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The Center for International Policy expresses its grief over the continued deaths of black people in America at the hands of police and white vigilantes. We stand in solidarity with the countless protesters who have taken to the streets to demand justice for all of those who suffer from the structural and institutionalized racism of this country.

This edition's table of the week illustrates the top 10 African countries with the highest cases of COVID-19 while the monitor as a whole presents an aggregation of current continent wide stories, a list of upcoming events, and more.

This report finds that the Trump administration made at least $85.1 billion arms sales offers in 2019, the highest level since it took office in 2017. Because of a lack of full transparency on the value of Direct Commercial Sales licensed by the State Department, the $85.1 billion figure is a conservative estimate. Over the first three years of the Trump administration, the U.S. made arms offers worth over $240 billion – nearly a quarter of a trillion dollars. The report presents recommendations based on these findings.

This edition's featured story discusses COVID-19 in Africa and its table of the week illustrates African countries with the highest number of COVID-19 cases while the monitor as a whole presents an aggregation of current continent wide stories, a list of upcoming events, and more.

In June 2017, member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) severed diplomatic ties and blockaded Qatar, citing the country's ties to terrorist organizations. This damaged Qatari-U.S. relations, but only ten months after the blockade began, Trump met with the Emir of Qatar in the Oval Office.
This report investigates the Qatar Lobby and the work that it did in those ten months between 2017-2018 to mend its relationship with the U.S.

This edition's featured story discusses COVID-19 in Africa and its table of the week illustrates African countries with the highest number of COVID-19 cases while the monitor as a whole presents an aggregation of current continent wide stories, a list of upcoming events, and more.

Coauthors Seth Binder of POMED and William D. Hartung of CIP call for a revamp of U.S. security assistance to Egypt—including a reduction in U.S. military aid.

This edition's featured story argues that the U.S. response to COVID-19 within Africa is incoherent and its table of the week provides a breakdown of COVID-19 cases by region while the monitor as a whole presents an aggregation of current continent wide stories, a list of upcoming events, and more.

This edition's featured story debates eases vs extending COVID-19 restrictions within Africa while the monitor as a whole presents an aggregation of current continent wide stories, a list of upcoming events, and more.

This edition's featured story discusses a future Africa possibly faces as the worst of COVID-19 is yet to come while the monitor as a whole presents an aggregation of current continent wide stories, a list of upcoming events, and more.