African Affairs Archives

The Pentagon is moving money to pay for Trump’s border wall. Here are the consequences.

Alice Friend - September 5, 2019

This politicizes the military even more. It also has constitutional problems.

Alice Friend - January 6, 2019

Over the holidays, President Trump lashed out at outgoing Defense

Alice Friend - November 5, 2018

The first few hundred U.S. troops arrived along the southern

Beatty Riedl and Gwyneth McClendon - November 28, 2015

[caption id="attachment_32739" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Pope Francis listens to a speech

Jaimie Bleck, Guindo Sidiki, and Abdoulaye Dembele - November 27, 2015

[caption id="attachment_32660" align="aligncenter" width="908"] People stand near the Radisson hotel

Laura Seay and Kim Yi Dionne - November 20, 2015

[caption id="attachment_32509" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Malian security officials show a jihadist

Laura Seay - December 17, 2014

[caption id="attachment_19165" align="aligncenter" width="620"] In this Nov. 12, 2006, photo,

Kristof Titeca - December 17, 2014

[caption id="attachment_19165" align="aligncenter" width="620"] In this Nov. 12, 2006, photo,

Laura Seay - August 15, 2014

[caption id="attachment_14539" align="alignleft" width="180"] (Book jacket image courtesy Cambridge University

Kim Yi Dionne - April 4, 2014

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="606" special=""] French troops patrolling in the