USAID Chief to Congress: Foreign Aid Key in Countering Chinese, Russian Influence

A top Repub­li­can law­mak­er said Wednes­day the fund­ing pri­or­i­ties for the U.S. Agency for Inter­na­tion­al Devel­op­ment (USAID) do not go far enough in address­ing the threat posed by the Chi­nese Com­mu­nist Par­ty (CCP). The Biden admin­is­tra­tion has request­ed $32 bil­lion in for­eign assis­tance for USAID — $3 bil­lion more than the amount appro­pri­at­ed by Congress…

What are Russian mercenaries doing in West Africa? — BBC Africa

The Wag­n­er Group is an organ­i­sa­tion of Russ­ian mer­ce­nar­ies. Thou­sands of their sol­diers have been fight­ing on the Russ­ian side in the war in Ukraine. But they have also been active on the African con­ti­nent in sev­er­al coun­tries — includ­ing the Cen­tral African Repub­lic, Mali and now, alleged­ly, Burk­i­na Faso. These Wag­n­er sol­diers are fight­ing in…

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If Trump’s Africa Strategy Is A Failure — What Would Biden Do If He Wins?

  The Unit­ed States is less than four months away from the elec­tion that would deter­mine con­trol of not just the Sen­ate and the House which make up the leg­isla­tive branch of the Amer­i­can gov­ern­ment, but also con­trol of the exec­u­tive branch, the White House. As the coro­n­avirus rages, and as protests over the mistreatment…