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Africa: Eighty Years of U.S. Policy Toward Africa, Now in One Place
CFR, 5 February 2020
Until now, there has not been a comprehensive survey of U.S. policy toward Africa for either the specialist or the general reader. Now, happily, there is. Read more »
Eighty Years of U.S. Policy Toward Africa, Now in One Place
Herman J. Cohen ('Hank'), who held senior diplomatic posts in Africa and at both the National Security Council and State Department, has published an account of the past 80 years of U.S.-Africa relations. " It is hard to think of anyone as qualified as Ambassador Cohen to undertake such a work," writes John Campbell, former U.S. ambassador to Nigeria and senior fellow for Africa policy studies at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, DC. Cohen, whose regularly posts informative Tweets (@CohenOnAfrica) on a range of African issues, has contributed a number of articles to AllAfrica.
Albertina Sisulu, co-president of the United Democratic Front, met George H. W. Bush with a UDF delegation in the White House on June 30, 1989, after Bush had signalled a desire to see the African National Congress included in talks to end apartheid.
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Africa: AFRICOM Can Make Fishing Fair
Stars & Stripes, 21 August 2019
The world is quickly running out of seafood. The United Nations has found that 90% of all fisheries are either fully fished or overfished. For now, fish are plentiful in Africa's… Read more »
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Sudan: The Roots of Sudan's Upheaval
CFR, 23 May 2019
While the Sudanese military expelled President Omar al-Bashir from office, the people of Sudan are ultimately responsible for toppling his regime, and the leaders of the protest… Read more »
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Africa: George H.W. Bush Took Africa Seriously
allAfrica, 13 December 2018
President George H.W. Bush found Africa worthy of his attention, and as his assistant secretary of State for African affairs, I found his optimism towards the continent… Read more »
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East Africa: Will Detente Lead to Democratic Reform in Ethiopia And Eritrea?
allAfrica, 7 September 2018
The rapprochement between Ethiopia and Eritrea is as surreal as it is wonderful. Read more »
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Cameroon: Using History to Resolve the Anglophone Crisis
allAfrica, 22 March 2018
Cameroon’s history points to an outcome that might end its conflict: a return to a federal system in which each linguistic region enjoys a level of autonomy. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: 'Mugabe Likely to Go Gracefully, Mnangagwa Unlikely to Stay Long' – Former U.S. Diplomat
allAfrica, 18 November 2017
Herman J. Cohen was the first President George Bush's top Africa diplomat, serving as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from 1989 to 1993. Read more »
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Africa: 'Trump May Ask Duty-Free U.S. Exports to Africa' - Cohen
This Day, 15 January 2017
Ambassador Herman Cohen was Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs under George Bush (Snr.) and is now the chairman and CEO Cohen & Woods International, a Washington… Read more »
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Gambia: A Message to the Gambia - 'Build that Bridge'
allAfrica, 9 December 2016
The Gambia is free at last of Yahya Jammeh. Newly elected President Adama Barrow must now take bold steps to restore Gambia's place as a responsible West African nation, with… Read more »
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Africa: How Might Trump Change Africa Policy?
allAfrica, 17 November 2016
Writing for AllAfrica, Herman J. Cohen, who served as the top United States diplomat on Africa in the Republican administration of the first President Bush, assesses the likely… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Danger Looms in DRC As Kabila Maneuvers to Remain in Power
allAfrica, 27 August 2015
It is becoming increasingly difficult for authoritarian African heads of state to change constitutions that limit them to two terms in power. Read more »
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Somalia: Somalia and the United States: A Long and Troubled History
allAfrica, 21 January 2002
The arrival of the film "Blackhawk Down" in cinemas in the United States and around the world reminded Americans that Somalia has never been far from the center of Washington's… Read more »
