May 24
Kenya: USTR Releases Summaries from U.S.-Kenya Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership Negotiations [press release]
State Department
Consistent with the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to the highest levels of transparency in trade agreement negotiations, the Office of the United States Trade… Read more »
East Africa: U,S. Announces U.S.$245 Million in Humanitarian Assistance to Sudan and Neighboring Countries [press release]
State Department
Last week the United States announced $245 million in additional support to the people of Sudan and neighboring countries experiencing the impacts of the ongoing humanitarian… Read more »
May 23
Sudan: Sporadic Shelling As U.S. Announces Aid
DW
Despite some fighting, Khartoum residents say the situation in the capital is relatively calm after a new truce took effect. Meanwhile, the US announced a new humanitarian aid… Read more »
West Africa: Military Leaders From Nigeria, Liberia, U.S., Others Meet to Strategize On Countering Terrorism
Premium Times
Countering violent extremist organizations, using best practices in Nigeria and West Africa, includes military leaders' collaboration. Read more »
Somalia: Spy Chief Visits U.S. for Talks With CIA, FBI and Pentagon Officials
Shabelle
The director of the National Intelligence and Security Agency [NISA] Mahad Salad is in the US on an official working visit, becoming his 1st since taking the powerful office last… Read more »
Somalia: U.S. Says Al-Shabaab Leader Injured in Airstrike in Somalia
VOA
An al-Shabab leader appears to have survived the latest United States military airstrike in Somalia, according to a spokesperson for U.S. Africa Command. Read more »
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Africa: Sister City Partnerships: Creating 500 New Sister Cities Throughout the African Continent Over the Next 5 Years
ACSUS
Cities worldwide are emerging as influential actors on the global stage, prompting local governments to enhance global competitiveness and responsiveness through sister-city… Read more »
Sudan: U.S. Secretary of State - 'Civilians Must Define Sudan's Path Forward'
Dabanga
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, has encouraged the warring Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to abide by the seven-day humanitarian ceasefire that took… Read more »
May 22
Somalia: U.S. Military Confirms Airstrike Against Al-Shabaab
VOA
The United States military has confirmed conducting a new airstrike against al-Shabab militants in the Middle Juba region of southern Somalia. Read more »
May 21
South Africa: Is U.S. Ambassador Reuben Brigety a Loose Cannon - Or a Consummate Professional? [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The loose cannon theory seems unlikely. For one thing, Brigety has not retracted anything he said last week. Or not publicly. If he apologised, it would seem he was doing so for… Read more »
May 20
Sudan: Agreement on a Short-Term Ceasefire and Humanitarian Arrangements in Sudan [announcement]
State Department
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States of America announce that on May 20, 2023, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, representatives of the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid… Read more »
May 19
Southern Africa: Zimbabwe's Woes Affecting Rest of Region - Chissano
allAfrica
The crisis in Zimbabwe is having “terrible consequences” for the whole of Southern Africa by delaying the building of roads, railways and power lines, says former… Read more »
Nigeria: U.S. Embassy in Nigeria - Two Employees Safe After Convoy Attack
VOA
Two U.S. mission employees missing since a Tuesday attack on a U.S. convoy in Nigeria's southeastern Anambra state, have been recovered alive and are under the protection of… Read more »
May 18
South Africa: Washington Sours On the ANC, Threatening Trade & Aid [analysis]
Daily Maverick
South Africa's ambassador to Washington, Nomaindia Mfeketo, has been missing in action for more than two months through this crisis. She is on sick leave. And the view in… Read more »
Africa: U.S. Laws to Promote Home-Grown Industries Will Hurt African Economies [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
The Biden administration has ratcheted up protectionism and industrial policy amid surging economic tensions with China. Legislation passed in 2022 unlocked hundreds of billions of… Read more »
South Africa: Lady R Saga Reveals a Ship of State Foundering in a Sea of Uncertainty and Ineptitude [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Wherever the truth lies in this sorry saga, what we have is a fundamental lack of transparency and trust between a government and its citizenry. We simply cannot believe what… Read more »
May 17
South Africa: Ever-Closer Ties With Russia Jeopardise Annual Exports to U.S. Under AGOA Deal [analysis]
Daily Maverick
South Africa exports an enormous amount of goods to the US annually - including vehicles, aluminium, chemicals, fruit, wine, ferroalloys, and even ice cream and edible ice. But now… Read more »
Liberia: Officials On High Alert as U.S. Imposes Restrictions On Nigerian Election Meddlers - Possible Premonition for Liberia
FrontPageAfrica
In December last year, there were high expectations that got many individuals, especially, officials of government sitting on the edge when they thought a new batch of sanctions… Read more »
Angola: First Angolan Ambassador to the United States Optimistic About Future
ANGOP
Angola's first ambassador to the United States of America, José Patrício, Wednesday was optimistic about the future deepening of relations between the two countries. Read more »
Liberia: Political Stakeholders On High Alert As U.S. Imposes Visa Restrictions On Nigerian Election Meddlers - a Possible Premonition for Liberia
FrontPageAfrica
In December last year, there were high expectations that got many individuals, especially, officials of government sitting on the edge when they thought a new batch of sanctions… Read more »
Liberia: Adama Dempster Discusses War Crimes Issues With U.S. Ambassador On War Crimes in the Us
FrontPageAfrica
The US Ambassador on Global Criminal Justice recently met with Adama Dempster of the CSO Platform in collaboration with Human Rights Watch and the Center for Justice and… Read more »
Kenya: American Firm to Pilot Hydrogen-Electric Delivery Trucks in Nairobi
Capital FM
Ronn, an American firm that builds clean vehicle solutions, is in talks with a Nairobi group to pilot a hydrogen electric delivery truck. Read more »
Kenya: Canada Refutes Claims of Employment Deal With Kenya
Capital FM
Canada has refuted recent reports regarding an employment deal with Kenya that would allow Kenyans to travel to the North American country. Read more »
Rwanda: Rwanda Woos Canadian Tourists
New Times
This week, the Rwandan Embassy in Canada together with Rwanda Development Board (RDB) organised the first-ever tourism roadshows in the North American country. Read more »
Kenya: Canada Dismisses Mutua's Tweet on Employment Opportunities for Kenyans
Capital FM
Canada has dismissed a tweet by Kenya's Foreign Affairs CS Alfred Mutua that there are massive employment opportunities for Kenyans in the north American country. Read more »
May 16
South Africa: Facing Reality On South Africa [blog]
CFR
Walking on eggshells with South Africa only obscures an increasingly discordant U.S.-South Africa relationship. Read more »