June 18

• Kerry Announces Feingold as Great Lakes Representative [press release]

  State Department

  Remarks by Secretary of State John Kerry, Press Briefing Room Read more »

• Addis to Host 2013 AGOA Forum

  Addis Fortune

  The 2013 African Growth & Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum would take place in Addis Abeba from 27 June 2013, to 1 July 2013, for the first time in Ethiopia and the sixth time in... Read more »

• Senator Chris Coons on U.S. Involvement in Zimbabwe [document]

  United States Senate

  Good morning. Today, the African Affairs Subcommittee will focus its attention on Zimbabwe, a country with abundant natural resources, fertile land, and a capable, enterprising... Read more »

• Global Fund Praises Success of Pepfar

  Global Fund

  The Global Fund cited the broad successes of its close partner, the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, also known as PEPFAR, which today marked its tenth Anniversary. Read more »

• Two Americans Killed in Mpigi Accident

  New Vision

  Two Americans believed to be tourists were on Monday killed in an accident that occurred along Kampala-Masaka highway at Nabusanke near Kayabwe in Mpigi district. Read more »

• State Dept. On Death of U.N. Peacekeeper in Sudan Bombing [document]

  State Department

  Indiscriminate Bombing Kills UN Peacekeeper in Sudan Read more »

• Maritime Security - US Promises To Support Summit

  Cameroon Tribune

  The US Ambassador to Cameroon has said his country will be sending experts to the country. Read more »

June 17

• The China-Africa Convergence: Can America Catch Up? [analysis]

  AfricaPlus

  Howard French, a leading American journalist on Africa for four decades, returned to the continent after stints as New York Times correspondent in Tokyo and Shanghai. He discovered... Read more »

• Raila's Visit to the U.S. Is Critical for Kenya [opinion]

  The Star

  On Tuesday, June 18, 2013 former Prime Minister Raila Odinga will address scholars and international policy enthusiasts in Washington, DC at an event organized by the Woodrow... Read more »

• U.S. State Dept. On Burkina Faso-U.S. Land Transparency Partnership [document]

  State Department

  Land Transparency Partnership Announced Between U.S. and Burkina Faso Read more »

• Joint Troika Statement On Sudan, South Sudan Heightened Tension [document]

  State Department

  Following is the text of a joint statement by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide and United Kingdom Foreign Secretary William Hague. Read more »

• Guinea-U.S. Partnership On Extractive Industry Transparency [document]

  State Department

  Extractives Partnership between Guinea and the United States Read more »

• Cape Penguin Claims Southern Ocean As Its Hunting Ground

  State Department

  With its inability to fly offset by its incredible swimming skills, the Cape penguin is well adapted to a polar climate. Read more »

• U.S. Arab Household Income Exceeds U.S. Average

  State Department

  American households seem to be doing well financially, according to a recent U.S. Census Bureau survey. Read more »

• Economic Growth and Jobs Top G8 Meeting Agenda [document]

  State Department

  Global economic growth and expanded employment will be a significant part of the agenda at the annual summit of the Group of Eight major industrialized nations in Northern Ireland... Read more »

• Perspectives On the NSA Surveillance Operation [analysis]

  Daily Trust

  So the secret is out that the United States (U.S.) government, through its National Security Agency (NSA) parastatals, has been covertly collecting everyone's phone and Internet... Read more »

• US Spends FCFA 70 Million On Preservation in Cameroon

  Cameroon Tribune

  The United States of America, USA, has since 2005 spent over 140,000 Dollars or FCFA 70 million to preserve Bamoun manuscripts in the West Region and document traditional Baka... Read more »

• Nigerian Prof. Makes History in U.S., Heads Ivy League School

  Vanguard

  It was encomium galore when Provost Ilesanmi Adesida was honored at the Urban-Champaign campus of the University of Illinois, United States where Nigerian-Americans gathered to... Read more »

• MKO Abiola, the Missing One Hour and a Deadly Cup of Tea [opinion]

  Vanguard

  Ambassador Susan Rice was up until recently the American Ambassador to the United Nations. Her long-standing aspiration of becoming the Secretary of State for her country was... Read more »

• Off to Harvard - Liberia's Deputy Minister of State Cited for Integrity, Efficiency

  FrontPageAfrica

  President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has cited integrity, efficiency and hard work as the bedrock for good leadership in the workplace. Read more »

• Ethiopia to Host 2013 U.S., Sub-Saharan Africa Forum

  ERTA

  Government of Ethiopia in association with the Government of the United States would host the 2013 US-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum otherwise known as the... Read more »

• U.S. Envoy Calls for Balance in Duties

  The Star

  US ambassador to Kenya Robert Godec yesterday said the national and county governments should strive to strike a balance. Godec said challenges will be there but the search for the... Read more »

June 14

• The War On Africa - U.S. Imperialism and the World Economic Crisis [opinion]

  Pambazuka

  Capitalism has failed to provide adequate housing, jobs, medical, educational and other services to many people in the West. As well, China's global influence is rising. These are... Read more »

• Syria and the Sham of 'Humanitarian Intervention' [opinion]

  Pambazuka

  Humanitarian intervention provides the U.S. the perfect ideological cover and internal rationalization to continue as the global 'gendarme' of the capitalist order. America should... Read more »

• U.S. Military Pays Close Attention to Boko Haram Militants

  VOA

  The commander of the U.S. Africa Command, General David Rodriguez, says U.S. forces are paying close attention to Boko Haram militants in northern Nigeria as the group expands its... Read more »