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Lester Kiewit speaks to Michael Walsh, Non-Resident Senior Fellow in the Africa Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, about how President Cyril Ramaphosa managed to emerge from the meeting with US President Donald Trump unscathed, with some critics calling it the work of an accomplished statesman. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast show. This programme is your authentic Cape Town wake-up call. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is informative, enlightening and accessible. The team’s ability to spot & share relevant and unusual stories make the programme inclusive and thought-provoking. Don’t miss the popular World View feature at 7:45am daily. Listen out for #LesterInYourLounge which is an outside broadcast – from the home of a listener in a different part of Cape Town - on the first Wednesday of every month. This show introduces you to interesting Capetonians as well as their favourite communities, habits, local personalities and neighbourhood news. Thank you for listening to a podcast from Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit. Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays between 06:00 and 09:00 (SA Time) to Good Morning CapeTalk with Lester Kiewit broadcast on CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/xGkqLbT or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/f9Eeb7i Subscribe to the CapeTalk Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/sbvVZD5 Follow us on social media CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lester Kiewit speaks to Michael Walsh, the Non-Resident Senior Fellow in the Africa Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, about the latest development in already-frosty diplomacy between South Africa and the U.S. Trump has now said he will not attend the G20 meeting in South Africa because of this country’s land policies and what he called the killing of white farmers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mvemba Dizolele, senior fellow and director of the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the renewed fighting in the Eastern Congo that pits the M23 rebel group backed by Rwanda against the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.   Mentioned on the Episode:    Mvemba Dizolele, Into Africa, Center for Strategic and International Studies For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The President's Inbox at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/tpi/conflict-eastern-congo-mvemba-dizolele

Last month, the last American troops left Niger, following withdrawal of U.S. troops in Chad last spring and from Somalia in 2021. Talks are underway for revived U.S. presence in Chad, as happened in Somalia in 2022, but there seems to be a larger trend toward disengagement. Does this foretell enhanced Chinese influence? A greater role for Russian intrigues? Or a larger role for terrorist networks? Join us for a discussion of the geostrategic stakes.Featuring: Cameron Hudson, Senior Fellow, Africa Program, CSISProf. Thomas Lee, Leitner Family Professor of International Law; Director of Graduate and International Studies, Fordham University School of LawDr. Michael Rubin, Senior Fellow, AEIModerator: Prof. Jeremy Rabkin, Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University

The CSIS Africa Program is excited to announce the launch of The Afropolitan, a podcast hosted by Catherine Nzuki, Associate Fellow with the Africa Program. The Afropolitan is dedicated to exploring Africa's growing influence on the global stage. By 2050, one in four people on the planet will be African. Africa will increasingly drive key aspects of the future—from the global workforce and cutting-edge innovations to creative industries that inspire global culture and arts. The decisions made across Africa today, both positive and negative, will shape the world's future.   The future of cosmopolitanism is increasingly African. The Afropolitan delves into the stories, trends, and challenges shaping today's realities and defining the decades ahead.   You can find The Afropolitan on the same feed as Into Africa. Search for "Into Africa" wherever you get your podcasts.

In this episode of Need to Know we explore China's growing influence in Africa through investments, diplomacy, and military cooperation. Our guests are Oge Onubogu, Director of the Wilson Center's Africa Program, and Robert Daly, Director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States. Together with host, John Milewski, they discuss China's investment diplomacy, perceptions of its role on the continent, and implications for US policy. 

In mid-August, the United States and Switzerland hosted peace talks for Sudan's warring parties. The talks took place outside Geneva at a time when the conflict was exacting a massive toll on the civilian population of Sudan. Just as the talks were getting underway, the UN confirmed a famine in a massive IDP camp in Darfur. Meanwhile, over 10 million people have been displaced by the fighting, making it the largest humanitarian crisis in the world by the numbers. There have been some attempts at international mediation, none of which have stuck. Over the summer, the newly appointed U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan, Tom Perriello, began laying the groundwork for these talks in Switzerland, which only recently concluded. There is obviously still no ceasefire in Sudan, but according to my guest today, Cameron Hudson, Senior Fellow in the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the talks nonetheless did achieve important progress on getting humanitarian aid to beleaguered populations.    

