January 2006
Task Force Report No. 56
Task Force Report
This Council-sponsored Independent Task Force finds that Africa is of growing strategic importance to the United States in addition to being an important humanitarian concern. In a world where economic opportunity, security threats, disease, and even support for democracy transcend borders, a policy based on humanitarian concerns alone serves neither U.S. interests, nor Africa's. Furthermore, the Task Force finds that critical humanitarian interests would be better served by a more comprehensive U.S. approach toward Africa; nor is it valid to treat Africa more as an object of charity than a diverse continent with partners the United States can work with to advance shared objectives.
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Humanitarian Intervention
January/February 2011
| Authors:
| Andrew S. Natsios
Michael Abramowitz
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Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
Depending on how locals and outsiders react to events in Sudan, the secession referendum scheduled for January could trigger either the country's partition or a new explosion of violence.
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Sudan
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Society and Culture
December 10, 2010
Expert Brief
Somali pirates have been resilient against efforts to stop them, but a new approach that includes legal measures, controlling financial flows, building regional capacity and more could be the combination that defeats piracy, writes CFR's Michael Lyon Baker.
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Somalia
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Defense/Homeland Security
November 12, 2010
| Author:
| John Campbell
, Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies
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Op-Ed
Rowman & Littlefield
John Campbell
discusses Nigeria's upcoming presidential elections, and says credibility in the elections is imperative.
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Nigeria
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Elections
November 12, 2010
| Author:
| John Campbell
, Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies
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Op-Ed
GlobalPost
John Campbell
says credible polls in the Ivory Coast were a step in the right direction, but the runoff vote for the presidency will be the true test.
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Cote d'lvoire
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Elections
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Political Movements
November 2010
| Author:
| John Campbell
, Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies
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Book
Former U.S. ambassador to Nigeria?John Campbell?explores Nigeria's postcolonial history and examines the events and conditions that have carried this troubled giant to the edge.
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Nigeria
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Diplomacy
November/December 2010
Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
With one billion people already going hungry and the world's population rising, global food production must urgently be increased. But Africa can manage this surge -- if it finally uses the seeds, fertilizers, and irrigation methods common everywhere else.
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Biotechnology
October 18, 2010
| Speakers:
| Anthony W. Gambino, Former Mission Director for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, United States Agency for International Development; Author, Council Special Report,
Congo: Securing Peace, Sustaining Progress
Roger A. Meece, Special Representative and Head of the Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, United Nations
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| Presider:
| Phillip Gourevitch, Staff Writer,
New Yorker
; Author,
We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda Presiding
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Video
Experts examine the stability, security, risks, and quality of governance of the Democratic Republic of Congo since the 2006 elections, as well as the need for continued international engagement.
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Democratic Rep. of Congo
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International Law
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Humanitarian Law
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Conflict Assessment
October 18, 2010
| Speakers:
| Anthony W. Gambino, Former Mission Director for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, United States Agency for International Development; Author, Council Special Report,
Congo: Securing Peace, Sustaining Progress
Roger A. Meece, Special Representative and Head of the Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, United Nations
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| Presider:
| Philip Gourevitch
, Staff Writer,
New Yorker
; Author,
We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda
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Audio
Experts examine the stability, security, risks, and quality of governance of the Democratic Republic of Congo since the 2006 elections, as well as the need for continued international engagement.
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Democratic Rep. of Congo
,
International Law
,
Conflict Assessment