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Emmanuel Balogun

Emmanuel Balogun is associate professor of political science at Skidmore College and a 2024-2025 Good Authority fellow. He studies multilateralism in Africa, particularly the politics of African regional organizations. He is the author of Region-Building in West Africa: Convergence and Agency in ECOWAS (Routledge, 2022).


Don’t expect regional organizations to rein in coups

Here’s why ASEAN and ECOWAS stumbled after recent coups in Mali and Myanmar.

Epidemics reveal underlying societal tensions. That was the case in Zimbabwe’s cholera outbreak, too.

“The Political Life of an Epidemic” is a particularly timely read.

Trump wants to defund the World Health Organization. That could hurt health partnerships in Africa.

Here’s why these collaborations help U.S. strategic goals.

How will the African Union respond to the military overthrow in Sudan?

It has not responded consistently to unconstitutional changes in government.

Ebola is back — and a threat to people in Congo. Are African public health systems ready?