Visit us at Network2020.org. In December 2022, the U.S. – Africa Leaders Summit launched the Digital Transformation with Africa (DTA) initiative, catalyzing over $350 million in investment and $450 million in finance mobilization. The DTA is expected to expand digital access and literacy and strengthen digital enabling environments across Africa. Many experts also see this as an opportunity for the U.S. to balance with China regarding technology investment in the continent. What has been accomplished since the DTA launched? What perspectives do African countries have on this initiative? How is and can the private sector effectively engage with DTA? How does the DTA fit into geopolitical competition on the continent?Join us for a conversation with Dr. Jane Munga, Fellow in the Africa Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Mr. Rob Floyd, Director for Innovation and Digital Policy at the African Center for Economic Transformation, and Ms. Pren-Tsilya Boa-Guehe, Google's Head for Pan-African Institutions, Government Affairs & Public Policy.

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW,  we highlight the Wilson Center's Sudans Working Group with Oge Onubogu, Director of the Wilson Center's Africa Program and co-chairs Ambassador Nureldin Satti and Ambassador Donald E. Booth. Established in 2009, the Sudans Working Group (SWG) “engages US, African, and international policymakers and stakeholders in inclusive and forward-leaning policy dialogue aimed at advancing the prospects for peace, security, and development between and within Sudan and South Sudan. The SWG serves as a space for key stakeholders to share analyses and perspectives and provide policy options for addressing critical issues related to the two countries.”

From March 3, 2020: The population of Africa is projected to double by 2050, giving the continent one quarter of the world's people by then. Nigeria alone will have a larger population than the United States. To the extent they aren't so already, the world's problems and opportunities will be Africa's, too, and African problems and opportunities will also be the world's. David Priess spoke about developments in African politics and international engagement with two experts from the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies—its director Judd Devermont, and one of its senior associates, Emilia Columbo.To receive ad-free podcasts, become a Lawfare Material Supporter at www.patreon.com/lawfare. You can also support Lawfare by making a one-time donation at https://givebutter.com/c/trumptrials.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 In this interview, Jim Anderson from Goalbusters announced that they are donating the $1,000 they promised to match two weeks ago. Although we raised $970 on the radio during that time, Goalbusters contributed with a $1,000 donation to the Kids Free Trip to Africa Program. On June 27, seven kids from Muskegon Heights, Michigan, will take off on a free trip to Ghana, West Africa. 

In this interview, Dr. Pam Smith from the Muskegon Heights Optimist Club announced that they have raised $1,230 for the 2024 Kids Free Trip to Africa Program. On June 27, seven kids from Muskegon Heights, Michigan, will embark on a free trip to Ghana, West Africa.

 103.7 The Beat is raising funds for its annual Kids Free Trip to Africa program. In today's interview, Jim Anderson from the fundraising company Goalbusters announced that they will match every donation received during the Ray Jay the Doctor Blues show this Saturday, up to $1,000. This means that a $100 donation will be doubled by Goalbusters. All donations up to a total of $1,000 will be matched. To support the Kids Free Trip to Africa program, please donate via our GoFundMe page at https://www.gofundme.com/f/2024-kids-free-trip-to-africa. 

On Episode 49 of the D.C. Debrief, host John Stolnis is joined by Mvemba Phezo Dizolele, Director and Senior Fellow, Africa Program for the Center for Strategic and International Studies to preview the Kenya State Visit to the White House next week. Also, Nathan Gonzales of Inside Elections stops by to break down the 2024 presidential election with a little less than 6 months to go before Election Day. Is the NY hush money trial hurting Donald Trump? A breakdown of the latest battleground state polls, reacting to presidential debates, and all other angles of the race for the White House.

New research by the University of the Witwatersrand's Futures Ecosystems for Africa Program has found that in the nine years between 2010 and 2019, the rate at which Africa released carbon into the atmosphere increased to an alarming 4.5 petagrams, or 4.5 billion metric tons, of carbon dioxide equivalents per year. According to the research, the continent has transitioned from historically being an overall carbon sink to a significant carbon source. For a look at what this means for the continent of African moving forward, Elvis Presslin spoke to researcher in systems ecology at the Wits Global Change Institute, Dr Yolandi Ernst

2024 is an important year for African democracy. At least 19 national elections scheduled to take place this year. Not all of these elections will be free or fair-- let alone competetitve. Some of these elections will serve to ensconce leaders for life like Rwanda's Paul Kagame. Others may serve to consolidate power following a coup. But genuine multi-party democracies like Ghana and South Africa are also headed to the polls in important elections.  Joining me to discuss key trends in African democracy and some of the highlights on the African electoral calendar in 2024 is Oge Onubogu, director of the Africa Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center. We kick off discussing Senegal, a once reliably stable democracy that has experienced significant backsliding and recently cancelled upcoming elections.   

