Somalia: U.S. Recognizes Somali Government

The United States has officially recognized Somalia's government in Mogadishu for the first time in 20 years, U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton said after meeting with Somali… Read more »

Africa: Will an African Be Chosen to Lead the World Trade Organization?

Notwithstanding the fact that the Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has few real powers as executive head of a member-driven organization, it is one of the… Read more »

Africa: Improve Policies to Fight Hunger - World Bank

Rising global food costs and low African food production require African governments to work to open regional agricultural trade to help improve productivity, says Makhtar Diop,… Read more »

Kenya: Ngilu Pursues Presidency on Pro-Poor Platform

Kenya's water and irrigation minister, Charity Kaluki Ngilu announced her bid for the presidency this week as leader of the National Rainbow Coalition. She calls it the "party of… Read more »

Africa: U.S. Congressional Inaction Threatens Jobs, Consumers

The United States may jeopardize its relationship with 40 countries in sub-Saharan Africa if Congress does not act urgently to extend a provision of a trade law which allows… Read more »

Africa: U.S. Congress Bill Calls On Obama to Engage African Markets

Brother, can you spare a dime? Read more »

Africa: U.S. Focuses on Energy, Infrastructure on Continent

"American influence and dominance in Africa has been significantly eroded by China, Brazil, India and others," Mwangi S. Kimenyi, director of the Africa Growth Initiative at The… Read more »

Africa: AU Urged to Recognise Women's Role in Trade

Delegates who recently attended a gender summit in Addis Ababa hope the African Union Summit on Intra-African Trade that was also held there will take their recommendations into… Read more »

Africa: Putting the Fairness Back in Trade?

"Trade isn't always fair," argues Rob Cameron, CEO of Fairtrade International. "It's the imbalance in trade that makes it necessary for fair trade to exist." Read more »

Africa: U.S.-Africa Business Leader Wants Summit to Spur Ties

The Corporate Council on Africa, whose members include the largest U.S. firms doing business in Africa - along with many smaller companies - … Read more »

Ghana: Trade Combats Disparity and Promotes Diversification - Minister

Hanna Tetteh has been Ghana's minister for Trade and Industry and a senior advisor to President John Evans Atta Mills since February 2009. The country has recorded steady economic… Read more »

Africa: Last Frontier for Business Increasingly Abandoned by the U.S. Department of Commerce

Less than two years ago, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama made headlines as they landed in Accra, Ghana. The July 2009 visit was historic, coming only months… Read more »

Africa: We Need a New U.S. Trade Framework

As the White House scrambles to keep pace with the fast changes taking place across North Africa, the administration should reassess another vital aspect of U.S. policy toward the… Read more »

Africa: Commission Deplores 'Glacial' Progress in Trade Talks

The Commission for Africa has criticized the "glacial" progress of talks aimed at eliminating the regime in which rich countries stack the odds in favour of their traders and… Read more »

Africa: Developed World Inhibits African Trade - Report

Developed countries have responded to the global financial crisis by adopting protectionist measures which have damaged Africa's chances of boosting its exports, according to a… Read more »

Madagascar: U.S. Threatens to Cut Trade Benefits Over Political Deadlock

The United States has stepped up pressure on Madagascar's rulers to agree on a transitional government or face losing trade benefits under American law. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Failure to Act on Abuses Threatens Conflict Diamond Process

The decision to give Zimbabwe no more than a slap on the wrist for the human rights abuses which its army has committed on the Marange alluvial diamond fields in the south-east of… Read more »

Africa: Four Presidents Address Regional Integration at U.S. Business Summit

As part of the U.S.-Africa Business Summit being hosted by the Corporate Council on Africa this week, four African heads of state, participated in a Presidential Roundtable on… Read more »

Africa: How to Boost U.S.-Africa Trade

Nearly ten years old, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) continues to be the cornerstone of commercial and economic relations between the United States and sub-Saharan… Read more »

Africa: Aid Plus Trade Can End Extreme Poverty

Against the backdrop of an international economic downturn and changes in government leadership in the United States and United Kingdom, donors, development officials and… Read more »

Africa: Aid Plus Trade Can End Extreme Poverty

Against the backdrop of an international economic downturn and changes in government leadership in the United States and United Kingdom, donors, development officials and… Read more »

Africa: Best Aid Monitors Are Those At Grassroots

Africa needs to reinvigorate its traditions, revitalize its academic institutions and move away from aid to infrastructural development and intra-African trade, says Njongonkulu… Read more »

Africa: Continent Needs Infrastructure, Integration, Says AU Leader

Africa has taken "a major hit" from the global economic recession but it can weather the storm, says Erastus Mwencha, deputy chairperson of the African Union Commission. Mwencha… Read more »

Africa: Trade Talks Challenge Govts to Practical Action

The controversial negotiations over trade agreements between the European Union and regional blocs in Africa are challenging governments to rethink the best way of promoting… Read more »

Africa: Trade Chief Calls on Leaders to Commit to Aid, Trade

The global financial crisis raises threats to developing economies in Africa and elsewhere as well as to those in the developed world. Writing ahead of a major international… Read more »