Council on Foreign Relations

A Tragedy Sixty-Four Years In The Making

March 7, 2024March 7, 2024
Council on Foreign Relations, Feature Story
6 min read

The crisis in Nigeria offers a rare opportunity to rethink the moral foundations of the Nigerian state. As is often the case in moments of… Read More »A Tragedy Sixty-Four Years In The Making

Guinea’s Junta Feels The Heat

March 4, 2024March 4, 2024
Council on Foreign Relations, Feature Story
2 min read

From one perspective, the past week has been a success for military rulers in West Africa. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), announced the easing… Read More »Guinea’s Junta Feels The Heat

Women This Week: Female Genital Mutilation Protections At Risk Of Reversal In Gambia

February 29, 2024February 29, 2024
Council on Foreign Relations, Feature Story
3 min read

Political and Religious Leaders Push to Decriminalize FGM Members of the Gambian National Assembly may soon propose legislation to decriminalize female genital mutilation (FGM), which was banned in… Read More »Women This Week: Female Genital Mutilation Protections At Risk Of Reversal In Gambia

United States Lacks Strategic Clarity On The Horn Of Africa

February 20, 2024February 20, 2024
Council on Foreign Relations, Feature Story
3 min read

The recent flurry of congressional and executive attention on Sudan needs to be married to a long-term strategy toward the Horn of Africa. As the atrocities… Read More »United States Lacks Strategic Clarity On The Horn Of Africa

Democracy Deferred In Senegal

February 19, 2024February 20, 2024
Council on Foreign Relations, Feature Story
3 min read

President Macky Sall’s decision to postpone Senegal’s elections threatens the country’s democratic identity. The weather in Dakar is forecast to be sunny and warm all… Read More »Democracy Deferred In Senegal

In Search Of Manhood

February 1, 2024January 31, 2024
Council on Foreign Relations, Feature Story
7 min read

Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare The genital disappearance panic sweeping across Nigeria evokes nagging anxiety over masculinity and male power. In April 2021, a report spread across the… Read More »In Search Of Manhood

A worker sews at an export processing zone factory in Athi River, Kenya. Thomas Mukoya/Reuters

AGOA: The U.S.-Africa Trade Program

December 5, 2023January 21, 2024
Council on Foreign Relations
11 min read

U.S. trade with sub-Saharan Africa has plateaued in recent years, prompting analysts to question the effectiveness of a preferential trade program for the region. WRITTEN… Read More »AGOA: The U.S.-Africa Trade Program

Putting African Aspirations First

May 23, 2023May 23, 2023
Business, Council on Foreign Relations, Feature Story
5 min read

By Ebenezer Obadare African aspirations, not African leaders, should be the focus of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. This week’s U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit could not have come… Read More »Putting African Aspirations First

Climate Change And Regional Instability In The Horn Of Africa

March 7, 2023March 9, 2023
Council on Foreign Relations, Environment, Feature Story
3 min read

Climate change and climate-induced migration in the Horn of Africa could seriously exacerbate security risks in the region. The sixth assessment report of the Intergovernmental… Read More »Climate Change And Regional Instability In The Horn Of Africa

The Complicated Role of Religion in Nigeria’s Democratic Transition

May 26, 2022May 30, 2022
Council on Foreign Relations
7 min read

Horrendous killing of college sophomore highlights the country’s ethnoreligious fault line, but interdenominational rivalry in the south is of no less momentous. Ebenezer Obadare All… Read More »The Complicated Role of Religion in Nigeria’s Democratic Transition

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