11:50 - Interview with Beverly Ocheing on Senegal In our sixth episode of Headlines and History, we discuss the recent crisis in Senegal and its implications for West Africa with Beverly Ochieng, and Kelly covers recent news out of El Salvador, Sweden & NATO, and the 2026 Soccer World Cup. Beverly Ochieng is a senior digital journalist and Africa specialist at BBC Monitoring and an expert on African power politics, security, and governance. She's also a non-resident senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies' Africa Program. She has a background in literature and cohosted the pioneering Africa-focused literary podcast "2 Girls and a Pod" from 2015 to 2018.  The opinions expressed in this conversation are strictly those of the participants and do not represent the views of Georgetown University or any government entity. Episode recorded: February 13, 2024. Produced by Jarrett Dang and Freddie Mallinson. Diplomatic Immunity, a podcast from the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University, brings you frank and candid conversations with experts on the issues facing diplomats and national security decision-makers around the world. Funding support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. For more, visit our website, and follow us on Twitter @GUDiplomacy. Send any feedback to diplomacy@georgetown.edu.

There have been seven coups across Africa from 2020 to 2023. Murithi Mutiga, director of the Africa Program at the International Crisis Group, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the challenges democracy faces in the grip of political violence, and the risk of that violence spreading to the rest of the continent. His Foreign Affairs article, written with Comfort Ero, is “The Crisis of African Democracy.”

The recent hostage negotiations led by Qatar and Egypt are a window into how the Middle East as a whole is affected by the war in Gaza. Maria Fantappie, head of the Mediterranean, Middle East, and Africa Program at Istituto Affari Internazionali in Rome, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss shifting political realities in a region with uneasy alliances. Her Foreign Affairs article, written with Vali Nasr, is “The War That Remade the Middle East.”

In 2022, the United States and the European Union consumed more than twice as much energy as Africa and Southeast Asia combined, despite having roughly a third of the population. At the same time, developing countries are experiencing the most severe impacts of climate change even though they've contributed the least to cumulative emissions. Many of these regions are endowed with considerable clean energy potential as well as large deposits of oil and gas. Africa, for example, has the world's greatest solar potential, 30% of the world's mineral reserves, and large untapped oil and gas reserves. For the energy transition to succeed, the large and growing populations in emerging and developing economies must be able to meet their domestic energy needs affordably and sustainably and capitalize on their natural resources.  What is the outlook for clean energy development in emerging and developing economies? What can be done to ensure that the benefits of the energy transition accrue to historically disadvantaged communities? And what is Africa's role in the growing market for clean energy? This week host Jason Bordoff talks with Dr. Zainab Usman about the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead for Africa's energy development.  Zainab is a senior fellow and director of the Africa Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Prior to Carnegie, she was a public sector specialist at the World Bank. She has written on energy and economic development in Africa, and was the lead author of the Carnegie Endowment's recent report, “How Can African Countries Participate in U.S. Clean Energy Supply Chains?”

On this week's episode of Trade Guys, we discuss Africa and AGOA with Dr. Zainab Usman, Director of the Africa Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 

Digital technologies are set to transform African economies. Yet, only 40 per cent of Africans accessed the internet in 2022 – well below the proportion in the world's other regions. Technological as well as socio-economic factors drive this digital divide, and US-Chinese competition risks making it worse. To kick off the second season of Europe Listens, ECFR's Rafael Loss and Jana Puglierin welcome Jane Munga, a fellow in the Africa Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and former digital policy advisor to the government of Kenya. What are the most pressing priorities for African countries to overcome the global digital divide? How does Europe's digital diplomacy compare to US and Chinese tech giants' approaches? And what is Africa's vision for “digital sovereignty”? This podcast was recorded on 8 August 2023. Other episodes of this season: Episode 2: Combatting online disinformation with Flora Rebello Arduini Episode 3: Governing outer space with Ruvimbo Samanga Further reading: How the United States can effectively implement its new Digital Transformation with Africa initiative by Jane Munga How Will U.S.-China Tech Decoupling Affect Africa's Mobile Phone Market? By Jane Munga and Kyla Denwood Measuring digital development: Facts and figures 2022 by the International Telecommunication Union The geopolitics of technology: How the EU can become a global player by Julian Ringhof and José Ignacio Torreblanca

