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China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People on April 21, 2026, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
Africa
Africa
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Tanzanite bridge in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on March 24, 2022. (Photo by Herman Emmanuel/Xinhua via Getty Images)
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Catholics pray during Sunday mass at Holy Family Minor Basilica in Nairobi, Kenya on March 22, 2020. (Photo by LUIS TATO/AFP via Getty Images)
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Bandits in Birnin Magaji, Zamfara state. (James Barnett)
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken gives a speech on U.S. Africa Policy at the Economic Community of West African States in Abuja, Nigeria, on November 19, 2021. (Photo by ANDREW HARNIK/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Members of the Yansakai vigilante group lay their weapons on the floor in Gusau, on December 3, 2019. (Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP via Getty Images)
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Libyan protesters gather outside the offices of Muslim Brotherhood-backed Party of Justice and Construction, in the Libyan capital Tripoli on July 27, 2013 (MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Nigerian soldiers patrol on October 12, 2019, after gunmen suspected of belonging to the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) group raided the village of Tungushe, killing a soldier and three residents. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)
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December 11, 2019 Nigerian refugee women at the growing Awaridi refugee settlement now home to 9,000 plus mostly northern Nigerians who fled Boko Haram violence over the past few years. (Photo by Giles Clarke/Getty Images)
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Muslims perform Eid al-Adha morning prayers at Sultan Hassan Mosque (Photo by Omar Zoheiry/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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Women rest inside an indoor sports stadium in Pemba on May 22, 2021 (Photo by JOHN WESSELS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Pro-Iranian Hezbollah militants hold flags and shout slogans during the funeral procession of five men who were killed in clashes with Turkish army in the Syrian province of Idlib. (Marwan Naamani via Getty Images)
Experts
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Garrett Exner
Adjunct Fellow
Joshua Meservey
Senior Fellow
Zineb Riboua
Research Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
