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Reaching an international audience, Africa Up Close draws on contributions from experts, policymakers, and practitioners to present current, relevant, and digestible analyses of developments on the continent.

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Economics and Globalization
Africa Rising—How Will Washington Respond?
Keith Rockwell
By Keith Rockwell on September 20, 2023
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Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
Inequity in the Face of Unconstitutionality: The AU's Punitive Discrepancy
By Stephanie Lizzo on September 13, 2023
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Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
Forging a Path to Peace: Navigating Transitional Justice Amidst the Proliferation of Small Arms in the Horn of Africa
By Eden Matiyas Mulugeta on September 1, 2023
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Trade and Development
Competing Imperatives? Migration and the African Continental Free Trade Area
By Balkissa Daouda Diallo on August 28, 2023
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We welcome submissions from African writers whose on-the-ground insights and experience are imperative to this dialogue as well as writing from American and international stakeholders who focus on African issues. For submissions and all questions, please contact Cheri Ayers, Africa Program Communications Coordinator, at Cheri.Ayers@wilsoncenter.org.

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Highly detailed planet Earth at night, lit by the rising sun, illuminated by light of cities.
Blog post
Economics and Globalization
Africa Rising—How Will Washington Respond?
Keith Rockwell
By Keith Rockwell on September 20, 2023
A soldier from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), wears a green armband over his camouflage uniform reading AU (African Union), and with the AU flag.
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Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
Inequity in the Face of Unconstitutionality: The AU's Punitive Discrepancy
Lizzo
By Stephanie Lizzo on September 13, 2023
Danakil, Ethiopia guard with rifle
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Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
Forging a Path to Peace: Navigating Transitional Justice Amidst the Proliferation of Small Arms in the Horn of Africa
By Eden Matiyas Mulugeta on September 1, 2023
A group of migrants leave the Calais Jungle in Frane.
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Trade and Development
Competing Imperatives? Migration and the African Continental Free Trade Area
By Balkissa Daouda Diallo on August 28, 2023
Armored patrol vehicles parked in Burkina Faso UN military base in Timbuktu region at United Nation peacekeeping mission in Mali
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Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
UN Withdrawal from Mali: Consequences and Containment Strategies for Peacekeeping
By Ruth Namatovu on August 23, 2023
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Democracy
Libya’s Elusive Elections: Will 2023 Be the Year for Elections?
Addison Emig Headshot
By Addison Emig on August 16, 2023
Members of a Local Business Association Meet
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Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
A Venture in Peace: The Intersection of Entrepreneurship and Peacebuilding in West Africa
Juliet Lancey Headshot
By Juliet Lancey on August 16, 2023
Sun shining over a high detailed view of Planet Earth, focused on Africa.
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Economics and Globalization
African Perception of the United States in an Evolving Geopolitical Landscape
By Fikayo Akeredolu on July 27, 2023
Delegates during plenary session at the Russia-Africa Summit held in Sochi, Russia
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International Development
Russia’s Rhetoric-Reality Gap in Africa
Anas El Gomati
By Anas El Gomati on July 27, 2023
A Congolese man grinding coltan ore.
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Critical Minerals
Examining China’s Impact on Mining in Africa: Critiques and Credible Responses
Lauren Herzer Risi
By Lauren Herzer Risi on July 18, 2023