Cohost Janet Bush talks with Carlos Lopes. He is a professor in the Mandela School of Public Governance at the University of Cape Town. He's also an affiliate professor at Sciences Po, Paris, an associate fellow in the Africa Program at Chatham House, and a member of the African Union reform team. Lopes was the policy director for UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and executive secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa. He serves as an advisor on MGI's research on Africa, including our latest report, which discusses the continent's human capital and natural resources and how they can help to accelerate productivity and reimagine Africa's economic growth. His views are his own. In this podcast, he covers topics including the following: The factors constraining Africa's potential The promise of AI for Africa The threat and opportunity of climate change for Africa See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

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Cameron Hudson is a senior associate at the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). An analyst and consultant on African peace, security, and governance issues, Hudson has held various positions such as Intelligence analyst in the Africa Directorate at the Central Intelligence Agency, Chief of Staff to successive presidential special envoys for Sudan and Director for African affairs on the staff of the National Security Council at the White House during the Bush administration. In episode 26 of Tahrir Podcast, he joins me from Durham to talk about how the conflict started (Sudan 2023), why ceasefires have been failing, the international dyanmics of the conflict, and how it could be ultimately resolved. Episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKSbDG4tlp8 Reach out! TahrirPodcast@gmail.com Streaming everywhere! https://linktr.ee/TahrirPodcast Support us on Patreon for as low as $2 per month ($20 per year)! https://www.patreon.com/TahrirPodcast  (Use VPN if in Egypt)

Today we're bringing you a bonus episode on Ethiopia from Crisis Group's Global Podcast Hold Your Fire!.Sudan has entered its second week of fighting between rival military factions. Battles between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have torn apart cities and towns, especially the capital Khartoum, where millions of civilians are facing shortages of basic necessities. A 72-hour ceasefire between the rival forces has offered some respite, allowing many Sudanese to flee the country and diplomats' and other foreign nationals' evacuation. But clashes still continue and mediators have struggled to convince the two sides to get back to talks.This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard speaks with Murithi Mutiga, Crisis Group's Africa Program director. They discuss what's behind the power struggle between the Sudanese armed forces and the RSF, and between the men – General Abel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed “Hemedti” Hamdan Dagalo – in command of each. They discuss the devastation a full-scale civil war would cause, efforts by the U.S., Gulf power and African leaders to mediate, and the conflict's geopolitics and risk of outside involvement. They look back at how Sudan's transition unravelled and the challenges facing talks and getting to civilian rule if the parties do get back to the table. For more in-depth analysis of the topics discussed in this episode, make sure to check out our Sudan country page and our latest statement; Stopping Sudan's Descent into Full-Blown Civil War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sudan has entered its second week of fighting between rival military factions. Battles between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have torn apart cities and towns, especially the capital Khartoum, where millions of civilians are facing shortages of basic necessities. A 72-hour ceasefire between the rival forces has offered some respite, allowing many Sudanese to flee the country and diplomats' and other foreign nationals' evacuation. But clashes still continue and mediators have struggled to convince the two sides to get back to talks. This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard speaks with Murithi Mutiga, Crisis Group's Africa Program director. They discuss what's behind the power struggle between the Sudanese armed forces and the RSF, and between the men – General Abel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed “Hemedti” Hamdan Dagalo – in command of each. They discuss the devastation a full-scale civil war would cause, efforts by the U.S., Gulf power and African leaders to mediate, and the conflict's geopolitics and risk of outside involvement. They look back at how Sudan's transition unravelled and the challenges facing talks and getting to civilian rule if the parties do get back to the table. For more in-depth analysis of the topics discussed in this episode, make sure to check out our Sudan country page and our latest statement; Stopping Sudan's Descent into Full-Blown Civil War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the ten year history of this podcast, it is rare to have episodes on the same topic in back to back weeks. But the unfolding crisis in Sudan is such an important topic that it demands attention.  Last week, I spoke with civil society activist Hala al Karib, who was trapped in her house in Khartoum as fighting erupted. She very  much offered an informed local perspective on what was happening around her. Today, we are taking a global perspective on Sudan's burgeoning civil war with Cameron Hudson. He's a senior associate in the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a long time Sudan policy hand in Washington DC.  We kick off discussing why this conflict erupted when it did. We then spend a good deal of time discussing how and why this incipient civil war is very much an international affair, including a discussion of the diplomatic failures that lead to this moment. 

