Africa Brief – Foreign Policy

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https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/goma-drc-m23-GettyImages-2196930675.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/goma-drc-m23-GettyImages-2196930675.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/goma-drc-m23-GettyImages-2196930675.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/goma-drc-m23-GettyImages-2196930675.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/goma-drc-m23-GettyImages-2196930675.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Residents look at members of the Congolese Red-Cross burying dozens of bodies in Goma on Feb. 3.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/05/rwanda-congo-drc-m23-south-africa-kagame-ramaphosa-tshisekedi/"> <h3 class="hed"> M23 Declares Congo Cease-Fire </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The Rwanda-backed rebels fail to seize Bukavu and announce a unilateral truce.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt -dept-date>"> <div class="meta-data -date-only"> <div> <time datetime="2025-02-05" class="date-time"> February 5, 2025</time> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1185131"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/29/rwanda-backed-rebels-capture-goma/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A displaced man carries his possessions as he flees Nzulo for Goma, near Nzulo, on Jan. 22." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/drc-goma-m23-refugees-GettyImages-2194680063.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/drc-goma-m23-refugees-GettyImages-2194680063.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/drc-goma-m23-refugees-GettyImages-2194680063.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/drc-goma-m23-refugees-GettyImages-2194680063.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/drc-goma-m23-refugees-GettyImages-2194680063.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/drc-goma-m23-refugees-GettyImages-2194680063.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/drc-goma-m23-refugees-GettyImages-2194680063.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/drc-goma-m23-refugees-GettyImages-2194680063.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A displaced man carries his possessions as he flees Nzulo for Goma, near Nzulo, on Jan. 22.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/29/rwanda-backed-rebels-capture-goma/"> <h3 class="hed"> Rwanda-Backed Rebels Capture Goma </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">M23 troops have seized one of the largest cities in eastern Congo.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt -dept-date>"> <div class="meta-data -date-only"> <div> <time datetime="2025-01-29" class="date-time"> January 29, 2025</time> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1184557"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/22/mozambique-chapo-government-protests/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Supporters of Mozambique's opposition leader Venancio Mondlane hold a Mozambican flag as they follow his convoy after Mondlane landed in Maputo on Jan. 9." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/mozambique-protests-GettyImages-2192455338.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/mozambique-protests-GettyImages-2192455338.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/mozambique-protests-GettyImages-2192455338.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/mozambique-protests-GettyImages-2192455338.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/mozambique-protests-GettyImages-2192455338.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/mozambique-protests-GettyImages-2192455338.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/mozambique-protests-GettyImages-2192455338.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/mozambique-protests-GettyImages-2192455338.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Supporters of Mozambique's opposition leader Venancio Mondlane hold a Mozambican flag as they follow his convoy after Mondlane landed in Maputo on Jan. 9.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/22/mozambique-chapo-government-protests/"> <h3 class="hed"> Mozambique Forms Government Amid Protests </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Opposition demonstrations continued during Daniel Chapo’s inauguration last week.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt -dept-date>"> <div class="meta-data -date-only"> <div> <time datetime="2025-01-22" class="date-time"> January 22, 2025</time> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1183968"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/15/turkey-africa-mediator-sudan-ethiopia-somalia/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Somalis celebrate the election victory of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during celebrations organized by the government in Mogadishu, on May 29, 2023." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/turkey-somalia-GettyImages-1258271746.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/turkey-somalia-GettyImages-1258271746.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/turkey-somalia-GettyImages-1258271746.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/turkey-somalia-GettyImages-1258271746.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/turkey-somalia-GettyImages-1258271746.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/turkey-somalia-GettyImages-1258271746.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/turkey-somalia-GettyImages-1258271746.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/turkey-somalia-GettyImages-1258271746.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Somalis celebrate the election victory of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during celebrations organized by the government in Mogadishu, on May 29, 2023.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/15/turkey-africa-mediator-sudan-ethiopia-somalia/"> <h3 class="hed"> How Turkey Became Africa’s Mediator </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">After successfully brokering a deal between Ethiopia and Somalia, Ankara is trying to end Sudan’s civil war.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt -dept-date>"> <div class="meta-data -date-only"> <div> <time datetime="2025-01-15" class="date-time"> January 15, 2025</time> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1183345"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/08/somaliland-western-sahara-south-africa-g20-gabon-cameroon/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A man holds the flag of Somaliland in Hargeisa on Nov. 7, 2024." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/somaliland-flag-GettyImages-2183662592.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/somaliland-flag-GettyImages-2183662592.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/somaliland-flag-GettyImages-2183662592.