John Campbell

Africa in Transition

Campbell tracks political and security developments across sub-Saharan Africa.

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Guest Post: Why the New Plan for Somalia Will Fail

by John Campbell
Somalia's President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed (L) and Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali attend the Somalia Conference at Lancaster House in London February 23, 2012. (Matt Dunham/Courtesy Reuters) Somalia's President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed (L) and Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali attend the Somalia Conference at Lancaster House in London February 23, 2012. (Matt Dunham/Courtesy Reuters)

This is a guest post by Nic Cheeseman. A version of this article originally appeared on the blog Democracy in Africa. Nic Cheeseman is a university lecturer in African politics and the Hugh Price Fellow of Jesus College at University of Oxford. Read more »

Fighting Somalia Piracy Onshore and Off

by John Campbell

 

Members of a visit, board, search and seizure team made up of U.S. Navy sailors and Coast Guard guardsmen from the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg and U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team South, approach a suspected pirate mothership in the Gulf of Aden, May 13, 2009. (Ho New/Courtesy Reuters)

This is a guest post from Michael Baker, the U.S. defense and naval attaché (designate) to Madagascar, and a former CFR fellow. The views expressed are his own.

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