In this episode of On the Rocks Podcast, host Emily King sits down with Zainab Usman, the Director of the Africa Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and author of "Economic Diversification in Nigeria: The Politics of Building a Post-Oil Economy". Zainab and Emily dig into the discussion of managing natural resources in different countries and economies, especially those rich in oil and mineral commodities.  One of the key themes discussed in the episode is similarities and differences between countries that are rich in oil and gas versus mined commodities. Examples include: Similar - These are all non-renewable, natural resources, and important to many economic and industrial activities.  Similar - Revenues tend to be quite large, generated by exports, and typically captured by the government. Because of this, there is a strong external dimension, meaning the economies are vulnerable to the volatility to the international pricing of these commodities. Different - The process of extraction is very different. The enclave nature of oil extraction and production can be very dissociated from the rest of the economy, and the jobs created can be very minimal. The mining sector also has an enclave nature, but it tends to be more labor intensive and have more people engaged.  Different - The scale of revenues generated tend to be different, with crude oil the scale of revenues tend to be much larger than the mining sector due to the dynamics of the global market. Zainab also challenges the idea of the "resource curse", due to many countries that have been able to successfully manage their natural resources for economic growth. The key, according to Zainab, is to identify the broader challenges that need to be addressed and get the diagnosis of the problem right. 

In this interview we discussed the new MetaLab program recently approved by the Board and the Kids Free Trip to Africa Program.

Sudan's generals engage in a fierce struggle for control leading to a surge of violence, with four days of heavy fighting resulting in nearly 200 casualties. Can Sudan overcome this hurdle and achieve lasting peace? Guests: El-Waleed Madibo Analyst Hamid Khalafallah Programme Officer for Constitution Building in Sudan at IDEA Cameron Hudson Senior Associate at CSIS for Africa Program

In this episode of Current Account, Clay is joined by Mvemba Phezo Dizolele, Senior Fellow and Director of the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). They discuss topics relating to the Nigerian Presidential Election that took place on February 25th, including the main candidates and their platforms, possible irregularities within the election process, what an assumed Bola Tinubu regime will look to complete over its four-year term and how the election may affect US-Nigerian relations.

