Now that the French have retaken all the major cities in Mali, the focus of the international community shifts to the future, and to what is next for Mali. One…
Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa assumed the form of Sufi brotherhoods nearly three centuries ago. Within each order of Sufi brotherhoods, appointed spiritual guides called marabouts transmit teachings to loyal followers.
On February 16, former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Chester Crocker sat down with Kenneth Anderson, one of his Georgetown students, to discuss the Reagan administration’s policy of…
Early warning systems in 2010 showed that Nigeria remains one of four potential hotspots for conflict within West Africa. Conflict in Nigeria has several different sources of contention: oil…
