Lisa Musumba

🎙️| Can minerals buy peace in the #DRC? @jdlzw and @christiangeraud join @dideberg and @LisaMusumba on #AfricaAware to discuss how the short and long-term implications of the DRC’s pivot to the US are affecting its strategic autonomy, mining sovereignty, and what it means for President Tshisekedi’s political options ↓ Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/chathamhouse/c… Apple Podcasts: apple.co/4t2Mb4K Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7kdJpx…

This week Chatham House awarded the 2025 Chatham House Prize to the Emergency Response Rooms organisation in Sudan. Watch the acceptance speech by representatives of the Emergency Response Rooms and their dedication of the prize to the people of Sudan⤵️

Happening now. The Emergency Response Rooms have been awarded the 2025 Chatham House Prize, in recognition of their crucial role in delivering humanitarian assistance during the ongoing war in Sudan. Find out more➡️bit.ly/48c1vE6

📣 Meet the speakers | Join us as #Sudan’s grassroots mutual aid groups, the Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs) accept the @ChathamHouse Prize in recognition of their crucial role in delivering humanitarian assistance during the ongoing war in Sudan. Watch: chathamhouse.org/events/all/sta…

🚨 Applications for the 2026-2027 @ChathamHouse Academy Fellowships are now open! The Mo Ibrahim Foundation Academy Fellowship (open to African citizens/dual citizens) offers the chance to spend 10 months developing your own research project. careers.chathamhouse.org/jobs/7401384-2…

🇬🇭🇳🇬 | This week, HE @S_OkudzetoAblak and HE Amb @YusufTuggar joined @MartineDennis at @ChathamHouse to explore strategies for rebuilding regional order in #WestAfrica and security in the #Sahel. Read about the event: chathamhouse.org/2026/03/nigeri… Watch the event: chathamhouse.org/events/all/sta… #CHAfrica | @GhanaMFA | @NigeriaMFA

🎙️| Africa's digital landscape is one of the most dynamic and rapidly evolving in the world. @pthigo and @neemalugangira join @Nnenna_I_Ajufo and @LisaMusumba on #AfricaAware to discuss how digitalization can turn innovation into sustainable development outcomes ↓ Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/chathamhouse/a… Apple Podcasts: apple.co/4u9CMK9 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0mR9YE…

📣 Event on 9 March | HE Dr @MusaliaMudavadi EGH joins @ChathamHouse’s @tighistiamare to reflect Kenya’s role and its positioning within a rapidly changing and geopolitically complex international context. 🔗Register: bit.ly/4kFj44J

📣 Event on 9 March | The foreign ministers of #Nigeria, #Ghana and #SierraLeone – HE Amb. @YusufTuggar, HE @S_OkudzetoAblak and HE @TimKabba – join @MartineDennis to explore strategies for rebuilding regional order and security in the Sahel. 🔗Register: bit.ly/4rSbl5r

🌐 | With waning international attention on Africa and shifting global priorities, Professor Carlos Lopes (@LopesInsights) how the AU can navigate through these changes on the latest #AfricaAware episode. Listen & subscribe: chathamhouse.org/2026/02/africa…

🎙️ 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 | 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗺 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝖠 𝗉𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗃𝗈𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖠𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖼𝖺 𝖠𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗉𝗈𝖽𝖼𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝖺𝗍 𝖢𝗁𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗆 𝖧𝗈𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖺 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗌𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗈𝗇 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮’𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 — 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗔𝗜. 𝖦𝗋𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖿𝗎𝗅 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝖽𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗒 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗿 𝗡𝗻𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗜𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗶-𝗔𝗷𝘂𝗳𝗼 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖺 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍𝖿𝗎𝗅 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖻𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖾𝗑𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾. 𝖨 𝖺𝗅𝗌𝗈 𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗎𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝖾𝗇𝗀𝖺𝗀𝖾 𝗛𝗼𝗻. 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗮 𝗟𝘂𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗮 — 𝗐𝗁𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗂𝗇𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖼𝖾𝖽 𝖺 𝗉𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗍 𝖨 𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗀𝗅𝗒: 𝖠𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖼𝖺 𝗆𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖺𝖼𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗀𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗀𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝖺𝗌 𝖺 𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗍𝖺𝗍𝗈𝗋, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖺𝗌 𝖺 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗉𝖾𝗋. 𝖠 𝖿𝖾𝗐 𝗋𝖾𝖿𝗅𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝖼𝗎𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇: - 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱 — 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄. 𝖨𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗀𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗀𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾, 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝖻𝗎𝗂𝗅𝖽 𝖿𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌, 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗅𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌. - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘂𝘀𝗲-𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 — 𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗀𝗋𝗂𝖼𝗎𝗅𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾, 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗍𝗁, 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗆𝖺𝗍𝖾, 𝗉𝗎𝖻𝗅𝗂𝖼 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝖾𝗒𝗈𝗇𝖽. 𝖡𝗎𝗍 𝗂𝗆𝗉𝖺𝖼𝗍 𝗋𝖾𝗊𝗎𝗂𝗋𝖾𝗌 𝗂𝗇𝗏𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖺𝖼𝗋𝗈𝗌𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗎𝗅𝗅 𝖠𝖨 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝖼𝗄: 𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗋𝗀𝗒, 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝗎𝗍𝖾, 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗇𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗍𝗒, 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝖾𝗇𝗍, 𝖽𝖺𝗍𝖺, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗇𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾. 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀 — 𝖠𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖼𝖺 𝗌𝗂𝗍𝗌 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗅 𝗆𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗅𝗌 𝗏𝖺𝗅𝗎𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗂𝗇. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗎𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝗂𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝖾𝗑𝗍𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗅𝗈𝗇𝖾, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗆𝗈𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗎𝗉 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗏𝖺𝗅𝗎𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖾𝗆𝖻𝖾𝖽𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗀𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗂𝗇𝖽𝗎𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖺𝗅 𝗉𝗈𝗅𝗂𝖼𝗒. 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗌𝖾𝗉𝖺𝗋𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝖾𝖼𝗁𝗇𝗈𝗅𝗈𝗀𝗒 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗀𝗒. 𝖥𝗂𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗅 𝗌𝗉𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝖽𝖾𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗆𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 𝖽𝗂𝗀𝗂𝗍𝖺𝗅 𝗌𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋𝖾𝗂𝗀𝗇𝗍𝗒. 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿. 𝖠𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖼𝖺 𝗆𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗉𝖾 𝗀𝗅𝗈𝖻𝖺𝗅 𝖠𝖨 𝗀𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗇𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾 — 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖻𝗎𝗍𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗇𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗅 𝗆𝗎𝗅𝗍𝗂𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗅 𝗈𝗋𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝖿𝗅𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝗍𝗈𝖽𝖺𝗒’𝗌 𝗍𝖾𝖼𝗁𝗇𝗈𝗅𝗈𝗀𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗅 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗂𝖾𝗌. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖠𝖨 𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗈𝗆𝗒 𝗂𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝖺𝗇 𝖨𝖢𝖳 𝗂𝗌𝗌𝗎𝖾. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. @ForeignOfficeKE @KenyaMissionUK @UKinKenya @MMakoloo @edwardabarnett @SingoeiAKorir @eelokaale @AminaJMohammed

