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The Obama Administration’s Sudan Strategy

ian — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

After months of internal debate, mounting impatience among U.S.

Africa at the UN General Assembly

pfrank — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The 64th UN General Assembly meeting is under way in New York, with its centerpiece event, the ministerial session, due to begin on Wednesday, September 23. African leaders are filing into Washington, D.C., and New York City over the coming days in preparation for the annual flurry of diplomatic activity and their chance to address world leaders at UN headquarters.

Senegal's Compact with the Millennium Challenge Corporation

sherry — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400

On Wednesday, September 16, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) concluded a five-year, $540-million compact with Senegal. The agreement was signed at a meeting in Washington, D.C., between the U.S. secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton—who chairs the MCC—and the Senegalese president, Abdoulaye Wade.

Secretary Clinton’s Africa Trip

ian — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Africa trip, August 3 to 14, features a tough and demanding agenda: she will be visiting dangerously conflicted Kenya, Congo, and Nigeria; holding a brief exchange with a Somali transition government close to succumbing to a radical Islamist movement affiliated with al Qaeda; reassuring unsteady postwar Liberia; and opening a dialogue with a newly

Public Health in Africa

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Nowhere are global public health challenges more acute than in sub-Saharan Africa. With just 13 percent of the world’s population, this region carries 24 percent of the global burden of disease. The continent’s immense disease burden and frail health systems are embedded in a broader context of poverty, underdevelopment, conflict, and weak or ill-managed government institutions.

U.S. Africa Policy beyond the Bush Years

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400

U.S. policy toward Africa underwent a dramatic expansion under the tenure of President George W. Bush, marked by unprecedented resource flows, a major diplomatic effort in Sudan, and the establishment of historic initiatives in health, development, and security.

China's Soft Power in Africa

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Chapter 3 from Chinese Soft Power and Its Implications for the United States.

Piracy in the Gulf of Aden

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

On September 25, Somali pirates hijacked the MV Faina, a Ukrainian freighter loaded with tanks, grenade launchers, antiaircraft guns, and assorted ammunition and explosives in the Gulf of Aden. The pirates have demanded a $20-million ransom for the release of the ship, cargo, and crew. The Faina is now surrounded by several U.S. warships, with a Russian frigate slated to join them.

U.S. and Chinese Engagement in Africa

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

The CSIS Africa Program, in collaboration with the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and the Chinese Institute for International Studies (CIIS), hosted a conference in Washington, D.C., in December 2007, on U.S. and Chinese engagement in Africa.

Angola and China

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Indira Campos and Alex Vines, research assistant and head of the Africa Program at Chatham House, conducted extensive in-country interviews to examine the perceptions and impact of China's engagement in Angola in a CSIS comissioned case study.