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Former CIA Analyst Now Top U.S. Africa Official at State; Dealmaking Dominates as Conflic...

Former CIA Analyst Now Top U.S. Africa Official at State; Dealmaking Dominates as Conflic...

AllAfrica — The Africa Bureau at the State Department has a new top official, Nick Checker. Unlike his recent predecessors who were career diplomats, he has been at State for only four months, having served for the previous decade as a military analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
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Sudan Diplomacy Snarled as UAE Arms Fuel Genocidal Brutality in Darfur

Sudan Diplomacy Snarled as UAE Arms Fuel Genocidal Brutality in Darfur

AllAfrica — "No one can say they didn't know."
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Trump Will Change U.S.-Africa Ties - How Much and How Fast?

Trump Will Change U.S.-Africa Ties - How Much and How Fast?

AllAfrica — "Africa can expect substantial changes from the United States over the next four years," Rama Yade, director of the Atlantic Council's Africa Center, wrote in a pre-Inauguration analysis. While Donald Trump in his first term pursued an "America first" foreign policy, as he has committed to do again, the "new centrality" that Africa enjoys on the world stage will necessitate adaptations to the U.S.
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Lifetime Achievement Awards for Trailblazing Couple in African Journalism - Tami Hultman and Reed...

Lifetime Achievement Awards for Trailblazing Couple in African Journalism - Tami Hultman and Reed...

AllAfrica — Two co-founders of AllAfrica Global Media - Dr. Tami Hultman and Reed Kramer - were honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards during the 2024 African Media Leaders Summit in Nairobi, Kenya in May.
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Remembering the Legacy of Malaria-Fighting Trailblazer Kent Campbell

Remembering the Legacy of Malaria-Fighting Trailblazer Kent Campbell

AllAfrica — Opinion - Carlos 'Kent' Campbell, a respected public health physician and global health champion who died on February 20, 2024, is being celebrated by colleagues and coworkers for his pivotal role in fight to eliminate malaria in Africa.
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Why to Do Business Here - Mauritius Financial Services Minister

Why to Do Business Here - Mauritius Financial Services Minister

AllAfrica — Interview - Mauritius, the Indian Ocean island-nation located off the southeast coast of continental Africa - known for powder-white beaches and luxury tourist attractions - has one of Africa's strongest economies. The World Bank ranks the country of 1.2 million people, with a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of nearly $13 billion, as upper-middle-income.
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What's on the Agenda for the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit?

What's on the Agenda for the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit?

AllAfrica — Interview - Dana Banks, Senior Advisor at the White House for the U.S.Africa Leaders Summit , spoke with AllAfrica's Reed Kramer about the administration's preparations for the gathering.
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Seize this Moment for Africa to Model Net-Zero Development - AFC's Samaila Zubairu

Seize this Moment for Africa to Model Net-Zero Development - AFC's Samaila Zubairu

AllAfrica — Interview - "We need to seize the moment," says Africa Finance Corporation CEO Samaila Zubairu, who believes "Africa has the chance to turn things around." The AFC - with its focus on mobilizing private sector-led infrastructure investment needed to drive the continent's economic growth - is a profitable 15-year-old institution active across the continent and prioritizing net zero initiatives.
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Blinken to Visit South Africa, DR Congo and Rwanda

Blinken to Visit South Africa, DR Congo and Rwanda

AllAfrica — U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to three African countries from August 7 to 12 with visits to South Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda. These stops will follow visits to Cambodia and the Philippines beginning August 2.
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U.S. Senate Committee Hears from Six Nominees for Key Africa Ambassadorial Posts

U.S. Senate Committee Hears from Six Nominees for Key Africa Ambassadorial Posts

AllAfrica — The U.S. Senate moved a bit closer to confirmation of President Biden's nominees for six key ambassadorial posts in Africa with a hearing on Tuesday. [ Watch] The three political nominees who testified during the first panel convened by the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy include Dr. Reuben E.
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IMF Pledges Support for Countries Threatened Economically by Ukraine War

IMF Pledges Support for Countries Threatened Economically by Ukraine War

AllAfrica — African economies, already battling to recover from a Covid-induced recession, face major obstacles as they manage "spillover" effects from the war in Ukraine, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told a media roundtable with global reporters on Thursday (March 10, 2022).
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Africa: Democracy Spotlighted at Biden Summit - Who's There and Who's Not from Africa?

Africa: Democracy Spotlighted at Biden Summit - Who's There and Who's Not from Africa?

