at 17: Shaping U.S.-Africa Relations

A Conversation with Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield: Reflecting on U.S.-Africa Relations

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The Role of Religion and Spirituality in U.S. Security Assistance

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Global Conflicts to Watch in 2025: Escalating Humanitarian Needs

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The DRC's Path to Peace and Regional Integration

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Strengthening U.S.-Zambia Minerals Cooperation: A Fireside Conversation with His Excellency Ambassador Chibamba Kanyama and Jito Kayumba

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Biden’s Trip to Angola: What to Expect

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A Shift in Power: Botswana’s Historic Election
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Online Event: CSIS Debate Series: Do Human Rights Protections Advance Counter-terrorism Objectives?
Event — May 4, 2020
Covid-19 in Africa: The Good News and the Bad
Commentary by Judd Devermont and Simon Allison — May 4, 2020
Extremist Groups Stepping up Operations during the Covid-19 Outbreak in Sub-Saharan Africa
Commentary by Emilia Columbo and Marielle Harris — May 1, 2020

Online Event: Mitigating Africa’s and Asia’s Locust Infestation amid the Covid-19 Pandemic
Event — April 29, 2020
The Pandemic Presents an Opportunity to Refresh U.S. Policy toward Africa
Commentary by Judd Devermont — April 27, 2020
Africa Reacts to Covid-19’s Impact on the U.S. Primaries
Commentary — April 17, 2020

South Africa’s Future at the Brink: Emergency in the World’s Largest HIV Epidemic
Report by Sara M. Allinder — April 15, 2020
Why Mali Needs a New Peace Deal
Commentary by Judd Devermont and Marielle Harris — April 15, 2020