Top Priorities for Africa in 2015

The Brookings Institution published in January 2015 its annual "Foresight Africa: Top Priorities for the Continent in 2015."  The document contains brief analyses on the following topics:

--The 2015 Presidential Elections in Nigeria: The Issues and Challenges.
--The Sixth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation: New Agenda and New Approach?
--How the West Can Do More Militarily in Africa.
--Africa Looks Forward to the Post-2015 Development Agenda.
--2015: A Crucial Year for Financing Development in Africa.
--An African Union for an Emerging Continent: Reforms to Increase Effectiveness.
--Fighting Ebola: A Strategy for Action.
--2015: A Pivotal Year for Obama's Africa Legacy.
--African Elections in 2015: A Snapshot for Cote d'Ivoire, Tanzania, Burkina Faso and Sudan. 

China's New Leaders and Africa

The Brookings Institution published a brief analysis in January 2013 titled "China's New Leadership and Sino-Africa Relations."  The authors are all associated with the Africa Growth Initiative: Yun Sun, visiting fellow; Julius Agbor, Africa research fellow; and Jessica Smith, research assistant.

The analysis concludes it is highly unlikely that China's new leadership will pursue any major policy change toward Africa.