Chatham House Africa
@africaprog.bsky.social
@chathamhouse.org’s Africa Programme is a world-leading centre for independent policy research on African politics.
Website🔗: chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-departments/africa-programme
Podcast🎙️: soundcloud.com/chathamhouse/sets/africa-aware
Website🔗: chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-departments/africa-programme
Podcast🎙️: soundcloud.com/chathamhouse/sets/africa-aware
“#Uganda’s next five years will hinge on Museveni’s succession plan, oil revenue production and translating economic gains into prosperity, especially for urban youth”
— @chathamhouse.org’s Fergus Kell via @bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
— @chathamhouse.org’s Fergus Kell via @bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The ‘Last King of Scotland’ Still Haunts Uganda’s 40-Year Ruler
Idi Amin traumatized Uganda in less than a decade. Yoweri Museveni is repeating the trick much more slowly, scholar Mahmood Mamdani argues.
www.bloomberg.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:23 PM
“#Uganda’s next five years will hinge on Museveni’s succession plan, oil revenue production and translating economic gains into prosperity, especially for urban youth”
— @chathamhouse.org’s Fergus Kell via @bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
— @chathamhouse.org’s Fergus Kell via @bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
#Somalia has cancelled all agreements with the #UAE – from ports to defence – raising questions about trade and security.
Dr Abel Abate Demissie (@chathamhouse.org) discusses the fractures in their bilateral relationship on BBC's #FocusOnAfrica.
Listen in full: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Dr Abel Abate Demissie (@chathamhouse.org) discusses the fractures in their bilateral relationship on BBC's #FocusOnAfrica.
Listen in full: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
January 20, 2026 at 1:30 PM
#Somalia has cancelled all agreements with the #UAE – from ports to defence – raising questions about trade and security.
Dr Abel Abate Demissie (@chathamhouse.org) discusses the fractures in their bilateral relationship on BBC's #FocusOnAfrica.
Listen in full: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Dr Abel Abate Demissie (@chathamhouse.org) discusses the fractures in their bilateral relationship on BBC's #FocusOnAfrica.
Listen in full: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
🌍As external attention fragments and tolerance for instability rises, #Africa can no longer rely on episodic international engagement to safeguard peace, democracy and economic resilience.
— @tighistiamare.bsky.social for @chathamhouse.org
www.chathamhouse.org/2026/01/afri...
— @tighistiamare.bsky.social for @chathamhouse.org
www.chathamhouse.org/2026/01/afri...
Africa in 2026: Global uncertainty demands regional leadership
Africa can no longer rely on intermittent international attention to safeguard peace, democracy and economic resilience.
www.chathamhouse.org
January 14, 2026 at 4:14 PM
🌍As external attention fragments and tolerance for instability rises, #Africa can no longer rely on episodic international engagement to safeguard peace, democracy and economic resilience.
— @tighistiamare.bsky.social for @chathamhouse.org
www.chathamhouse.org/2026/01/afri...
— @tighistiamare.bsky.social for @chathamhouse.org
www.chathamhouse.org/2026/01/afri...
🌍African leaders have stood out in their readiness to defy #Trump’s admonishment about needing to be kept happy.
@chathamhouse.org’s @tighistiamare.bsky.social notes African nations have less to lose as #Washington’s leverage on #Africa is not as strong as before.
www.politico.eu/article/afri...
@chathamhouse.org’s @tighistiamare.bsky.social notes African nations have less to lose as #Washington’s leverage on #Africa is not as strong as before.
www.politico.eu/article/afri...
January 12, 2026 at 12:18 PM
🌍African leaders have stood out in their readiness to defy #Trump’s admonishment about needing to be kept happy.
@chathamhouse.org’s @tighistiamare.bsky.social notes African nations have less to lose as #Washington’s leverage on #Africa is not as strong as before.
www.politico.eu/article/afri...
