"Mr Biden welcomed the role that Africa plays in international affairs and in promoting multilateralism" - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa after a phone call with the U.S. President-Elect.
Africa Experts Tapped for Leading Roles on Biden-Harris Team
The transition team and top advisors for the incoming U.S. administration include people with Africa expertise in senior roles managing foreign policy, international development and Covid-19. One of the world leaders among those first to speak with President-Elect Joe Biden is South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa. The lead for the State Department transition - and now nominee to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations - is Linda Thomas-Greenfield, one of the most experienced diplomats in the U.S. Foreign Service, who se service includes being Assistant Secretary of State for Africa and Ambassador to Liberia with earlier posting in Keyna, Nigeria, Rwanda and The Gambia, as well as Switzerland and Jamaica.
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U.S. Congress, 23 November 2020
Today, Congressmember Karen Bass (D-CA), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, issued the following statement after President-elect Joe Biden announced he will… Read more »
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Africa: Africa Experts in Top Posts on Biden-Harris Team May Signal New Policy Direction
allAfrica, 18 November 2020
Africa experts have leading roles on incoming U.S. administration's transition team; South Africa's Ramaphosa among world leaders who have spoken with the President-Elect. Read more »
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Sudan: Trump's Deal Could Be Disastrous. Biden Can Fix It
African Arguments, 18 November 2020
Instead of undermining Sudan's democratic transition and drawing it into regional conflicts, a reconfigured US-Sudan deal could do the opposite. Read more »
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Ethiopia: Biden Will Hold Fair Position On GERD - Scholars
Ethiopian Herald, 15 November 2020
Scholars are optimist that the new US president-elect Joe Biden will entertain the issue of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) wisely using his country's observer role in… Read more »
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Africa: Climate Change - the Biden Administration's Opportunity in Africa
CFR, 17 November 2020
Climate change is both one of the greatest threats to Africa and an area in which Biden administration policy is most likely to differ from President Trump's. Through his… Read more »
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Africa: The Biden Administration's Approach to Africa
CFR, 5 November 2020
Though still not certain, Joseph Biden and Kamala Harris will likely be elected president and vice president of the United States. A Biden administration's approach to Africa will… Read more »
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Africa: Biden Picks Africa Specialists in Transition Team but Policy Unlikely to Change
RFI, 17 November 2020
Although many African political experts look with renewed hope to the administration being put in place by US President-elect Joe Biden, others believe that only the tone of… Read more »
InFocus
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The election victory of Democrats Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the U.S. presidential election is set to affect Africa's 1.3 billion people on issues - ranging from climate change ... Read more »
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President-elect Joe Biden has promised to raise the refugee quota, after the numbers plummeted under current President Donald Trump's administration. He raised hopes of ... Read more »
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A stream of African leaders has congratulated president-elect Joe Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris on their victory in the 2020 U.S. presidential ... Read more »
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The U.S. President Elect Joseph Biden and Vice President Elect Kamala Harris transition announced their Covid-19 advisory board as the Ethiopian Director-General of the World ... Read more »
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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 »
