Africa

Foreign Policy asked nine global experts for their takes on the administration’s agenda.

Beijing’s development projects are flashy, fast, and relevant. Why aren’t Washington’s?

Robert Kaplan’s selective reading of history bolsters proponents of a centralized state while ignoring the legitimacy of federalists’ demands.

President Cyril Ramaphosa believes the violence is politically motivated, but it looks more like an uprising of the poor and unemployed.

Political chaos is worsening the third wave of the coronavirus.

Six years after Washington gave $5 million to set up a war crimes court, nothing has happened.

The Emirati government should extradite the Gupta brothers. Sheltering them risks damaging its diplomatic and financial reputation.

The United States will donate 25 million doses as African countries reel from a third wave of COVID-19.

Ten years after independence, Africa’s youngest country remains mired in conflict and poverty.

Moscow’s geopolitical moves are driving murderous private actors.

The country seems on the verge of falling apart. Here’s why it won’t.

By imprisoning a former president, the country has set an example for constitutional democracies across the world.

America’s greatest success story in Africa has degenerated into its biggest failure.

But banishing the neocolonial approach is easier said than done.

The center needs to address concerns, not arrest dissidents.

Tanzania, Cambodia, and the UAE are on China’s wish list—and now Kiribati, within striking distance of Hawaii.

Lacking formal international recognition, the territory is seeking to make its mark through infrastructure deals and bilateral ties with key global powers.

And that makes it all the more challenging to get to grips with.