@chathamhouse.org’s @tighistiamare.bsky.social notes African nations have less to lose as #Washington’s leverage on #Africa is not as strong as before.
www.politico.eu/article/afri...
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The World in 2026 – A Chatham House video podcast
The editors of @theworldtoday.org are joined by Tighisti Amare, Orysia Lutsevych, Sanam Vakil, Laurel Rapp and Creon Butler to discuss the trends, flashpoints and areas for diplomacy facing the world in 2026 ⤵️
The editors of @theworldtoday.org are joined by Tighisti Amare, Orysia Lutsevych, Sanam Vakil, Laurel Rapp and Creon Butler to discuss the trends, flashpoints and areas for diplomacy facing the world in 2026 ⤵️
The World in 2026 – A Chatham House video podcast
YouTube video by Chatham House
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December 29, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The World in 2026 – A Chatham House video podcast
The editors of @theworldtoday.org are joined by Tighisti Amare, Orysia Lutsevych, Sanam Vakil, Laurel Rapp and Creon Butler to discuss the trends, flashpoints and areas for diplomacy facing the world in 2026 ⤵️
The editors of @theworldtoday.org are joined by Tighisti Amare, Orysia Lutsevych, Sanam Vakil, Laurel Rapp and Creon Butler to discuss the trends, flashpoints and areas for diplomacy facing the world in 2026 ⤵️
🌍Recap | Africa’s rising influence
🔗 Explore key conference takeaways on multipolarity, regional and continental coordination, peacebuilding, the global economy, climate action and soft power diplomacy: chathamhouse.org/events/all/r...
@chathamhouse.org | @undp.org
🔗 Explore key conference takeaways on multipolarity, regional and continental coordination, peacebuilding, the global economy, climate action and soft power diplomacy: chathamhouse.org/events/all/r...
@chathamhouse.org | @undp.org
Africa’s rising influence: Advancing agency in foreign policy and global governance
This conference, hosted in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in partnership with Amani Africa and the United Nations Development Programme, examines how Africa can assert greater strategic influence across a rapi...
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December 22, 2025 at 11:21 AM
🌍Recap | Africa’s rising influence
🔗 Explore key conference takeaways on multipolarity, regional and continental coordination, peacebuilding, the global economy, climate action and soft power diplomacy: chathamhouse.org/events/all/r...
@chathamhouse.org | @undp.org
🔗 Explore key conference takeaways on multipolarity, regional and continental coordination, peacebuilding, the global economy, climate action and soft power diplomacy: chathamhouse.org/events/all/r...
@chathamhouse.org | @undp.org
🌍'My vision is to use Chatham House’s international platform to prioritize Africa in global discussions', says new @africaprog.bsky.social Director @tighistiamare.bsky.social
in an interview for the latest @theworldtoday.org issue.
📰Read more here: bit.ly/48GJEWP
in an interview for the latest @theworldtoday.org issue.
📰Read more here: bit.ly/48GJEWP
Tighisti Amare: ‘I found my African identity in London’
The new director of Chatham House’s Africa Programme on the day a former Nigerian President ended up in a police van outside the institute, what the world can learn from African solidarity and the gro...
bit.ly
December 18, 2025 at 11:04 AM
🌍'My vision is to use Chatham House’s international platform to prioritize Africa in global discussions', says new @africaprog.bsky.social Director @tighistiamare.bsky.social
in an interview for the latest @theworldtoday.org issue.
📰Read more here: bit.ly/48GJEWP
in an interview for the latest @theworldtoday.org issue.
📰Read more here: bit.ly/48GJEWP
🎞️'Right now, more than 12 million people have been displaced because of the war in #Sudan. The portraits in the film were an effort to humanize the statistics' filmmaker Ibrahim Snoopy Ahmed tells @theworldtoday.org about Khartoum, the film he co-directed.
