Vice President Joe Biden gives remarks to the U.S.- Africa Business Forum at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, DC in 2014.
Would Biden Presidency Reinvigorate U.S.-Africa Policy?
Rebuilding ties with Africa will be a top priority for Joe Biden if he wins the U.S. Presidential election in November, senior Democrats said during an online fundraiser focused on U.S.-Africa policy. Speakers representing the campaign on the call included two women under consideration by Biden as his vice-presidential nominee - national security and international diplomacy expert Susan Rice and House of Representatives member Karen Bass, who has focused on Africa policy in the U.S. Congress, along with Senator Chris Coons, who sits on the Foreign Relations Committee and formerly chaired the Africa Subcommittee..
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Africa: What Would a President Biden Do About Africa?
allAfrica, 7 August 2020
Repairing U.S. relations with key African countries must be a priority for the next administration, if Joseph Biden wins the November election, senior Democrats said during an… Read more »
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Africa: Top U.S. Foreign Policy Veterans Defend Susan Rice's Record on Africa
allAfrica, 15 August 2020
In an open letter, 49 former high-ranking U.S. officials – many of whom served as American ambassadors in Africa - take strong issues with a New York Times column last week… Read more »
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Africa: Continent's Wish List of What Might Change Under a Biden Presidency
The Conversation Africa, 10 March 2020
Africa's stake in the outcome of the 3 November 2020 US presidential election spiked with the unexpected revival of former Vice-President Joe Biden's campaign. Biden is now… Read more »
Dr. Jill Biden talks with Dr. Denis Mukwege, Physician and Medical Director at the Panzi Hospital, in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 5, 2014.
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With international issues getting little attention from Democrats running for President in the United States, the Council on Foreign Relations submitted 1 Read more »
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The Trump administration's 'Prosper Africa' has been slow to materialize since first unveiled 14 months again by then National Security Advisor John Bolton, writes Witney ... Read more »
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All 54 African ambassadors to the United Nations have decried Donald Trump's reported comments about Africans and Haitians as "outrageous, racist, and xenophobic". The United ... Read more »
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The United States needs to "up our game" and do much more to promote business with Africa, President Obama told the Business Forum at the U.S.-Africa Summit. He announced a series ... Read more »
