List of Africa articles
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Senegalese gendarmes block a road after protesters burned tires and blocked roads in Dakar, Senegal's capital. Is Senegal’s Exceptionalism Over?
The defenses that made the country unique are falling one by one—leaving political discontent and spiritual voids exposed to al Qaeda.
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A French MQ-9 Reaper drone armed with two GBU-12 bombs sits on the tarmac at a military base in Niamey, Niger. Drones Aren’t the Sahel’s Silver Bullet
The weapons may bolster the very rebel groups West African governments are trying to defeat.
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Two people sit at a bus stop in front of a billboard that features an image of Tinubu and Shettima with the slogan "The team to reconnect Nigeria." The Revolutionary Potential of the ‘Lagos Model’
Bola Tinubu turned Lagos into a great city. Can he transform all of Nigeria?
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greet each other at the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on July 27, 2018. 6 Swing States Will Decide the Future of Geopolitics
These middle powers of the global south should be the focus of U.S. policy.
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Evacuees and military personnel board a Royal Air Force aircraft bound for Cyprus in Omdurman, Sudan. America’s Evacuation Efforts in Sudan Stall Out
Private groups want to evacuate hundreds more. The Biden administration wants nothing to do with it.
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A Sudanese man and child wheel suitcases as they walk across a paved area toward a low beige building. Other people pass by in the background, including more children and a man in a wheelchair. In Sudan, Egypt Faces a Catch-22
But there’s one option for resolving the conflict that just might work.
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Nigerian President Bola Tinubu stands at the center of a group of guests and security personnel with his fist raised in the air. He is wearing a hat, sunglasses, and a white robe. Nigeria’s Last General Departs the Political Stage
Democracy is holding despite social and regional divisions.
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A journalist is silhouetted in front of a neon-lighted poster that reads "AI from Africa to the world" at the first AI research center established in Africa by Google in Accra, Ghana. Artificial Intelligence Will Entrench Global Inequality
The debate about regulating AI urgently needs input from the global south.
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A silhouette is shown from the back, looking on at a fire. Why the World’s Deadliest Wars Go Unreported
Too much news is routed through London and New York. The capitals of the global south need to step up.
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Houses are shown on the edge of deep gouges in the land. U.S. Apathy Paved the Way for China in Africa
Despite a strong foothold during the Cold War, Washington has since fumbled on the continent.
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An undated pencil drawing depicts work on a sugar plantation in the West Indies. Black children are among the laborers working to chop sugar cane under the watchful eye of a suited white overseer wearing a hat. Sugar as Modern Capitalism’s Original Sin
A new book shows its history as anything but sweet.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin greets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia. South Africa’s Nonsensical Nonalignment
The ANC has forgotten that the outside world’s principled rejection of neutrality sustained the struggle against apartheid.
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Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sergei Lavrov meets with South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor during a press conference in Pretoria, South Africa, on Jan. 23. A South African Scandal Could Shake Up Relations With Washington
Do South Africa’s denials that it supplied weapons to Russia ring true?
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Amid ongoing battles, black smoke rises above the international airport in Khartoum, Sudan, on April 20. The Geopolitics of U.S. Engagement in Sudan
Washington’s Middle Eastern partners can help prevent Sudan from becoming another Libya.
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An activist holds a sign depicting rival generals, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who leads the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), and Mohamed Hamdan “Hemeti” Dagalo, during a demonstration in front of the White House in Washington on April 29, 2023. Where the U.S. Went Wrong in Sudan
Khartoum now faces civil war. What does the U.S. have to do with it?