➡️Read here: bit.ly/4s5awrc
➡️Read here: bit.ly/4s5awrc
Escaping Sudan’s war – and remembering the Khartoum they fled
Ibrahim Snoopy Ahmed tells Iona Allan about ‘Khartoum’, the documentary he co-directed, which explores the lives and memories of five people exiled by the civil war.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
🎞️'Right now, more than 12 million people have been displaced because of the war in #Sudan. The portraits in the film were an effort to humanize the statistics' filmmaker Ibrahim Snoopy Ahmed tells @theworldtoday.org about Khartoum, the film he co-directed.
➡️Read here: bit.ly/4s5awrc
➡️Read here: bit.ly/4s5awrc
📷The Winter issue of @theworldtoday.org
includes a photo story following photographer Tommy Trenchard's journey along the 800-mile #LobitoCorridor:
Read more: bit.ly/4pDolLv
includes a photo story following photographer Tommy Trenchard's journey along the 800-mile #LobitoCorridor:
Read more: bit.ly/4pDolLv
Angola’s critical mineral express
Photographer Tommy Trenchard tells Iona Allan about his journey along the 800-mile Lobito Railway and how a multi billion-dollar investment by the US and European interests is heating up a global race...
bit.ly
December 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
📷The Winter issue of @theworldtoday.org
includes a photo story following photographer Tommy Trenchard's journey along the 800-mile #LobitoCorridor:
Read more: bit.ly/4pDolLv
includes a photo story following photographer Tommy Trenchard's journey along the 800-mile #LobitoCorridor:
Read more: bit.ly/4pDolLv
A military takeover in Guinea-Bissau and an attempted coup in #Benin are the latest tests for #ECOWAS. But it is the ever-spreading Sahel security crisis that remains the greater challenge for regional leadership, write @dideberg.bsky.social and Paul Melly in their latest comment: bit.ly/49hrSIP
West Africa needs regional solutions to combat the escalating Sahel security crisis
A military takeover in Guinea-Bissau and an attempted coup in Benin are the latest tests for ECOWAS. But it is the ever-spreading Sahel security crisis that remains the greater challenge for regional ...
bit.ly
December 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A military takeover in Guinea-Bissau and an attempted coup in #Benin are the latest tests for #ECOWAS. But it is the ever-spreading Sahel security crisis that remains the greater challenge for regional leadership, write @dideberg.bsky.social and Paul Melly in their latest comment: bit.ly/49hrSIP
We are proud to partner with the Stavros Niarchos Foundation on a new visiting #fellowship.
The Fellows will be in residence with the #Africa Programme between 2026 and 2028 for up to 12 months to conduct research and engage with @chathamhouse.org’s global networks.
Read more: bit.ly/3XR8vRr
The Fellows will be in residence with the #Africa Programme between 2026 and 2028 for up to 12 months to conduct research and engage with @chathamhouse.org’s global networks.
Read more: bit.ly/3XR8vRr
Africa Programme at Chatham House partners with Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) on new visiting fellowship
The SNF visiting fellows will be hosted by Chatham House between 2026 and 2028.
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 10:55 AM
We are proud to partner with the Stavros Niarchos Foundation on a new visiting #fellowship.
The Fellows will be in residence with the #Africa Programme between 2026 and 2028 for up to 12 months to conduct research and engage with @chathamhouse.org’s global networks.
Read more: bit.ly/3XR8vRr
The Fellows will be in residence with the #Africa Programme between 2026 and 2028 for up to 12 months to conduct research and engage with @chathamhouse.org’s global networks.
Read more: bit.ly/3XR8vRr
In contrast to #Trump’s recent derogatory comments, Ahmed Soliman reminds @npr.org that the U.S. has "been engaged in #Somalia for decades" and remains an "important bilateral partner in helping the federal government to stabilize its security".
