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…

In Case You Missed It: 1/25/16 — 2/2/16

The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and con­cern­ing Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up. In this week’s news, U.S. Com­merce Sec­re­tary under­takes a fact-find­­ing mis­sion to Nige­ria and Rwan­da, Con­gress pass­es Elec­tri­fy Africa Act, and Pow­er Africa out­lines a roadmap for the future. U.S. Com­merce Sec­re­tary Vis­its Nige­ria and Rwan­da on…