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/somaliland-flag-GettyImages-2183662592.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/somaliland-flag-GettyImages-2183662592.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/somaliland-flag-GettyImages-2183662592.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/somaliland-flag-GettyImages-2183662592.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/somaliland-flag-GettyImages-2183662592.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A man holds the flag of Somaliland in Hargeisa on Nov. 7, 2024.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/08/somaliland-western-sahara-south-africa-g20-gabon-cameroon/"> <h3 class="hed"> What to Watch in Africa in 2025 </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Will Trump inflame conflict over disputed territories?</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt -dept-date>"> <div class="meta-data -date-only"> <div> 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https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Africa-infrastructure-YE-GettyImages-1265762016.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Africa-infrastructure-YE-GettyImages-1265762016.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Africa-infrastructure-YE-GettyImages-1265762016.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Africa-infrastructure-YE-GettyImages-1265762016.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Africa-infrastructure-YE-GettyImages-1265762016.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Africa-infrastructure-YE-GettyImages-1265762016.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Trucks loaded with copper prepare to leave Tenke Fungurume Mine, one of the largest copper and cobalt mines in the world, in the southeastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on June 17, 2023.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/18/lobito-corridor-biden-icj-gaza-ethiopia-somalia/"> <h3 class="hed"> Africa Brief’s Year in Review </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Middle powers rise, some democracies prevail, and great powers spur a scramble for infrastructure.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt -dept-date>"> <div class="meta-data -date-only"> <div> <time datetime="2024-12-18" class="date-time"> December 18, 2024</time> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1181229"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/11/frances-new-african-ally/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="France's President Emmanuel Macron (R) and first lady Brigitte Macron (L) welcome Nigerian President Bola Tinubu and his wife, Oluremi Tinubu, in Paris, on Nov. 28." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/tinubu-macron-GettyImages-2186674847.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/tinubu-macron-GettyImages-2186674847.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/tinubu-macron-GettyImages-2186674847.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/tinubu-macron-GettyImages-2186674847.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/tinubu-macron-GettyImages-2186674847.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/tinubu-macron-GettyImages-2186674847.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/tinubu-macron-GettyImages-2186674847.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/tinubu-macron-GettyImages-2186674847.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">France's President Emmanuel Macron (R) and first lady Brigitte Macron (L) welcome Nigerian President Bola Tinubu and his wife, Oluremi Tinubu, in Paris, on Nov. 28.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/11/frances-new-african-ally/"> <h3 class="hed"> France’s New African Ally </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Nigeria’s president is desperate for foreign investment—and after being ousted from Sahel countries, France is seeking new friends on the continent.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt -dept-date>"> <div class="meta-data -date-only"> <div> <time datetime="2024-12-11" class="date-time"> December 11, 2024</time> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1180618"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/04/biden-angola-lobito-china-namibia-election/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. President Joe Biden and Angolan President Joao Lourenco walk to review the honor guard ahead of their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Luanda on Dec. 3." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/biden-lourenco-angola-GettyImages-2187486683.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/biden-lourenco-angola-GettyImages-2187486683.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/biden-lourenco-angola-GettyImages-2187486683.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/biden-lourenco-angola-GettyImages-2187486683.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/biden-lourenco-angola-GettyImages-2187486683.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/biden-lourenco-angola-GettyImages-2187486683.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/biden-lourenco-angola-GettyImages-2187486683.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/biden-lourenco-angola-GettyImages-2187486683.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">U.S. President Joe Biden and Angolan President Joao Lourenco walk to review the honor guard ahead of their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Luanda on Dec. 3.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/04/biden-angola-lobito-china-namibia-election/"> <h3 class="hed"> Biden Goes to Africa </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The lame-duck U.S. president touts a critical minerals infrastructure project in Angola.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt -dept-date>"> <div class="meta-data -date-only"> <div> <time datetime="2024-12-04" class="date-time"> December 4, 2024</time> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1180242"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/27/kenya-uganda-ruto-kizza-besigye-kidnapping-opposition-leader-nairobi/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Uganda's veteran opposition figure Kizza Besigye (C) reacts as supporters and media watch him being escorted by military police out of the Makindye Martial Court in Kampala, on Nov. 20." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/kizza-besigye-arrest-GettyImages-2185099614.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/kizza-besigye-arrest-GettyImages-2185099614.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/kizza-besigye-arrest-GettyImages-2185099614.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/kizza-besigye-arrest-GettyImages-2185099614.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, 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