Read more: bit.ly/4oKndV6
Read more: bit.ly/4oKndV6
Trump's 'garbage' comment met with disappointment in Somalia
In Somalia, people are pushing back and pointing to the positives after President Trump disparaged their country.
bit.ly
December 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
In contrast to #Trump’s recent derogatory comments, Ahmed Soliman reminds @npr.org that the U.S. has "been engaged in #Somalia for decades" and remains an "important bilateral partner in helping the federal government to stabilize its security".
Read more: bit.ly/4oKndV6
Read more: bit.ly/4oKndV6
The two main warring parties in #Sudan – #SAF and #RSF – fund their war efforts through gold trade.
@chathamhouse.org’s Ahmed Soliman explains these trade networks: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaQn...
Read the Chatham House paper on #SudanGold: chathamhouse.org/2025/03/gold...
@chathamhouse.org’s Ahmed Soliman explains these trade networks: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaQn...
Read the Chatham House paper on #SudanGold: chathamhouse.org/2025/03/gold...
December 5, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The two main warring parties in #Sudan – #SAF and #RSF – fund their war efforts through gold trade.
@chathamhouse.org’s Ahmed Soliman explains these trade networks: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaQn...
Read the Chatham House paper on #SudanGold: chathamhouse.org/2025/03/gold...
@chathamhouse.org’s Ahmed Soliman explains these trade networks: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaQn...
Read the Chatham House paper on #SudanGold: chathamhouse.org/2025/03/gold...
Continued government deflection will only entrench the root causes of #Tanzania’s election crisis – making further instability a matter of when, not if, Fergus Kell argues in his latest @chathamhouse.org expert comment.
www.chathamhouse.org/2025/12/tanz...
www.chathamhouse.org/2025/12/tanz...
Tanzania’s election violence: Deflecting blame will only do more harm
Once envied for its political stability, Tanzania is forever changed after the election day killings of protesters. The government’s diversion of blame risks compounding the damage ahead of more plann...
www.chathamhouse.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Continued government deflection will only entrench the root causes of #Tanzania’s election crisis – making further instability a matter of when, not if, Fergus Kell argues in his latest @chathamhouse.org expert comment.
www.chathamhouse.org/2025/12/tanz...
www.chathamhouse.org/2025/12/tanz...
📌Africa’s rising influence: Advancing agency in foreign policy and global governance
Read the conference summary: chathamhouse.soutron.net/portal/Publi...
Watch the conference recordings: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
@chathamhouse.org | #CHAfrica #AfricanAgency #AfricaRising
Read the conference summary: chathamhouse.soutron.net/portal/Publi...
Watch the conference recordings: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
@chathamhouse.org | #CHAfrica #AfricanAgency #AfricaRising
Africa’s rising influence: Advancing agency in foreign policy and global governance - YouTube
This conference, hosted in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in partnership with Amani Africa and the United Nations Development Programme, examines how Africa can asser...
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December 3, 2025 at 9:55 AM
📌Africa’s rising influence: Advancing agency in foreign policy and global governance
Read the conference summary: chathamhouse.soutron.net/portal/Publi...
Watch the conference recordings: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
@chathamhouse.org | #CHAfrica #AfricanAgency #AfricaRising
Read the conference summary: chathamhouse.soutron.net/portal/Publi...
Watch the conference recordings: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
@chathamhouse.org | #CHAfrica #AfricanAgency #AfricaRising
#Tanzania shows that even one of #Africa’s most deeply entrenched examples of ‘political stability’ is increasingly vulnerable to new convergences of technology, economic inequality and rapid population growth.
— @chathamhouse.org’s Fergus Kell via The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2025...
— @chathamhouse.org’s Fergus Kell via The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2025...
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December 2, 2025 at 10:38 AM
#Tanzania shows that even one of #Africa’s most deeply entrenched examples of ‘political stability’ is increasingly vulnerable to new convergences of technology, economic inequality and rapid population growth.
— @chathamhouse.org’s Fergus Kell via The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2025...
