Over spring break in March, 2025, 12 graduate and undergraduate students from Seton Hall University’s School of Diplomacy and International Relations traveled to Sierra Leone in West Africa on a study abroad trip led by Professor Fredline M’Cormack-Hale.
Read MoreTensions in South Sudan are rising between the leaders of the country’s largest civil war factions—President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar—after a Nasir army base was overrun by an insurgent militia.
Read MoreOn January 30, a 32-year-old male nurse in Uganda died from the Ebola virus, marking the first recorded fatality of the disease since the nation’s last confirmed outbreak of the disease ended in 2023.
Read MoreThe central African nation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has recoiled from offensives conducted by Rwandan-backed rebel groups, resulting in an ever-increasing death toll and a humanitarian crisis sure to affect the entirety of the country.
Read MoreAs of January 29, the military governments of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger announced that they have officially left the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). According to The New York Times, tensions between the three countries and ECOWAS began in 2023 after Nigerien officers overthrew the civilian government in a military coup. This followed a 2021 coup in Mali and a 2022 coup in Burkina Faso.
Read MoreThe complexity of Sudan’s civil conflict, driven by entrenched grievances among the warring parties, religious divisions, ethnic struggles, competition for oil, and mistrust, lead the country to have a steep uphill climb to peace. The implementation and maintenance of peace have been impeded by breaches, insufficient monitoring systems, and conflicting interests among involved parties.
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The United States stands as the largest contributor to NATO and its military capabilities, with the US Air Base 201 in Niger being one among many in Africa which support the country and its allies’ continental security interests.
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The leaders of Africa are following a similar pattern of greed and annihilation that the colonizers left behind, affecting the region and its people.
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African states that are ruptured by ethnic conflict and ideological differences, among many other factors, have continuously proven incapable of developing strengthened and fortified democratic institutions.
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine sent economic shockwaves across the world, affecting the production of economic staples such as wheat and nickel and putting significant strain on the global supply chain, reports CNBC. The energy market is one of the most significantly affected industries, and the strain impacts far more than the West. Africa is beginning to feel the brunt of this crisis.
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