Africa CenterDec 22, 2022

#USAfricaLeadersSummit: 🕊 #Peace, #Security, & #Governance

Autocrats like to argue that restricting #freedom is necessary for security, but in the long term, the opposite is true.

In fact, Africa's democracies enjoy more #stability and less #conflict than autocratic countries: The average conflict in an authoritarian-leaning country is twice as long as one in a democratizing country.

https://africacenter.org/spotlight/autocracy-and-instability-in-africa/

#democracy autocracy #conflict

Autocracy and Instability in Africa – Africa Center for Strategic Studies

The lack of legitimacy and accountability are at the root of many of Africa’s armed conflicts, reflecting an inability of these political systems to accommodate participation, contestation, and power-sharing.

Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Africa CenterDec 21, 2022

#USAfricaLeadersSummit: 📚 Education and Youth Leadership

Many of Africa’s over 800 million young people want accountable democracy and choose to work for peace, effective governance, and reform peacefully.

https://africacenter.org/spotlight/african-youth-engaging-in-peace-and-security/

African Youth Engaging in Peace and Security – Africa Center for Strategic Studies

Despite many challenges, African youth are finding constructive avenues to promote peace, effective governance, and reform.

Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Africa CenterDec 20, 2022

#USAfricaLeadersSummit: 🏥 Global Health

Part of planning for the future is learning from the past. The unprecedented 2014 Ebola crisis is especially worth studying for lessons on how to avoid similar outbreaks:

• https://africacenter.org/spotlight/lessons-from-the-joint-force-commands-response-to-the-ebola-crisis/

• https://africacenter.org/spotlight/lessons-from-the-joint-force-commands-response-to-the-ebola-crisis/

Lessons from the Joint Force Command’s Response to the Ebola Crisis – Africa Center for Strategic Studies

In the 40 days since it was authorized by President Obama on September 16, 2014, to help contain the Ebola crisis in West Africa, the Joint Force Command–Operation United Assistance (JFC-OUA) achieved notable progress, including: Construction of a 25 bed hospital in Monrovia to treat infected health workers Establishment of 2 mobile testing labs Creation... Continue Reading

Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Africa CenterDec 17, 2022

#USAfricaLeadersSummit: 🎤 Amplifying African Voices

What motivates African security professionals? What do they seek from their service? How do they differ from previous generations?

Notably, the motivation to serve one’s country was strongest among the youngest age cohort, of which a total of 65% of respondents indicated it as their primary motive for joining the armed forces.

https://africacenter.org/publication/assessing-attitudes-next-generation-african-security-sector-professionals/

Assessing Attitudes of African Security Professionals – Africa Center

Younger generations of African security professionals are willing to set higher institutional standards. But significant differences emerge by service, region, gender, and regime type.

Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Davide Tommasin ዳቪድDec 17, 2022
#Etiopia - #Turchia: il PM e nobel per la Pace 2019 @[email protected] 🇪🇹 immortalato a #Istanbul, Turchia🇹🇷, al terzo vertice del partenariato Turchia - #Africa del 17 e 18 dicembre 2021
Il Premier etiope non compare però nella foto di gruppo di #USAfricaLeadersSummit 2022
GIGA InstituteDec 16, 2022
#USA-#Afrika-Gipfel:
US-Präsident #Biden lädt die Staatschefs afrikanischer Länder nach Washington ein. #GIGA-Experte Christian von Soest liefert im Interview 🎙️ mit #HRinfo Hintergründe für das Engagement:
➡️https://bit.ly/3YqEGGr
#USAfricaLeadersSummit 🇺🇸🌍
Africa CenterDec 16, 2022

#USAfricaLeadersSummit:
President Biden formally announces US support for permanent AU membership in the G20 as well as a presidential visit to Africa next year.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/15/biden-africa-visit-2023/?fbclid=IwAR1_8VJuTOz7Wg-VUlFBA4-qRWIkEYvMzSPEOFtPThWABK5m2m5PLHHNKFk

Biden announces presidential visit to Africa next year

The president also formally announced U.S. support for the African Union to permanently join the G-20.

The Washington Post
Africa CenterDec 16, 2022

#USAfricaLeadersSummit: 🤝 Diaspora Engagement

Africa’s diaspora communities are stakeholders in African security and contributors to its prosperity. Members of Nigeria’s sizeable diaspora provided important feedback in the development of Nigeria’s Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy, improving it with their technical expertise, independence, and civic mindedness.

https://africacenter.org/spotlight/african-lessons-in-cyber-strategy/

African Lessons in Cyber Strategy – Africa Center for Strategic Studies

To address a growing array of cyber threats and challenges, African governments need to adopt cybersecurity strategies that foster collaboration and trust between security, civilian, and private sector stakeholders.

Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Steve HermanDec 15, 2022
"We made significant tangible progress across every one of our priorities this week," says @[email protected] at conclusion of #USAfricaLeadersSummit.
Africa CenterDec 15, 2022

#USAfricaLeadersSummit: 🌊 Climate Change

More than 62% of Africa’s rural population rely on the continent’s diverse natural ecosystems for their food, water, energy, health, and secure livelihood needs. This biodiversity is essential not only to Africans but to the health of our planet.

Its loss is also a threat to security.

https://africacenter.org/spotlight/african-biodiversity-loss-risk-human-security/

African Biodiversity Loss Raises Risk to Human Security

Declines in Africa’s rich ecological biodiversity threaten millions of livelihoods, as well as increased food insecurity, conflicts over land, and transmission of zoonotic diseases that can lead to more pandemics.

Africa Center for Strategic Studies