In the Middle East and North Africa, climate change is exacerbating tensions over water resources, between countries that share a basin or aquifer system and between domestic actors fighting for water access.
Join Carnegie’s Frederic Wehrey as he sits down with Lisa Anderson, Bessma Momani, Michael Robbins, and Sultan Alamer to discuss the current and looming challenges facing the MENA region.
After the latest outbreak of violence, the country’s transition to democracy appears to be a pipedream.
The conflict in Sudan is multidimensional, and could generate instability that spreads to the broader region.
Activists and citizens must ensure that governments respect their digital rights.
Humanitarian implications are dire, clearly. And not just for Americans but clearly for millions of Sudanese.
In an interview, Mat Nashed discusses the bloody conflict in Sudan and the mistakes that led to it.
While international donors are right to focus on supporting civil society in acute crises, their approach has serious limitations. For more effective crisis mitigation, engagement with civic actors must be part of a broader political strategy driven by local dynamics and priorities.
The war in Ukraine has not stopped Russia’s activities in Africa. Over the past year, the Wagner Group, in particular, has taken advantage of France’s and other Western countries’ worsening relations with Sahelian states.
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