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2019Africa: Yearin Review
Updated: Jan. 22, 2020
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A Letter from the Director,
Dr. Monde Muyangwa
TRADE, INVESTMENT, AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Now That We Are All Getting Cozy Together—The African Union’s African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement,
Ms. Viola Llewellyn
Securing Africa’s Future: The African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement, Women Empowerment, Security, and Prosper Africa,
Dr. Leila Ndiaye
The African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement May Be the Last Opportunity for Africa’s Economic Transformation,
Mr. George Boateng and Ms. Beatrice Oforiwaa Dankyi
The Protectionist Headwinds and the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement,
Mr. Sotola David Olusegun
GOVERNANCE AND LEADERSHIP
Following in the Footsteps of Dinosaurs: Helping Transitions Succeed in 2020,
Dr. Alex Vines
Guinea Tests Resilience of Presidential Term Limits,
Dr. Sophia Moestrup
Africa in 2019: The Resilience of People Power,
Mr. Adotei Akwei
Sudan and Algeria: The Growing Power of African Protests,
Dr. Joseph Siegle
Sudan: The Making of a Peaceful Revolution,
Ambassador Nureldin Satti
Algeria’s Second Chance at Democracy,
Ms. Hannah Akuiyibo
“Naming and Faming” as a New Way to Fight Corruption Across the Continent,
Mr. Odeh Friday and Ms. Dadisai Taderera
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Kenya’s Rising Debt Crisis: The Greater Need for Evidence-Driven Policy Decisions,
Ms. Diana Warira
Africa’s Migration: Embracing Free Movement of Persons Amidst a Changing Migration and Refugee Climate in the United States,
Ms. Agnes Igoye, Mr. Thomas Karrel, and Dr. Jamie Van Leeuwen
CONFLICT PREVENTION, PEACEBUILDING, AND SECURITY
State Violence and Violent Extremism in Africa: Proposing a New Approach,
Dr. Marc Sommers
Ethiopia-Eritrea Peace Accords Lose Steam in 2019: Is Peace Still a Prospect?,
Ms. Hana Alem
South Sudanese Women at the Table: From Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Survivors to Peace Activists and Environmental Stewards,
Dr. Marisa O. Ensor
Understanding Pastoral Violence in Nigeria,
Dr. Adesoji Adelaja and Dr. Olufemi Vaughan
The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ebola Epidemic Continues Amid Conflict,
Mr. Ian Gorecki
U.S.-AFRICA RELATIONS
The Mixed Record of U.S. Commercial Diplomacy,
Mr. Grant T. Harris
New U.S. Ambassador Arrives in South Africa,
Dr. Terence McNamee
U.S. Army Africa—“A Trusted and Reliable Partner,”
Major General Roger Cloutier
From Syria to the Sahel: The Trump Effect,
Ms. Vivian Lowery Derryck
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