China was the elephant in the room as the Biden administration sought to regain trust among African leaders gathered in Washington this week. Analysts saw the US make some progress. “The United States is all in on Africa’s future,” US President Joe Biden told African heads of state at the US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington […]
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Tunis/Tunisia — “It is time to clear the debts accumulated for decades and to work on recovering the stolen funds, since it is a right stolen from many African peoples, including the Tunisian people,” President of the Republic Kais Saied pleaded from Washington, as he takes part in the second session of the U.S.-Africa Leaders […]
President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Washington DC asserted that Nigeria remains the best destination for American investors to put their money. According to the President, aside the population advantage in size and demography, various incentives and policies emplaced by the Nigerian Government make it a destination of choice for investment. Speaking at the US-Nigeria Business […]
Washington, DC — This week, I joined President Joe Biden in inviting leaders from across the African continent to Washington, DC from December 13-15, 2022 for the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. President Biden believes U.S. collaboration with African leaders, as well as civil society, business, diaspora, women, and youth leaders, is essential to unlocking the potential […]
Washington, DC — At the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, held from December 13-15, 2022 in Washington DC, President Biden reaffirmed the United States’ commitment to deepen and expand our partnership with African countries to better meet the shared challenges and opportunities of our era. The Summit reaffirmed our resolve to work collaboratively with African governments, businesses, […]
Washington, DC — THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome. It is my great honor to convene this group. Needless to say, I think it has been clear over the last couple of days that our administration strongly believes African leadership in multilateral institutions is essential to address global challenges and within multilateral institutions. […]
As the U.S.-Africa Summit gets underway, here are some concrete, cost-free steps the U.S. can take to help poorer countries suffering the effects of pollution by wealthier countries. The climate summit in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt last month approved a fund to compensate the most vulnerable countries for “loss and damage” they have suffered due […]
Washington, DC — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much for what has been, from our perspective, a very good conference so far. And we’re about at the end. You must be still exhausted from having not caught up on your sleep. But — I was going to say “good afternoon.” It’s almost “good evening.” […]
Washington, DC — On behalf of the family of Patricia Baine, and the Board of Directors of The Africa Society, we are grateful for the outpouring of love, respect and sympathy that has been received from people throughout the United States, Africa and around the world response to her passing on December 10, 2022. We […]
Washington DC — United States President Joe Biden has called on six African leaders, including President George Weah, to ensure peaceful, free, fair, and transparent elections in their respective countries come 2023. The U.S. president made the call at a private meeting attended by his top advisors, with President Weah and his counterparts at the […]
Monrovia — Beth Van Schaack, U.S. Ambassador-At-Large for Global Criminal Justice has warned that impunity for past and current crimes remains high in Liberia. Ambassador Schaack says this weakens the country’s peace. “Liberia faces many challenges when it comes to justice and accountability,” says Schaack in an open letter to Liberians seen by FPA/NN. “Not […]
The odds of global recession are increasing as the Ukraine war escalates. A collapse in one region will augment the odds of collapse in the others. The World Bank’s comprehensive study titled ‘Risk of Global Recession in 2023 Rises Amid Simultaneous Rate Hikes’ highlights that almost all nation-states “are tilting towards a cascade of economic […]
The International Criminal Court appeals chamber has thrown out an appeal by former LRA rebel commander Dominic Ongwen challenging the 25 year sentence. The Hague based court last year convicted Ongwen and consequently sentenced him to 25 years imprisonment for crimes against humanity committed during the insurgency in Northern Uganda. The former rebel commander also […]
The One China Policy is one of the policies that the People’s Republic of China holds very dear to their hearts. Anyone who goes against said policy has crossed the reline of the Chinese People and those who respect it have a friendship with President Xi Jinping and his people. In recent months, US Speaker, […]
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It’s a real pleasure to welcome President Ruto here to Washington to the summit, and the opportunity to have this conversation. Kenya is a key strategic partner for the United States. We’re working together and also applauding Kenya’s leadership on so many regional peace and security issues, including Ethiopia, […]
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good evening, everyone. Good to see you all. So earlier this year in South Africa, I had an opportunity to set out the administration’s Strategy for Africa. And at its core, it really can be distilled to a single word, and that word is partnership. The reality is that the United States […]
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Africa: Deal Sealed
What seems without an iota of hesitation, the urgent need to make Africa the fulcrum of the United States (US) sealed deal of genuine partnership for the betterment of both Africa and US has been revealed seriously backed with some US$55bn to improve several areas of development, cooperation, and partnership on a win-win platform. At […]
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Liberia: House Speaker Talks Tough
-Says US President Errs To Have Exchanged Bout with Griner The Speaker of the House of Representatives of Liberia, Dr. Bhofal Chambers has questioned the wisdom of United States of America President, Joe Biden for exchanging US basketball star Brittney Griner in place of notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout. Russia freed the jailed US basketball […]