Top Questions Remain Following VP Harris’ Africa Visit

Unit­ed States Vice Pres­i­dent Kamala Har­ris com­plet­ed a three-nation African Tour, vis­it­ing Ghana, Zam­bia, and Tan­za­nia. “It was an hon­our being in Ghana, Tan­za­nia and Zam­bia – strength­en­ing the very impor­tant rela­tion­ship and friend­ship between the peo­ple of the Unit­ed States and those who live on the con­ti­nent of Africa” Tweet­ed Kamala Har­ris. What inspired…

Relations with Africa, Asia are on brink of collapse — to Russia’s benefit

Jérémy Lis­sou­ba is a mem­ber of parlia­ment for the main oppo­si­tion par­ty in the Repub­lic of Con­go. He’s also a deputy judge in the country’s High Court of Jus­tice and an alum­nus of the Oba­ma Foundation’s 2018 Africa Lead­ers Pro­gram. Over a year since the war in Ukraine began, the world remains caught in the…

Russia Sanctions a Boon for Chinese Arms Sales to Africa?

Rus­sia has long been the biggest exporter of arms to sub-Saha­ran Africa, but a new study indi­cates West­ern sanc­tions are mak­ing it hard­er for Moscow to sell weapons, open­ing the door for more Chi­­nese-made arms. Even before the Ukraine war, Chi­na had increased its sales of weapons to sub-Saha­ran Africa, export­ing almost three times as…

US Pledges Humanitarian, Economic, Security Aid to Niger

In a first for a U.S. sec­re­tary of state, Antony Blinken was in the African nation of Niger Thurs­day to offer human­i­tar­i­an, eco­nom­ic and secu­ri­ty aid. Blinken’s vis­it to Niger fol­lows a stop ear­li­er in the day in Ethiopia, a trip viewed by ana­lysts as an effort to bol­ster U.S. rela­tions in a part of the…