Gen Z Uprisings Underscore a Crisis of Legitimacy in African Democracies

The Death of Odinga, a Consummate Dealmaker, Upends Kenyan Politics

Lesley Anne Warner has a lengthy piece about how the U.S. backing away from human rights and democracy concerns will trickle down through Africa to give dictators and autocrats greater leeway to act against civil liberties and the rule of law.

Cote d’Ivoire’s announced this week that he will run for a controversial fourth term, a move that threatens to reverse years of painstaking progress in the country to consolidate peace and promote social cohesion, @lesleyannewarner.bsky.social writes.

The US-brokered DRC–Rwanda peace accord contains a major stumbling block: military integration. Conflict, stabilization and political transition expert @lesleyannewarner.bsky.social outlines 7 “pillars” for success: www.justsecurity.org/118753/drc-r...

Seven Pillars of Military Integration for the DRC-Rwanda Peace Accord

With a Fourth-Term Bid, Cote d’Ivoire’s Ouattara Is Playing With Fire

From 'Defending the Defenders' to Diplomatic Desertion: The Significance of the U.S. Government Ceasing Moral and Diplomatic Support to Pro-Democracy Activists in Africa

Reading between the lines of H.R. 2633 (aka the South Africa bill)

While conflict isn’t inevitable, a convergence of familiar patterns in South Sudan has significantly increased the risk of renewed violence, @lesleyannewarner.bsky.social writes.

South Sudan's Latest Crisis is Following a Familiar Script

“The Geopolitics of Critical Minerals—Risks, Resilience, and Resource Control” Earlier this week, I attended a very thought-provoking CFR panel on “The Geopolitics of Critical Minerals—Risks, Resilience, and Resource Control” moderated by Heidi Crebo-Rediker, with David Abraham, Gracelin Baskaran,…

Quick Reflections on DRC/Liberia Election to the UN Security Council If there were an administration in the U.S. next year that valued the UN - and multilateralism more broadly - the election of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Liberia to the UN Security Council would be a strategic…