— @chathamhouse.org’s Fergus Kell via The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2025...
#Senegal is resisting an IMF-backed debt restructuring plan. As @chathamhouse.org's @paulmelly.bsky.social tells Al Jazeera, Ousmane Sonko is opposed because “he doesn’t want to undermine his 2024 election campaign pledge to restore Senegal’s sovereignty”
Read: www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...
Read: www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...
Why is Senegal squaring up to the International Monetary Fund?
Senegal is resisting an IMF-recommended debt restructuring, but support from the Fund is critical for its recovery.
www.aljazeera.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:38 AM
#Senegal is resisting an IMF-backed debt restructuring plan. As @chathamhouse.org's @paulmelly.bsky.social tells Al Jazeera, Ousmane Sonko is opposed because “he doesn’t want to undermine his 2024 election campaign pledge to restore Senegal’s sovereignty”
Read: www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...
Read: www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...
📄Amid rising tensions over #Tigray and Ethiopia’s pursuit of #RedSea access, de-escalation is needed to prevent #Ethiopia and #Eritrea from going to war.
Read the latest @chathamhouse.org expert comment from Ahmed Soliman and Abel Abate Demissie: www.chathamhouse.org/2025/11/de-e...
Read the latest @chathamhouse.org expert comment from Ahmed Soliman and Abel Abate Demissie: www.chathamhouse.org/2025/11/de-e...
De-escalation is needed to prevent Ethiopia and Eritrea from going to war
Preventive diplomacy is vital to stop another devastating war in the Horn of Africa amid rising tensions over Tigray and Ethiopia’s pursuit of Red Sea access.
www.chathamhouse.org
November 28, 2025 at 11:07 AM
📄Amid rising tensions over #Tigray and Ethiopia’s pursuit of #RedSea access, de-escalation is needed to prevent #Ethiopia and #Eritrea from going to war.
Read the latest @chathamhouse.org expert comment from Ahmed Soliman and Abel Abate Demissie: www.chathamhouse.org/2025/11/de-e...
Read the latest @chathamhouse.org expert comment from Ahmed Soliman and Abel Abate Demissie: www.chathamhouse.org/2025/11/de-e...
🎙️In this episode of @chathamhouse.org’s podcast, Ahmed Soliman, Hubert Kinkoh, Kholood Khair and Bashair Ahmed join @bronwenmaddox.bsky.social to examine the human toll of the #Sudan war & dynamics fuelled by regional powers and proxies seeking control.
Listen: www.chathamhouse.org/2025/11/inde...
Listen: www.chathamhouse.org/2025/11/inde...
Independent Thinking: Sudan – the internal and external forces tearing it apart
Experts examine the human toll of the war in Sudan, and the dynamics of a war fuelled by regional powers and their proxies seeking to control Sudan’s territory, natural resources, and access to key wa...
www.chathamhouse.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
🎙️In this episode of @chathamhouse.org’s podcast, Ahmed Soliman, Hubert Kinkoh, Kholood Khair and Bashair Ahmed join @bronwenmaddox.bsky.social to examine the human toll of the #Sudan war & dynamics fuelled by regional powers and proxies seeking control.
Listen: www.chathamhouse.org/2025/11/inde...
Listen: www.chathamhouse.org/2025/11/inde...
🌍 #Africa’s articulation of its aspiration on #CriticalMinerals for national development must be matched with indications of its intention to improve operating procedures and regulatory clarity, @chathamhouse.org ’s Chris Vandome tells @dailymaverick.co.za
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
SA’s G20 drive for Africa to benefit from critical minerals must not try to compete with China
To unlock mineral wealth – and reverse a long and bloody history of extractive exploitation – African countries also need to shine the light of transparency on their policies and regulations, and not ...
www.dailymaverick.co.za
November 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🌍 #Africa’s articulation of its aspiration on #CriticalMinerals for national development must be matched with indications of its intention to improve operating procedures and regulatory clarity, @chathamhouse.org ’s Chris Vandome tells @dailymaverick.co.za
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
🚨Upcoming event | Shaping the future of #GlobalHealth
🗓️12 November
🕓15.00 — 16.00 GMT
📍@chathamhouse.org & Online
🔗Register: www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/o...
