“A diplomatic statement,” muses the hero of Conrad’s Victory, “is a statement of which everything is true but the sentiment which seems to prompt it.” There is never any lack of examples to fit that ...

Born of crisis but torn by years of tensions among its members, the Group of 20 major economies scored a rare victory this ...

According to the International Monetary Fund, five of the ten fastest-growing countries in 2019 were in Africa. Africa remains one of the most promising trade destinations thanks to its vast untapped ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Reuben Brigety, President of Busara Advisors and U.S. Ambassador to South Africa ...

G20 leaders opened their gathering in Johannesburg with a surprise move, approving a joint declaration at the outset of their summit even as the United States refused to participate. The United States ...

Accra - The future of the African Union will come under scrutiny only five years after its creation at a summit this weekend where some heads of state will launch a push for a closer federation across ...

Amidst rising tensions, the United States has issued a stark warning to South Africa, advising against a joint leaders’ ...

A Pan-African group known as The Five Galaxy's has submitted a petition to President John Dramani Mahama, calling for his support and action toward realizing the dream of a United States of Africa.

Judd Devermont: Good morning. My name is Judd Devermont and I am the director of the African Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. And it is my pleasure to welcome you to ...

KAMPALA, July 27 (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said on Tuesday his dream of a United States of Africa was still alive and this week's African Union summit was another step towards that ...

On January 1, 2007, just two months after the historic China-Africa summit in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing embarked on a whirlwind, seven-nation tour in Africa, making stops in Benin, ...

Djibouti-born Waberi’s brief and concentrated tale—part satire, part fable, part fever-dream—imagines the world turned upside down: a war rages between Quebec and the American Midwest, and all of ...