On 18-19 February, the African Union (AU) held its annual heads of state summit in the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This event marked the culmination of a year of active diplomatic engagements across the African continent against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine and its global fallout. The two-day summit was highly anticipated. The continent is facing an array of outside actors jostling for influence as global divisions mount, a multitude of conflicts and crises internally, and an insecure financial future, with much of its funding coming from external backers such as the European Union and their shifting priorities. In order to better tackle the challenges facing the continent in the years ahead, many observers are now calling for fast-tracking the institutional reforms of the AU.This week on The Horn, Alan Boswell speaks with Liesl Louw-Vaudran, Crisis Group's senior adviser to the AU, about the highlights of the 2023 AU Summit, the union's overall progress and the challenges facing it. They discuss the AU's bid for permanent African seats on the UN Security Council and its possible accession to the G20. They also dive into the AU's position against coups, the crisis in the Great Lakes region and its mediating role in the conflict in Ethiopia. They touch on the organisation's original ambition, its focus on peace and security, as well as the structural impediments it faces, such as member state sovereignty, decision-making difficulties and external funding. Finally, they discuss ways in which the AU can adapt to better fulfil its mandate.For more in-depth analysis of some of the topics discussed in this episode, make sure to check out our Africa Program page, and our briefing Eight Priorities for the African Union in 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, leaders from 49 African nations traveled to Washington D.C. for the U.S.-African Leaders Summit hosted by the Biden Administration. The summit was the first to occur in eight years and comes at a crucial time for U.S.-African relations. Countries such as Russia and China have held similar meetings with African diplomats as they try to grow their trade and military influence. Senior Associate with the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Former Director of Africa Affairs on the National Security Council for the Bush Administration, Cameron Hudson explains the importance of the summit and emphasizes why the U.S. must follow through to their commitments. A set of internal Twitter documents called "The Twitter Files" were released this month by CEO Elon Musk along with freelance journalist Matt Taibbi, opinion writer Bari Weiss, and author Michael Shellenberger. The files provided confirmation and colorful details that large companies such as Twitter tend to be dominated by workers with a particular ideological mindset and work to quiet other voices who may challenge those views. Editor-at-Large of the Wall Street Journal and Host of Wall Street Journal At Large on the FOX Business Network Gerald Baker explains the dangers of labeling differing opinions as illegitimate and weighs in on the possibility of United States lawmakers getting involved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, leaders from 49 African nations traveled to Washington D.C. for the U.S.-African Leaders Summit hosted by the Biden Administration. The summit was the first to occur in eight years and comes at a crucial time for U.S.-African relations. Countries such as Russia and China have held similar meetings with African diplomats as they try to grow their trade and military influence. Senior Associate with the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Former Director of Africa Affairs on the National Security Council for the Bush Administration, Cameron Hudson explains the importance of the summit and emphasizes why the U.S. must follow through to their commitments. A set of internal Twitter documents called "The Twitter Files" were released this month by CEO Elon Musk along with freelance journalist Matt Taibbi, opinion writer Bari Weiss, and author Michael Shellenberger. The files provided confirmation and colorful details that large companies such as Twitter tend to be dominated by workers with a particular ideological mindset and work to quiet other voices who may challenge those views. Editor-at-Large of the Wall Street Journal and Host of Wall Street Journal At Large on the FOX Business Network Gerald Baker explains the dangers of labeling differing opinions as illegitimate and weighs in on the possibility of United States lawmakers getting involved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, leaders from 49 African nations traveled to Washington D.C. for the U.S.-African Leaders Summit hosted by the Biden Administration. The summit was the first to occur in eight years and comes at a crucial time for U.S.-African relations. Countries such as Russia and China have held similar meetings with African diplomats as they try to grow their trade and military influence. Senior Associate with the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Former Director of Africa Affairs on the National Security Council for the Bush Administration, Cameron Hudson explains the importance of the summit and emphasizes why the U.S. must follow through to their commitments. A set of internal Twitter documents called "The Twitter Files" were released this month by CEO Elon Musk along with freelance journalist Matt Taibbi, opinion writer Bari Weiss, and author Michael Shellenberger. The files provided confirmation and colorful details that large companies such as Twitter tend to be dominated by workers with a particular ideological mindset and work to quiet other voices who may challenge those views. Editor-at-Large of the Wall Street Journal and Host of Wall Street Journal At Large on the FOX Business Network Gerald Baker explains the dangers of labeling differing opinions as illegitimate and weighs in on the possibility of United States lawmakers getting involved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode, host Nicol Turner Lee explores technology adoption in Africa and universal access throughout the continent with guests Yolanda Jinxin Ma, head of Digital Policy and Global Partnerships at the United Nations Development Programme, Addisu Lashitew, Global Economy and Development nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Jane Munga, Africa Program fellow at Carnegie who focuses on technology policy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cost of climate change for national parks Ray Sauvajot, associate director for natural resource stewardship and science at the National Park Service, discusses efforts to understand and respond to the effects of climate change on national parks   Challenges of the Arctic Commitment Act Ryan Burke, professor of military and strategic studies at the U.S. Air Force Academy, explains how the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration can help the military establish a stronger presence in the Arctic   New strategy towards sub-Saharan Africa Mvemba Phezo Dizolele, senior fellow and director of the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, discusses Secretary of State Blinken's recent trip to Africa and the new U.S. strategy for engaging with sub-Saharan Africa