🗓️12 November
🕓15.00 — 16.00 GMT
📍@chathamhouse.org & Online
🔗Register: www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/o...
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
🚨Upcoming event | Shaping the future of #GlobalHealth
🗓️12 November
🕓15.00 — 16.00 GMT
📍@chathamhouse.org & Online
🔗Register: www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/o...
🗓️12 November
🕓15.00 — 16.00 GMT
📍@chathamhouse.org & Online
🔗Register: www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/o...
✅Day 1 complete of “Africa’s rising influence: Advancing agency in #ForeignPolicy & #GlobalGovernance”
🔗Join virtually tomorrow: chathamhouse.zoom.us/j/9302630442...
We were joined by speakers discussing how Africa can assert greater strategic influence across a rapidly evolving global landscape.
🔗Join virtually tomorrow: chathamhouse.zoom.us/j/9302630442...
We were joined by speakers discussing how Africa can assert greater strategic influence across a rapidly evolving global landscape.
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
✅Day 1 complete of “Africa’s rising influence: Advancing agency in #ForeignPolicy & #GlobalGovernance”
🔗Join virtually tomorrow: chathamhouse.zoom.us/j/9302630442...
We were joined by speakers discussing how Africa can assert greater strategic influence across a rapidly evolving global landscape.
🔗Join virtually tomorrow: chathamhouse.zoom.us/j/9302630442...
We were joined by speakers discussing how Africa can assert greater strategic influence across a rapidly evolving global landscape.
🚨Conference happening now | Africa’s rising influence: Advancing agency in #ForeignPolicy and #GlobalGovernance
🔗Watch live now: chathamhouse.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#CHAfrica #AfricaRising #AfricanAgency
🔗Watch live now: chathamhouse.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#CHAfrica #AfricaRising #AfricanAgency
November 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
🚨Conference happening now | Africa’s rising influence: Advancing agency in #ForeignPolicy and #GlobalGovernance
🔗Watch live now: chathamhouse.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#CHAfrica #AfricaRising #AfricanAgency
🔗Watch live now: chathamhouse.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#CHAfrica #AfricaRising #AfricanAgency
🗳️On the AfricaLink podcast, @chathamhouse.org’s Fergus Kell discusses the #Tanzania election which saw internet blackouts and unrest as Tanzanians question the legitimacy of the process. What does this fallout mean for the Tanzania’s democratic future?
Listen: www.dw.com/en/tanzania-...
Listen: www.dw.com/en/tanzania-...
October 31, 2025 at 11:49 AM
🗳️On the AfricaLink podcast, @chathamhouse.org’s Fergus Kell discusses the #Tanzania election which saw internet blackouts and unrest as Tanzanians question the legitimacy of the process. What does this fallout mean for the Tanzania’s democratic future?
Listen: www.dw.com/en/tanzania-...
Listen: www.dw.com/en/tanzania-...
🚨1 WEEK TO GO | Africa’s rising influence: Advancing agency in #ForeignPolicy and #GlobalGovernance
🔗Register & explore the conference line-up: www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/r...
#CHAfrica #AfricaRising #AfricanAgency
🔗Register & explore the conference line-up: www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/r...
#CHAfrica #AfricaRising #AfricanAgency
October 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
🚨1 WEEK TO GO | Africa’s rising influence: Advancing agency in #ForeignPolicy and #GlobalGovernance
🔗Register & explore the conference line-up: www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/r...
#CHAfrica #AfricaRising #AfricanAgency
🔗Register & explore the conference line-up: www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/r...
#CHAfrica #AfricaRising #AfricanAgency