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Articles by Rebecca Rattner
Civil society should anchor Biden’s democracy agenda in Africa
Joe Biden has laid out a clear vision for a new foreign policy committed to reestablishing American leadership and reinitiating the push for global democracy.
Africa: Covid-19 Is Hitting Africa's Elite, and That's Bad News for Stability
Globally, leaders in at least 26% of countries have been infected by Covid-19. But in sub-Saharan Africa, that number is 67%. And while there have been few fatalities among elites outside Africa, political leaders in the quarter of sub-Saharan states have already died from the virus. Africa is hitting new milestones. Unfortunately, they are not good ones. This weekend, South Africa surpassed half-a-million confirmed Covid-19 cases, and the number for the continent is approaching one million.
OP-ED: Covid-19 is hitting Africa’s elite, and that’s bad news for stability
The late President of Burundi, Pierre Nkurunziza. (Photo: EPA / Lukas Lehmann) Globally, leaders in at least 26% of countries have been infected by Covid-19. But in sub-Saharan Africa, that number is 67%. And while there have been few fatalities among elites outside Africa, political leaders in the quarter of sub-Saharan states have already died from the virus. Africa is hitting new milestones. Unfortunately, they are not good ones.
OP-ED: New dawn or false sunrise in Burundi as new president is sworn in?
Burundi's new President Évariste Ndayishimiye. (Photo: Flickr / Cndd Fdd Abagumyabanga) After a fraught and chaotic political transition following the death of President Pierre Nkurunziza from suspected Covid-19, Burundi faces a critical moment. The question is, what will incoming president Évariste Ndayishimiye do with his presidential power? For the first time in 15 years, Burundi got a new president this week with the swearing-in of Évariste Ndayishimiye.
Sudan’s Smarest Girl: Tagwa al-Hum Faces Loss of Schooling in Blue Nile Refugee Camp
Tagwa al-Hum earned the highest marks on her country’s national exams—but fighting drove her family to a refugee camp with no secondary schooling. Rebecca Rattner reports from South Sudan on Tagwa’s hopes for her future and the bleak road ahead. On September 3, 2011, Tagwa Badredine Al-Hum’s family was celebrating a holiday near their hometown of Damazin, the capital of Blue Nile state in Sudan when airstrikes began to pound the city.
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