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Can Congress Finally Defund Deportations? Decoding a Looming Power Struggle.
An analysis of a doctrine put to its first true endurance test.
South Africa and Rwanda exclusion confirmed, effective January 1, 2027.
Africa is, more than ever, at the very center of the global geopolitical chessboard. Amid diplomatic overtures, promises of massive investments, and strategic agreements, the United States is accelerating its offensive across the continent. While the Trump administration showed limited interest in Africa during its first term, the continent is now fully integrated into the "America First" strategy—a cornerstone of this second term.
This new approach is unfolding across all fronts, led by three primary areas: migration management, global health, and the battle for resources. These key pillars constitute the sub-themes around which the discussions of January 2027 will center.
This coming January 2027, Alterna will host its conference dedicated to the renewed focus on Africa under the second term of the Trump administration. The discussions will center on three major pillars, which are the cornerstones of current U.S. policy in Africa: the offshoring of U.S. migration flows to Africa, the race for critical minerals in the face of Chinese ambitions, and bilateral health agreements with several nations across the continent following the United States' withdrawal from multilateral bodies.
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In partnership with Gondwana Lab, a pan-African firm specializing in polling, statistics, and macroeconomic research, Alterna produces and publishes in-depth analyses on the impact of public policies on African state budgets and GDP.
The upcoming publications for the new term will highlight two strategic issues: an assessment of the economic returns of the "zero-visa" policy (April), as well as an exclusive study on untapped tax revenue opportunities in the tobacco sector (May).
While the public health toll of tobacco consumption is increasingly alarming, tobacco prices in Africa remain broadly affordable to the general public. This mismatch places a heavy burden on national healthcare spending, without current tax revenues (excise duties) being sufficient to offset these costs.
With legislative budget sessions approaching across several African nations, this macroeconomic analysis provides lawmakers with critical insights to rethink sectoral taxation, maximize public revenues, and sustainably finance the continent's development.
At a time when major contemporary challenges know no borders, relations between Africa and the West are still, unfortunately too often, defined through the prism of the past. With traditional institutions offering far too little space to younger generations, Alterna has established the "Interspheres" program, envisioned as a platform for peer-to-peer dialogue between open-minded generations from the North and South. This initiative enables young people to share their realities, aspirations, and solutions; and to drive change by translating their collaborative insights into actionable recommendations for political and civil society decision-makers across both continents.
Youth from the North and South alike, your voice matters! Together, let us stop enduring the global agenda—let us write it!
Our "Special Editions" are Alterna’s non-academic publications connected to each month’s designated theme. For the July release, these publications will examine child labor in African critical mineral mining sites. Across Sub-Saharan Africa, child labor impacts almost every mining site. Integrating this reality into our assessment of the Vault Project is, in our view, an essential necessity. To support efforts against this crisis, Alterna is leveraging cultural engagement by publishing two advocacy titles: a novel and, fittingly for children, a graphic novel.