🎙️| The African Union faces intensifying conflicts, fragile economic prospects, and strained political settlements across the continent – all against the backdrop of shifting global priorities and waning international attention on Africa. @LopesInsights reflects on the tests facing AU leadership and how Africa can navigate through changes in the global order on the #AfricaAware podcast ↓ Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/chathamhouse/c… Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/can… Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2c4COY…

🌍| The upcoming African Union summit is an opportunity for African leaders to reset the union’s role on Sudan and take decisive action to end the war, writes @HubertKinkoh in his latest @ChathamHouse expert comment. chathamhouse.org/2026/02/au-sum…

🎙️| Africa is projected to be the fastest-growing region globally in 2026. In practice, however, per capita growth is far lower and various factors like persistent debt issues and a decline in official development assistance jeopardise this positive outlook. @MOGinAfrica and Admassu Tadesse discuss strategies for sustained economic growth and the role of regional financial institutions supporting countries shaping their development agendas on the latest #AfricaAware episode ↓ Soundcloud: on.soundcloud.com/X7JRSWTHosu2qb… Apple Podcasts: apple.co/4afGDfl Spotify: sptfy.in/7gsu

🇸🇩 | We were delighted to welcome Dr Abdalla Hamdok (@SudanPMHamdok) and representatives from the Civil Democratic Alliance for Revolutionary Forces (Somoud) to @ChathamHouse to discuss their plan for pursuing peace in Sudan and efforts to strengthen civilian collaboration to achieve this. Our extensive work on Sudan explores the underlying drivers of the ongoing war, sustained efforts towards peace, and the longer-term political and governance transition. Read more: linktr.ee/CHAfrica

🇳🇬 On Christmas Day 2025, Trump announced US strikes in Nigeria, citing claims of Islamist violence against Christians. Despite this, Abuja has skilfully maintained good relations with Washington. Read Matthew Page’s @ChathamHouse analysis: chathamhouse.org/2026/01/how-ni…

🌍As external attention fragments and tolerance for instability rises, #Africa can no longer rely on episodic international engagement to safeguard peace, democracy and economic resilience. — @tighistiamare for @ChathamHouse chathamhouse.org/2026/01/africa…

🇸🇩The war in #Sudan has created the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, and the two main warring parties – the Sudanese Armed Forces (#SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (#RSF) – fund their war efforts through gold trade. @ChathamHouse’s @AhmedSolHoA explains these trade networks in this @AJEnglish video explainer: youtube.com/watch?v=ZaQnaF… Read the @ChathamHouse paper for @XCEPT_Research on #SudanGold: chathamhouse.org/2025/03/gold-a… @CH_MENAP

📌Africa’s rising influence: Advancing agency in foreign policy and global governance → Read the conference summary: chathamhouse.soutron.net/portal/Public/… → Watch the conference recordings: youtube.com/playlist?list=… @ChathamHouse | @africa_amani | @UNDPAfrica | #AfricanAgency #AfricaRising

🇪🇹🇪🇷 Amid rising tensions over #Tigray and Ethiopia’s pursuit of #RedSea access, de-escalation is needed to prevent #Ethiopia and #Eritrea from going to war. Read the latest @ChathamHouse expert comment from @AhmedSolHoA and @Abele_a: chathamhouse.org/2025/11/de-esc…