Experts from the U.S. Institute of Peace provide the latest analysis and perspective on the world’s critical hot spots, U.S. and global security and issues involved in violent conflict, based on the Institute’s work on the ground and with key individuals, governments and organizations. They give interviews and background briefings to journalists and write for news outlets around the world.
In recent years, Russia has turned increasingly to Africa to compete with China and the United States as a global power broker. But its war in Ukraine has become a setback to its ambitions. Spikes in global commodity prices since the invasion began have compounded a food crisis in Africa, where more than...
A surge in the number of military coups that have brought down democratic governments across Africa can be traced to China’s rising regional and global influence, according to regional experts, who also blame successive U.S. administrations for...
Today, the federal institution operates initiatives in several countries, including Nigeria, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. However, it is only within the past 18 months that the USIP launched a dedicated Africa Centre, acknowledging a new way of thinking about Africa both in Washington and on the continent.
Over the past 18 months, there have been seven coups and coup attempts in African nations. In Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea, Mali, and Sudan, military leaders succeeded in seizing power; in Niger and, most recently, in Guinea-Bissau, they failed...
A new military leader is in charge in Burkina Faso following a coup earlier this week. NBC News’ Zinhle Essamuah explains how this isn't the latest coup attempt in the region where there have been at least five in the last two years...
"The coup is always the beginning of a series of instability. And that is what we will see in Guinea if we don't act quickly, strictly and assertively." @Josephsany1 VP of Africa Center @USIP discusses the #Guinea coup with @LyndaKinkade
Joseph N. Sany is the Vice President of the newly established Africa Center. For the past 20 years, Joseph has been working on peacebuilding with civil society, governments, businesses and international organizations in Africa. Prior to joining USIP...
Growing up in the slums of Cameroon, Joseph Sany said he witnessed urban violence and police oppression regularly. He heard about genocide in Rwanda, and he saw more violence firsthand when he worked with NGOs and visited countries like Liberia and Sierra Leone during...