12/06/2018
Over the past decade, an increasing number of emerging markets has joined the liquefied natural gas (LNG) import club.
Africa
Following his last speech on the new axes of France's African policy, Emmanuel Macron visits four Central African countries: Gabon, Angola, Congo, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. In a context of regional instability and rising anti-French sentiment, the President discusses new forms of partnership with his African counterparts.
The economic, social, and political changes facing sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) reveal many challenges: urban transition, energy and security issues, democratic developments, and the African policies of SSA's main partners are among the issues closely followed by Ifri researchers.
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17/05/2018
The fall in oil prices, which began in fall 2014, had a significant influence on the strategies of the key players in the oil industry in Africa.
20/04/2018
Since 2011 and the end of the post-election crisis, Côte d’Ivoire has returned to impressive economic growth. The country and its capital are drawing attention from a growing number of investors, and the “Abidjanian middle classes” are widely publicised and sought after.
13/04/2018
How can we define Emmanuel Macron’s foreign policy since he took office? After Nicolas Sarkozy’s brazen style of “gutsy diplomacy” and François Hollande’s “normal diplomacy”, the eighth president of the Fifth Republic seems to have opted for an agile classicism. In substance, he makes no claim...
20/03/2018
Since 2015 and the refugee crisis, the dialogue between the European Union (EU) and African countries on migration issues has assumed a new intensity.
20/12/2017
For about 20 years, security sector reform (SSR) has emerged as an essential tool for crisis recovery and reconstructing weak and failed states at the heart of the security-development continuum. It is time to take stock of the lessons learnt about SSR and to offer an analysis of good...
06/12/2017
Between 15-21 November 2017, a day short of one week, Africa’s second longest-serving leader, President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe was forced out of office through a spectacular coup d’État. The collapse of Mugabe is hardly surprising, with the country having experienced close to two decades of...
24/11/2017
The exploration of space and the use of digital tools and systems have in common to be quite recent in human history but to have changed the world, society and economy by connecting people and things, breaking down borders, and redistributing knowledge, power and control.
03/11/2017
What is the role of international NGOs regarding the sanctions process?
20/10/2017
An interview with Jeffrey LABOVITZ, International Organization for Migration (IOM) Nairobi Regional Director