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Hafed Al-Ghwell

Hafed Al-Ghwell is a Senior Fellow and Executive Director of the North Africa Initiative (IKSI) at the Foreign Policy Institute (FPI) of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington DC and the former Advisor to the Dean of the Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank Group. 

Twitter: @HafedAlGhwell

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A chronicle of collapse and international neglect in Sudan

Two years into a war that has gutted a nation and scattered its people across borders, Sudan has become the scene of the world’s largest humanitarian crisis — and perhaps its most ignored.

May 03, 2025

Africa and the path to self-reliance

For decades after gaining independence, many African nations subsisted on a development model dependent on foreign aid and external support despite mixed results. Aid inflows might have helped build schools and clinics, but they also fostered a culture of dependence and complacency.

April 26, 2025

How North Africa is asserting itself in a changing world

From Rabat to Cairo, governments in North Africa are shedding old dependencies and embracing new approaches to foreign policy, rapidly redefining their place in the world in the process.

April 05, 2025

Water scarcity and the fracturing of North Africa’s future

Across sun-scorched North Africa, water is much more than simply a basic resource. It is a strategic lifeline that underpins societies and the stability of states.

March 22, 2025

How can North Africa harness its ‘green dividend?’

The sunbaked deserts and wind-swept coasts of North Africa could power not just the region but much of Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa as well, offering a blueprint for energy resilience in an era of climate disruption.

March 15, 2025