Walking on eggshells with South Africa only obscures an increasingly discordant U.S.-South Africa relationship.

Countries in Africa have some of the harshest and most discriminatory LGBTQ+ policies in the world. But some governments are taking hopeful steps toward inclusion.

Across the continent, ill-conceived security arrangements are having unintended consequences 

When it comes to civil liberties in Africa, Western governments and institutions must put their monies where their mouths are.

Record numbers of migrants seeking to cross the southern U.S. border are challenging the Joe Biden administration’s attempts to restore asylum protections. Here’s how the asylum process works.

Nathan Birhanu is an intern for the Council on Foreign Relations Africa Studies program. He is a graduate of Fordham University’s Graduate Program in International Political Economy & Development. A…