January 23, 2023
Africa: Update From Editor On Future Plans
When President Barack Obama hosted his US-Africa Summit in August 2014, my roundups in AfricaFocus Bulletin featured critical analysis of the likely outcome and the issues that… Read more »
November 15, 2022
Africa: Africa/Global - "Daughter of Africa" Steps Up to Lead On Global Crises
At the climate summit in Egypt last week, President Biden pledged that the United States would take the lead on the climate crisis. But his speech was eclipsed the same day by a… Read more »
October 10, 2022
Africa: Africafocus 3.0 - Not ´a Nation of Immigrants´
Editor's Note - Coming in 2023: AfricaFocus 3.0 Read more »
November 12, 2018
Africa: Why Mining Is Hard to Tax
"In Africa as elsewhere in the world, while energy companies might be somewhat undertaxed, mining companies typically are greatly under-taxed. Indeed, it is only a slight… Read more »
August 18, 2011
Africa: New Data On African Immigrants to U.S.
"From 1980 to 2009, the African-born population in United States grew from just under 200,000 to almost 1.5 million. Today, Africans make up a small (3.9 percent) but growing share… Read more »
September 10, 2006
Africa: Environmental Threats/Opportunities
Many of Africa's ecosystems are not just serving the region, but the whole world, for example, through the carbon soaking value of tropical forests. This alone probably equals or… Read more »