Africa

  • Feb 18, 2022
  • 7 min read

China’s influence in Africa will continue to grow

Chinese economic influence on the continent is increasingly balanced by soft power initiatives

Africa
  • Feb 17, 2022
  • 2 min read

Europe-Africa summit will fall short of its ambitions

The sixth European Union-African Union summit begins today in Brussels

Africa
  • Feb 14, 2022
  • 7 min read

The African Union faces major reform challenges

The AU Summit has taken place at a moment of great challenge for the pan-African organisation

AU
  • Feb 7, 2022
  • 2 min read

African Union will postpone Israel decision

The AU has decided to refer the question of Israel's observer status to a committee

Africa
  • Jan 25, 2022
  • 7 min read

Digital authoritarianism in Africa is evolving

As in other non-democratic contexts, repressive African governments are adapting to contain online dissent

Africa
  • Dec 20, 2021
  • 11 min read

Challenges to African incumbents will grow

The decline in the quality of democracy in Africa over the past decade masks a number of contradictory trends

Africa
  • Dec 16, 2021
  • 7 min read

Washington's Africa policy still lacks a framework

On his recent Africa trip, Secretary of State Antony Blinken emphasised democracy, security and economic growth

United States
  • Dec 13, 2021
  • 7 min read

Boosting Africa’s health security will be challenging

The pandemic has exposed vulnerabilities in health systems worldwide and nowhere more so than in Africa

Africa