The competition for influence will shape the continent’s future. Will the U.S. join?

“When Africa succeeds, the United States succeeds,” Biden said Wednesday in a keynote address to the gathering. “Quite frankly, the whole world succeeds as well.” But in this “new ...

The experiment with formally independent capitalist states over the past six decades has paved the way for a new Scramble for Africa as part of a re-division of the whole world between the ...

US President Biden hosted an Africa summit, promising billions of dollars in aid, in a move seen as dissuading African nations from joining hands with China. Given the scramble for military bases ...

"Scramble for Africa" historically refers to the late 19th and early 20th centuries when European powers colonised and divided the African continent, seeking political, economic, and strategic ...

The Gulf’s scramble for Africa promises great economic benefits, but also threatens to fuel horrific wars. Gulf influence stems from cash. In November Saudi Arabia held its first Africa summit ...

The vehicle for Belgium’s entry into the Scramble for Africa was the International African Association. The organization’s name suggested a charitable purpose, but Leopold instead went on to ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. If a section of the Western media is to be believed, ongoing great power ...

Scramble for Africa” historically refers to the late 19th and early 20th centuries when European powers colonised and divided the African continent, seeking political, economic, and strategic ...

This is known as the ‘Scramble for Africa’. We can still see the impact of the ‘Scramble for Africa’ today, in the languages spoken in former African colonies, how their governments work ...

Over the past few years, Africa has increasingly become one of the stages for geo-economic competition among major economic blocs. Some analysts described this phenomenon as a “new scramble for ...