AllAfrica — Leaders from 17 African nations will this week join a 'Summit for Democracy' organized by an American administration clearly aware that the United States is itself under scrutiny over its own commitment to the democratic process.
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Newly Confirmed UN Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield Among Top Africa Experts in Biden-Harris ...

Newly Confirmed UN Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield Among Top Africa Experts in Biden-Harris ...

AllAfrica — The U.S. Senate has voted to confirm Linda Thomas-Greenfield as United States ambassador to the United Nations. The vote was 78-20. The veteran diplomat is the Cabinet-level member of the Biden-Harris team with the most extensive Africa resume. Her 35-year career in the foreign service includes tours as assistant secretary for Africa and U.S.
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Outgoing U.S State Department's Top Africa Official Cites 'Significant' Achievements

Outgoing U.S State Department's Top Africa Official Cites 'Significant' Achievements

AllAfrica — At the end of his tenure as the top Africa policymaker in the State Department, Assistant Secretary Tibor Nagy says the legacy of the outgoing administration includes a number of 'concrete achievements' that have strengthened U.S. ties to Africa.
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Do Africa Experts on Biden-Harris Transition Team Signal Policy Direction?

Do Africa Experts on Biden-Harris Transition Team Signal Policy Direction?

AllAfrica — Africa experts have leading roles on incoming U.S. administration's transition team; South Africa's Ramaphosa among world leaders who have spoken with the President-Elect.
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Stripe Acquisition of Paystack Could Spur More Tech Deals

Stripe Acquisition of Paystack Could Spur More Tech Deals

AllAfrica — The fast-growing San Francisco-based payment processing company Stripe is buying Nigeria's Paystack, a leading African fintech firm, in an acquisition that signals growing interest in Africa's tech startups.
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What Would a President Biden Do About Africa?

What Would a President Biden Do About Africa?

AllAfrica — Repairing U.S. relations with key African countries must be a priority for the next administration, if Joseph Biden wins the November election, senior Democrats said during an online fundraiser last week.
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Pompeo - No Drop in U.S. Africa Funding, Says WHO Under Review, Blasts China on Debt

Pompeo - No Drop in U.S. Africa Funding, Says WHO Under Review, Blasts China on Debt

AllAfrica — The decision by President Trump to end U.S. funding for the World Health Organization (WHO) will not diminish U.S. support for health across Africa, including efforts to combat Covid-19, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told a telephonic media roundtable on Monday.
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U.S. Military in Africa Under Spotlight

U.S. Military in Africa Under Spotlight

AllAfrica — Washington, DC - Amid rising attacks by Islamic supremacists, the American military presence in Africa has come under scrutiny in U.S. policy circles, as well as among African analysts. Some two-thirds of the approximately 6,000 U.S. troops in Africa are stationed at Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti City.
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Hamba Kahle, Jennifer Davis (1933-2019)

Hamba Kahle, Jennifer Davis (1933-2019)

AllAfrica — Jennifer Davis, stalwart champion of majority rule in South Africa and leader in the anti-apartheid movement in the United States, died on October 15 in Montclair, NJ, surrounded by her family. She was 85. Her love, curiosity, honesty, and insistent focus on building movements to fight for social justice influenced and inspired countless activists and organizers.
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African In Top Spot At UN Gathering of World Leaders

African In Top Spot At UN Gathering of World Leaders

AllAfrica — A veteran African diplomat is taking center stage this week at the United Nations as the 74th session of the General Assembly (UNGA) gets underway. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, a former university head and Nigeria's UN ambassador, began a one-year tenure as UNGA president on Monday.
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U.S. Envoys Assume Key Africa Posts - But Not South Africa

U.S. Envoys Assume Key Africa Posts - But Not South Africa

AllAfrica — Washington, DC - Career U.S. ambassadors are taking up key diplomatic assignments across Africa following confirmation by the Senate earlier this month. These include envoys to Nigeria, Egypt, Libya, Cote d'Ivoire and the African Union, as well as Malawi and Cape Verde. There is also a new official in charge of Africa policy in the White House.
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Tributes for Dumisani Kumalo - From Anti-Apartheid Campaigner to Influential Diplom...

Tributes for Dumisani Kumalo - From Anti-Apartheid Campaigner to Influential Diplom...

AllAfrica — Dumisani Kumalo, a leading anti-apartheid organizer in the United States who later served for a decade as South African ambassador to the United Nations, died on Sunday evening after a lengthy illness. "He was a major and defining force in the divestment movements," his long-time friend and author, Stephanie Urdang, wrote on the ' R emembering Dumisani Kumalo ' page on Facebook.
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