United States and Sudan announce steps to improve relations
BY USMAN MAMA Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, who is on his first visit to Washington this week, has something tangible to show for it: the announcement that the United … Read More
Category: U.S.-Africa
The African magazine is dedicated to providing first-hand information about African politics and political developments between Africa and the United States.
U.S.-Zambia relations ‘decaying’ over U.S. Envoy condemning the jailing of gay couple
BY FRED LEWIS (Lusaka, Zambia) A 15-year jail sentence for two Zambian homosexuals, Japhet Chataba and Steven Samba, was confirmed last week after the court quashed their appeal. The development, … Read More
Trump proposes to significantly slash refugee admission
BY USMAN MAMA The overall admission of refugees in the United States will decrease from its current level of 45,000 to 30,000 next year, the Trump administration announced this week. … Read More
President Trump hosts Kenya’s president Kenyatta at the White House
BY JIBRIL TURE President Donald Trump today hosted the president of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, as his second African guest at the White House. The two leaders discussed bilateral relations, focusing … Read More
Outrage over U.S. chief white supremacist Donald Trump’s interference in South Africa’s land reform
BY ALAN GREEN In a Fox News show, Tucker Carlson Tonight, aired eariler this week, the host accused South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa of being a racist, called him a coward, … Read More
President Trump to host President Uhuru Kenyatta this month
BY USMAM MAMA The White House today announced that President Donald Trump will welcome the president of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, to the White House on 27 August. The statement reads: … Read More
U.S. Secretary of State reaffirms U.S. ties with Nigeria
BY IDRISS SESAY In a phone call yesterday to Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari, the new U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, reaffirmed the longstanding relationship between Nigeria and the United … Read More
Presidents Ouattara and Soro: the hatchet appears buried
BY JIBRIL TURE A high-profile meeting between Côte d’Ivoire’s president Alassane Dramane Ouattara and the country’s speaker of the parliament, Guillaume Soro, at the presidential palace in Abidjan on 3 … Read More
Trump to sell war planes to Nigeria to fight Boko Haram—Despite Human rights violations
BY ALAN GREEN The Trump administration is poised to sell 12 Super Tucano aircraft worth almost $600 million to Nigeria in support of the Buhari government’s fight against the terrorist … Read More
President Trump should leave his own marks
BY AMBASSADOR ROGATIEN BIAOU Former Benin Foreign Minister President Barack Obama’s tenure was a historical one. First and foremost, it was the first time in history that a person of … Read More