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Africa: U.S. Secretary Tillerson's Visit Unlikely to Cut Much Ice With African Leaders
allAfrica, 7 March 2018
The visit to Africa by United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, his first since taking office 14 months ago, will do little to shore up the Trump administration's relations… Read more »
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Nigeria: Tillerson Departs for Africa for Talks With Buhari, Others
Vanguard, 7 March 2018
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has departed for Africa on a weeklong four-country official visit to Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti. Read more »
U.S. Secretary's Visit to Shore Up Security Alliances
The Trump administration has made a number of political faux pas on Africa during its first year in office, and the first visit to the continent by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, to include stops in Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya, Chad and Nigeria, is not likely to erase them, writes Johnnie Carson, the former top American diplomat on Africa, in a guest column for AllAfrica.
A U.S. Navy vessel operating from the biggest American military base in Africa patrols the port of Djibouti.
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Africa: U.S. Allocates Billions for the Needy in Africa
CAJ News, 7 March 2018
THE United States (US) government has announced $533 million (R 6,27 billion) in humanitarian assistance for millions of people facing food insecurity and malnutrition because of… Read more »
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Africa: Why U.S. Companies Need to Include Africa in their Global Growth Strategies Categories
Initiative for Global Development, 7 March 2018
Grant T. Harris, CEO of Harris Africa Partners LLC, makes a compelling case on why U.S. companies need to map out how Africa’s dynamic markets fit into their… Read more »
InFocus
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"Chinese investment does have the potential to address Africa's infrastructure gap, but its approach has led to mounting debt and few, if any, jobs in most countries," U.S. ... Read more »
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As the American Secretary of State Rex Tillerson prepared to leave for a five-nation trip to East Africa, the Sahel and Nigeria, he outlined the current administration's concerns ... Read more »
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Tillerson would be covering the same issues that have motivated similar African tours by every U.S. Secretary of State since the end of the Cold War. Realistically, Tillerson's ... Read more »
