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Testimony

Conflict and Persecution in Nigeria: The Case for a CPC Designation

Nina Shea

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom

Nina Shea

Mar 12, 2025

Testimony

Long Read

A performer holds an African National Congress flag while listening to Cyril Ramaphosa speak during the ANC Siyanqoba Rally on May 25, 2024, in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Chris McGrath via Getty Images)

Reports

To Change South Africa’s Behavior, Target ANC Officials

Joshua Meservey

Senior Fellow

Joshua Meservey

Mar 3, 2025

Reports

5 Min Read

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In the Media

South Africa’s Land Expropriation Act Rattles Relations with the US

Joshua Meservey

Senior Fellow

Joshua Meservey

Feb 12, 2025

In the Media

African National Congress President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks to the National Chairperson Gwede Mantashe before a Lekotla meeting on August 4, 2024, in Boksburg, South Africa. (Per-Anders Pettersson via Getty Images)

Reports

The State Department Should Give Congress the Information It Needs for Sanctions Requests

Joshua Meservey

Senior Fellow

Michael Walsh

Joshua Meservey & Michael Walsh

Feb 11, 2025

Reports

5 Min Read

Volunteers at the Zanzalima Camp for Internally Displaced People unload 50 kilogram saks of Wheat flour that were a part of an aid delivery from USAID on December 17, 2021, in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. (J. Countess via Getty Images)

Commentary

US-Africa Policy Should Be Driven by Trade, Not Aid

Joshua Meservey

Senior Fellow

Joshua Meservey

Feb 11, 2025

Commentary

7 Min Read

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with President of Burkina Faso Ibrahim Traore during the Second Summit and Russia–Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum, on July 28, 2023, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Moscow’s Southward March: Russia’s Geopolitical Maneuvers in the Middle East and Africa | January 2025

Zineb Riboua

Research Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Zineb Riboua

Jan 23, 2025

Commentary

8 Min Read

The flag of Somaliland is seen during a campaign rally of the main opposition party in Hargeisa, Somaliland, on November 8, 2024, ahead of the 2024 Somaliland presidential election. (Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images)

Reports

Seven Inaccuracies about US Support for Somaliland

Joshua Meservey

Senior Fellow

Joshua Meservey

Jan 8, 2025

Reports

3 Min Read

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech titled "Joining Hands to Advance Modernization and Build a Community with a Shared Future" while attending the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation FOCAC at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 5, 2024. (Photo by Li Xueren/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech at the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing, China, on September 5, 2024. (Li Xueren/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Podcast

Competition in Africa

Joshua Meservey

Senior Fellow

Joshua Meservey

Nov 17, 2024

Podcast

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In the Media

The Difference Between Trump and Biden for Africa’s Future

Joshua Meservey

Senior Fellow

Joshua Meservey

Nov 10, 2024

In the Media

Russia's President Putin and Burkina Faso's interim military president Traoré can be seen together on a poster with the slogan "Support for the transition" in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on March 5, 2024. (Christina Peters/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Commentary

How to Stop Russia’s African Destabilization Game