Chatham House Africa Programme

17/06/2026

📣 22 June at 17.00 BST | Leaders of the world’s foremost climate conference – Negusu Aklilu (CEO, Presidency Secretariat Office), André Ar**ha Corrêa do Lago ( President) and Murat Kurum ( President) – set out how environmental diplomacy can still deliver:

Leaders of the world’s foremost climate conference - COP - set out how environmental diplomacy can still deliver.

17/06/2026

🎙️ | In recent years, ’s role in the international community has expanded. External actors also have a stake in Somalia’s political trajectory.

Aweis Ahmed discusses who he sees as the best actors to contribute to the ongoing dialogue on : https://www.chathamhouse.org/2026/06/africa-aware-navigating-somalias-political-stalemate?utm_medium=organic-social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=afr

17/06/2026

🗨️ Our mutual aid model works in ’s warzone – it’s the future, writes Emergency Response Rooms (ERR) volunteer Alsanosi Adam.

The ERRs received the 2025 Chatham House Prize for their vital humanitarian assistance to millions of Sudanese.

The grassroots movement received the 2025 Chatham House Prize for its humanitarian assistance to millions of Sudanese in the civil war. NGOs and international funders need to adapt to its innovative approach, writes ERR volunteer Alsanosi Adam.

16/06/2026

📣 Today at 16.00 BST | How might an African credit rating agency improve the continent's financing conditions? — in collaboration with Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

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16/06/2026

📣 Chatham House Africa Programme researchers are attending in Lubumbashi!

Join our technical workshop in partnership with Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and UNDP Africa on 18 June at 15.05 CAT ↓

16/06/2026

🇰🇪 | Though Kenya has attended three G7 summits since 2017, its presence this year has been spotlighted by South Africa’s reported exclusion following US pressure.

Read Fergus Kell’s latest on Kenya’s chance to speak up on global economic imbalances for Chatham House:

Kenya has felt the pressures of costly debt, risk-averse Western investment and China’s industrial dominance. The G7 summit on global economic imbalances is a chance to speak up.

15/06/2026

📣16 June at 16.00 BST | This panel discussion, held in collaboration with Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, will assess the potential impact of an African credit rating agency on reducing borrowing costs and lowering barriers to financing for African countries.

🔗Register: https://www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/standard-event/how-might-african-credit-rating-agency-improve-continents-financing-0?utm_medium=organic-social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=afr

15/06/2026

🎙️ | faces a political impasse that threatens to deepen political fragmentation.

Professor Afyare Abdi Elmi discusses how this current stalemate compares to past election crises on : https://www.chathamhouse.org/2026/06/africa-aware-navigating-somalias-political-stalemate?utm_medium=organic-social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=afr

11/06/2026

🇰🇪 | Kenya has felt the pressures of costly debt, risk-averse Western investment and China’s industrial dominance. The G7 summit on global economic imbalances is a chance to speak up, writes Chatham House’s Fergus Kell in his latest expert comment:

11/06/2026

🎙️| 15 May 2026 marked the official end of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s term; yet no election date was set for ’s next political transition.

Professor Afyare Abdi Elmi and Aweis Ahmed discuss the country’s political impasse and pathways for a peaceful political transition on : https://pod.link/1551785390/episode/MzNlYjA2YTEtMGJiZi00NWE5LTg0ZjAtYjI5YTI1NGZhZGEw