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Fatoumata Nafo

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Fatoumata Nafo, Chair of the Board of the Foundation for Health and Environment in Mali, is a former executive director of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership and a former regional director of Africa at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

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  1. How Africa’s Local Knowledge Can Address Global Crises
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    How Africa’s Local Knowledge Can Address Global Crises

    May 26, 2022 Fatoumata Nafo shows why policymakers should heed community concerns when addressing major challenges such as climate change.

  2. Three Humanitarian Challenges for Africa in 2018
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    Three Humanitarian Challenges for Africa in 2018

    Feb 14, 2018 Fatoumata Nafo says breaking the continent's cycle of suffering will require new investments and grassroots solutions.

  3. Empowering Africa’s Humanitarians
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    Empowering Africa’s Humanitarians

    Aug 3, 2017 Fatoumata Nafo urges the global community to overhaul aid delivery to the continent’s most vulnerable people.

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    Europe’s Independence Day

    Mark Leonard

    Incoming Germany Chancellor Friedrich Merz is an unlikely candidate to lead a decisive break with the United States. But an erstwhile über-Atlanticist and fiscal conservative might be the only German politician who can credibly bury the country's economically disastrous "debt brake" and pave the way for a truly independent Europe.

     asks how Germany's incoming chancellor can ensure the continent's defense – not least against the US.
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    What European Security Requires

    Laurence Tubiana warns EU leaders not to go soft on decarbonization in the name of defense or stability.
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    The Sahel’s Dangerous Downward Spiral

    Jaynisha Patel calls for renewed regional cooperation, backed by partnerships with outside actors, to stabilize the region.
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    Building the Next Generation of Public Institutions

    Geoff Mulgan touts new thinking about how to design agile, flexible, and trustworthy governance mechanisms.
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    Trump the Capitulator

    Carl Bildt considers the broader implications of America's betrayal of Ukraine to appease the Kremlin.
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    What Should Be on the Global Financial Agenda?

    José Antonio Ocampo offers a roadmap for this year's global conferences on “financing for development.”
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    Austerity Is Back – and More Dangerous Than Ever

    Mark Blyth explains how an old orthodoxy is being put to more openly political and redistributive uses.
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    Ian Buruma on Gaza, Trump, authoritarianism, and more

    Ian Buruma says there is no chance US democracy will emerge from Donald Trump’s second administration unscathed, explains why the left is losing the culture war in the US and Europe, touts the enduring importance of the humanities, and more.
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    Europe Is Only as Weak as It Thinks It Is

    Sławomir Sierakowski thinks the rupture with the US has given Europeans what they most need – a reason to get their act together.

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