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May 30, 2025

South Africa
The President’s Inbox Recap: The United States and South Africa

President Trump has ended an idealistic cooperation with South Africa that obscured rising foreign policy tensions between Washington and Pretoria.  

President Donald Trump with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office on May 21, 2025.
Post by Oscar Berry The Water's Edge

February 12, 2025

South Africa
Trump’s Misguided Policy Toward South Africa

The U.S.-South Africa relationship needs a rethink. But the Trump administration’s approach is only making a bad situation worse.  

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa briefs the media on South Africa's G20 presidency for 2025 at the parliament in Cape Town, South Africa on December 3, 2024.
Post by Michelle Gavin Africa in Transition

December 20, 2024

Sub-Saharan Africa
What's at Stake for Africa in 2025

The incoming administration should think twice before ignoring the Africa portfolio. 

U.S. President Joe Biden, Angolan President Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco, Democratic Republic of the Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi, President of Zambia Hakainde Hichilema, and Tanzania’s Vice President Philip Isdor Mpango pose for a photo, during a tour of a Carrinho facility, near Lobito, Angola, on December 4, 2024.
Post by Michelle Gavin Africa in Transition

December 4, 2024

Democracy
Africa’s Democratic Momentum

Contrary to doomsayers, liberal democracy is building up a head of steam on the continent.

Young men prepare a banner of the presidential candidate of Ghana's ruling New Patriotic Party, Mahamudu Bawumia, ahead of the elections on December 7, in Accra, Ghana on December 2, 2024.
Post by Ebenezer Obadare Africa in Transition

November 25, 2024

Mozambique
High Stakes in Southern Africa

Elections in Namibia and proposed negotiations in Mozambique make this a pivotal week for the region’s future governance.

Protesters hold a banner with the face of Venancio Mondlane, independent candidate for the presidency of Mozambique during a "national shutdown" against the election outcome, in Maputo, Mozambique, on November 7, 2024.
Post by Michelle Gavin Africa in Transition

May 21, 2025

South Africa
The Tensions Behind the Trump-Ramaphosa White House Meeting

Will the U.S. and South Africa recover relations from the brink?

U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to the White House in Washington, D.C. on May 21, 2025.
Post by Michelle Gavin Africa in Transition

October 18, 2024

Ethiopia
Tensions Rising in the Horn of Africa

In the Horn of Africa, the time is now for preventative diplomacy.

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud walks near a Turkish Navy Ship after it docked at the Mogadishu Sea Port following the signing of a defense and economic agreement between Somalia and Turkey in Mogadishu, Somalia on April 23, 2024.
Post by Michelle Gavin Africa in Transition

September 8, 2021

Guinea
Coups are Back in West Africa

The coup in Guinea deposed Alpha Conde, who had been elected in less-than-credible elections.

Several men in military uniform ride in the back of a military pickup through the streets. Supporters line the streets with their arms outstretched.
Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

September 23, 2024

Sub-Saharan Africa
Election 2024 and the Future of U.S.-Africa Policy

Senior Fellows Michelle Gavin and Ebenezer Obadare discuss the role of Africa in American politics and how U.S.-Africa policy might change in a potential Trump or Harris administration.

People cheer and wave American and Zambian flags during the visit of Vice President Kamala Harris in Lusaka, Zambia, on March 31, 2023.
Post by Michelle Gavin and Ebenezer Obadare Africa in Transition