This week's episode focuses on human rights and democracy news from across Africa: the results of the presidential election in Kenya, the release of the U.S. Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa, and the recent visit by Secretary Blinken to South Africa, Rwanda, and the DRC. We speak to Mvemba Dizolele, Senior Fellow and Director of the Africa Program at CSIS, who explains the implications of these events and further steps the U.S. can take to support democracy on the continent. The news segment also covers the UN High Commissioner Michele Bachelet's trip to Bangladesh and the one-year anniversary of the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan.  Additional Resources:  U.S. Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/U.S.-Strategy-Toward-Sub-Saharan-Africa-FINAL.pdf  CSIS Analysis of the Africa strategy: https://www.csis.org/analysis/potential-and-limits-new-us-strategy-sub-saharan-africa   CSIS White Paper on Enforced Disappearances: https://www.csis.org/analysis/addressing-continuing-phenomenon-enforced-disappearances  CSIS Commentary on the Taliban's crackdown on women's rights in Afghanistan: https://www.csis.org/analysis/new-century-old-taliban   Michelle Bachelet's remarks on her visit to Bangladesh: https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements/2022/08/un-high-commissioner-human-rights-michelle-bachelet-concludes-her-official-visit 

Today's episode features a thought provoking conversation between Deborah Mancini Griffoli - the Director of the Africa Program at PartnersGlobal - and Odi Lagi - Program Director at the Network of University Legal Aid Institutions (NULAI) in Nigeria. NULAI is a network of clinical programs promoting access to justice, legal aid and public interest lawyering. Their conversation explores several topics ranging from legal hurdles and efforts by civil society to improve the situation for pretrial detainees in Nigeria to the security landscape and its impact on civic space resiliency. As a development professional and human rights advocate with over 12 years experience promoting human rights based programming in Nigeria, Odi is a force to be reckoned with. Her work has led to the development of clinical law programmes across Nigeria's university system, as well as University-based legal aid clinics. She is an Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI) Human Rights Fellow with a Masters in Human Rights from the Central European University and a trained human rights educator from Equitas (International Centre for Human Rights Education, Canada).Resilient Conversations is a podcast that explores different facets of individual, organizational, sectoral and systemic resiliency as it relates to civil society. It is produced by PartnersGlobal, a DC-based nonprofit organization working in service of civil society around the world to be more resilient and bring about peaceful and locally led solutions to complex issues. Don't forget to subscribe and please if you have a moment, leave us a comment or rating if you like what you hear!

Guest: Dr. Terence McNamee | Global Fellow of the Africa Program  at The Wilson CenterSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding (SVNP) scholars Yared Debebe Yetena, Sandra Tumwesigye , and Awet Halefom Kahsay. They highlight their research while in residence at the Wilson Center and discuss how collaboration with colleagues at the Center and in Washington D.C. has supported their projects.  The SVNP is a continent-wide network of African policy, research, and academic organizations that works with the Wilson Center's Africa Program to bring African knowledge and perspectives to U.S., African, and international policy on peacebuilding in Africa. 

We continue with our series of conversations focusing on conflicts in different parts of the world. In this interview Raphael Edou shares about the history of Benin and conflicts in the West African area. In collaboration with the Deputy Director of the Forest Campaign, Raphael manages the Africa Program at the Environmental Investigation Agency Washington DC , and monitors preparations and implementations of projects in DRC, Nigeria, Gabon, Cameroun, and the Republic of Congo to tackle illegal logging. He works closely with the CITES management authorities of West Africa, and on reform strategies with governments, civil society organizations, and drafts policies-related documents, cultivates and maintains relationships with government officials, industries representatives. Before joining EIA, in 2021, he was acting as the Deputy Mayor of the city of Cotonou (Benin), in charge of the Local Climate Action and Partnership, and led the Ministry of Climate Change and Forest as well as the Ministry of the Land Use and Local Governance. He also served as the Executive Director of Bethesda NGO in Benin for 7 years and Director of the Environment Department for 11 years, where he coordinated the national network of 250 civil society organizations in the environment, sanitation, and waste management. Raphael implemented projects supported by the World Bank and the Government of Benin. He has been awarded the Top Japanese Award for Most Innovative Development Projects in 2007 in Beijing by the Global Development Network and the Japanese Government. Edou is an alumni of the International Visitor Leadership Program (US Department of State). He has a Master's degree in Agriculture in Benin and in Business Administration at the Quantic School of Business and Technology Washington DC.

