The Official Blog of Amb. David H. Shinn

  The Conversation published on 30 March 2026 a commentary titled " China Is Helping Build Africa's Cities, but Its Approach Sidel...

 The Africa Center for Strategic Studies published in December 2025 an infographic titled " Ten African Security Trends from 2025 in Gr...

 The Heritage Institute for Policy Studies published in December 2025 a study titled " Building Resilient Cities: Environmental Protect...

 The Heritage Institute for Policy Studies published in December 2023 a report titled " Somalia: Land Governance Review " by Surer...

 The Institut fur Auslandsbeziehungen published in 2023 a lengthy study titled " China's Institutionalised Cultural Presence in Afr...

 Refugees International published on 25 May 2023 a study titled " No Going Back: The New Urban Face of Internal Displacement in Somalia...

 The Rift Valley Institute published in 2022 a study titled " Commodified Cities: Urbanization and Public Goods in Somalia " by To...

 The Rift Valley Institute published 3 separate accounts for the causes of drought in Somali regions of the Horn of Africa. One is dated 1 A...

 Nigeria's The Guardian published on 17 May 2022 a press release titled " The Russia-Ukraine Conflict and Its Impact on the Infras...

 The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) posted on 18 August 2020 an interview by Judd Devermont, CSIS, with Biruk Terrefe...

Ethiopia Insight posted on 4 May 2020 a story titled " Amid Lockdown Fears, COVID-19 Threatens Ethiopia's Urban Poor " by Yar...

Forbes published on 31 October 2019 a commentary titled " Why China's Development Model Won't Work in Africa " by Wade Sh...

World Politics Review published on 17 July 2019 a commentary titled " How to Fix America's Absentee Diplomacy in Africa " by ...

The Brenthurst Foundation published in March 2019 a study titled " Hargeisa, Somaliland - Invisible City " by David Kilcullen, Uni...

Ethiopia Insight posted on 10 February 2019 a commentary titled " Let's End Finfinnee Saga, and Shoot for the Stars " by Olaa...

The National Intelligence Council published in February 2018 an analysis titled " Sub-Saharan Africa: Pitched Contests for Democratizat...

The Atlantic Council in Washington released on 7 September 2017 two issue briefs concerning possibilities for doing business in Africa, espe...

The Institute for Security Studies published in August 2017 a policy brief titled " African Futures: Key Trends to 2035 " by Julia...

The African Research Institute published on 30 June 2017 a study titled " Kenya Is Failing to Create Decent Jobs " by Kwame Owino,...

The Brenthurst Foundation published in 2017 a study titled " Mombasa: A City of Fragile Potential " by Wanjiku Mungai and Saul Mus...