February 05
Africa: Blinken's Trip Signals Growing U.S. Concern Amid Six Simultaneous Crises Across Africa
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's trip to four African countries - Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria, and Angola - on January 21-26, 2024, demonstrates just how worried US… Read more »
January 04
West Africa: Biden Administration Responds to the Collapse of U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy in Niger
For two months after the coup in Niger on 26 July 2023, the Biden administration refrained from calling or chose not to call it a "coup" because that would have triggered American… Read more »
October 15, 2023
West Africa: Collapse of U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy in the Sahel
For two months after the coup in Niger in August, 2023, the Biden administration refused to declare that a “coup” had taken place. They did this because using the… Read more »
October 04, 2023
Africa: Can the U.S. Military Hold the Line in Africa? Defence Secretary Austin's Trip to Djibouti, Kenya and Angola
On 25 September 2023, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin addressed reporters in Nairobi, Kenya. He was in the country during his first official visit to Africa for meetings… Read more »
March 12, 2023
Nigeria: Biden Faces Nigeria Crisis
President Biden faces three simultaneous crises in his policy toward Nigeria in the aftermath of the elections on Saturday, 25 February, when 24 million Nigerians voted in national… Read more »
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