The Pentagon is Trying to Rebuild the Arsenal of Democracy
https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GettyImages-1240427198.jpgIt’s not just one war or two. How do you fight three at once?
What to Watch in Africa in 2024
https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cyril-ramaphosa-GettyImages-1443917176.jpgElections in South Africa, Senegal, and Ghana could reshape many of the continent’s long-standing democracies.
Congo’s president is declared winner of election that opposition wants redone
The results of the Dec. 20 election were announced amid calls from the opposition and civil society groups for the vote to be rerun due to logistical problems they said had undermined the balloting. (Image credit: Mosa’ab Elshamy/AP)
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French Departure From Niger Underscores Fading Influence
https://gdb.voanews.com/f83656b4-3034–4dec-bc4c-92d469468139_cx0_cy8_cw0_w800_h450.jpgPARIS — France closes 2023 with a diminished presence in Africa’s restive Sahel region, after withdrawing troops from three once-staunch allied countries collectively fighting an Islamist insurgency, and seeing its influence increasingly replaced by other powers, including Russia. The last French soldiers left Niger earlier this month, with Paris taking the unusual step of closing its…
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Kenya Pushes Ahead With Anti-Counterfeit Phone Plan; Activists Fear Surveillance
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US presidential hopeful Haley fails to say slavery caused Civil War
The GOP presidential contender later amended her response to a question from an attendee at a campaign event.
Can Mexico alone curb the flow of migrants to the United States?
Every day thousands of people try to cross Mexico’s border to enter the United States.
The Year Geopolitical Competition Returned to Africa
https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Sudan-conflict-Burhan-Hemeti-RSF-GettyImages-1258506631.jpgFrom Sudan to Mauritania, regional and global powers are jockeying for position on the continent.
Here’s what Nelson Mandela ate on Christmas, according to his former chef
It’s been 10 years since South Africa’s first democratically elected president died. Nelson Mandela’s former chef describes how how the anti-apartheid icon liked to spend Christmas Day.
Somalia Joins East Africa Trade Bloc as It Eyes New Opportunities
https://gdb.voanews.com/A13175EE-8517–4D3C-8DC8-810D514E82A6_w800_h450.pngThe East African Community trade bloc admitted Somalia as its eighth member on Friday, a move Somali authorities and businesses hope will boost the country’s war-ravaged economy. The EAC common market — which consists of Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda — was set up in 2010 and currently…
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