Zainab Usman is a senior fellow and director of the Africa Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. This week, she talks to Rachel about the importance of economic diversification in Africa and how it can  contribute to a  more climate resilient Africa.  In the news wrap, Kim and Rachel talk about the killing of a fearless Somali female MP, Kenyan country music, and the Zimbabwean president's party (ZANU PF) losing support in the polls.Books, Links, & ArticlesZainab Usman, senior fellow and director of the Africa Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceEconomic Diversification in Nigeria: Fractious Politics and the Paradox of Prosperity by Zainab Usman "From Nashville to Nairobi: A History of Country Music in Kenya" from Afropop Worldwide"Female Opposition MP Among Dozens Killed in Somalia Bombings" by Kaamil Ahmed   "Kingdom Comeback: The Spectacular Return of Benin's Looted Art" by Ayodeji Rotinwa    "Zanu-PF Trounced in Zimbabwe Parliamentary and Municipal By-elections" by Frank Chikowore   "Financing Political Parties in Africa: The Case of Zimbabwe" by Chipo DendereHow to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates    The Future of Money: How the Digital Revolution Is Transforming Currencies and Finance by Eswar Prasad   "Taxation, Political Accountability and Foreign Aid: Lessons from Somaliland" by Nicholas Eubank Previous Episodes We MentionedEp. 103: A conversation with Cyril Obi of the African Peacebuilding Network 

Judd Devermont and Nicole Wilett from "49," a new podcast from the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), join us this week to offer Africa policy recommendations for the Biden administration and to share their process of fitting hundreds of pages of historical research into five-minute podcast segments. Judd Devermont is the Director of the Africa Program at CSIS and was recently asked to serve as a Special Advisor for Africa Strategy to the White House. Nicole Wilett is chief of staff at the Open Society Foundations. Together, they co-host 49, a podcast examining the past, present, and future of U.S. policy towards sub-Saharan Africa.In the news wrap, Kim and Rachel talk about Joe Biden's Summit for Democracy.Books, Links, & ArticlesAssociation of Diplomatic Studies and TrainingInto Africa, hosted by Judd DevermontThese are Not Gentle People by Andrew HardingWho Fears Death by Nnedi OkoraforThe Good American by Robert D. Kaplan"When Africans Speak Out, Are Their Governments Listening?" 

The European Union has unveiled a global infrastructure plan called the Global Gateway strategy. It's seen as an attempt to rival China's Belt and Road Initiative with the goal of investing in developing countries and boosting trade links worldwide. But can the bloc compete with Beijing? Join host Halla Mohieddeen. With guests: Zainab Usman - Director, Africa Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Luisa Santos - Deputy Director General at BusinessEurope. Victor Gao - Vice-President of the Center for China and Globalization.

Introducing 49, CSIS Africa Program's newest podcast, about the past, present, and future of U.S. policy toward sub-Saharan Africa. Hosts Judd Devermont, director of CSIS's Africa Program, and Nicole Wilett, Chief of Staff at the Open Society Foundations, discuss past U.S. successes and failures; offer policy recommendations for the Biden Administration; and share the best of the region's music, movies, food, and culture. One country at a time. The first episodes drop on Thursday, 15 July 2021.

The new director of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's Africa Program on why resource curse thinking is wrong, politics is integral to policy & we should stop saying "leapfrogging."

More attacks on civilians in Ethiopia's civil war with a report out today that an airstrike hit a school in the northern Tigray region. Seventeen U.S. Senators have sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging him to speak to Tigray leader Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed himself to push for an immediate cease-fire. FOX's Trey Yingst speaks with Payton Knopf, Senior Advisor to the Africa Program at the US Institute of Peace, about the beginnings of the conflict and how it threatens to unravel the second most populated country in Africa.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From July 1966 to January 1970, Nigerians fought a civil war which led to the deaths of more than half a million people. Looking back at the American attempts to understand what was happening offers an opportunity to assess how intelligence analysts responded to a foreign policy challenge. In this episode we talk with Judd Devermont about the American intelligence community's biases in its analysis of the Nigerian Civil War and its influence on American policy. Devermont is the director of the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He has worked at the CIA, National Security Council, and in the office of the Director of National Intelligence. His article “The US intelligence community's biases during the Nigerian civil war” was published in African Affairs. Devermont is the host of the podcast “Into Africa.” The Strategy Bridge is a non-profit organization focused on the development of people in strategy, national security, & military affairs. To learn more about the strategy bridge journal, podcast, and events visit thestrategybridge.org.