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#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/...

Africa in 2026: Global uncertainty demands regional leadership Africa can no longer rely on intermittent international attention to safeguard peace, democracy and economic resilience.

🌍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...

🌍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...

YouTube video by Chatham House The World in 2026 – A Chatham House video podcast

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 ⤵️

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...

🌍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...

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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...

🌍'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

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.

🎞️'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

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...

📷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

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 ...

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

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.

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

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.

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

📌Africa’s rising influence: Advancing agency in foreign policy and global governance

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Watch the conference recordings: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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#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...

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.

#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...

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.

📄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...

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...

🎙️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...

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 ...

🌍 #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...

🚨Upcoming event | Shaping the future of #GlobalHealth

🗓️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.

🚨Conference happening now | Africa’s rising influence: Advancing agency in #ForeignPolicy and #GlobalGovernance

🔗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-...

🚨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

Côte d’Ivoire election is a missed opportunity to give voters a real democratic choice With the main opposition candidates barred from running, President Alassane Ouattara looks set to secure a controversial fourth term.

🗳️With main opposition candidates barred from running in #CôtedIvoire’s election, Ouattara looks set to secure a controversial fourth term.

@paulmelly.bsky.social writes on this “missed opportunity to give voters a real democratic choice” for @chathamhouse.org:

www.chathamhouse.org/2025/10/cote...

Africa after USAID: who will pay the health bill? The US retreat from global health funding has disproportionally affected African countries. Will African governments allow the cycle of dependency to continue, or reassert sovereignty over their healt...

🌍The #US retreat from #GlobalHealth funding has disproportionally affected African countries.

@chathamhouse.org's Dr Ebere Okereke asks: Will African governments allow the cycle of dependency to continue or reassert sovereignty over their health systems?

www.chathamhouse.org/2025/10/afri...

🌍This week, we welcomed #SouthAfrica’s Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Hon. Dean Macpherson to @chathamhouse.org to discuss his ambitions for the role that DPWI can play in SA's economy and the lessons and implications for wider governance standards in South Africa.

#CHAfrica

‘The fear was immense’: al-Shabaab exploits fragmented politics to reclaim land in Somalia With Islamist militant group 40km from Mogadishu, a ‘strategic stalemate’ has been reached, but some fear worst is yet to come

🗨️“The situation with al-Shabaab on the ground is always determined by the overall political and security environment and that is quite bad at the moment,” @chathamhouse.org's Ahmed Soliman tells @theguardian.com

Read the full article: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

🚨Webinar underway | Realizing durable peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Watch now: chathamhouse.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Amplifying East Africa’s Maritime Ambitions The region’s coastline has become a hotspot for development as nations like Djibouti, Tanzania and Kenya look to secure or retain domestic and global trade routes.   Kenya’s Port of Mombasa, the regio...

🗨️ #Tanzania has ambitions to position itself as a leading trade hub, not only for #EastAfrica but also for southern African neighbours like #Zambia and #Malawi

– @chathamhouse.org’s Fergus Kell on Tanzania’s burgeoning maritime ambitions via @forbes.com

www.forbesafrica.com/current-affa...