It will also take hope from the prospect of Joe Biden's presidencyin the United States  given local perceptions that Democrats tend to favour Algeria and its allies in Polisario...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Uncertain timesThe impact of global events such as a 'second wave' in the major developed economies  a potential coronavirus vaccine  and the impact on commodity markets and on United States-Africa relations of the incoming Joe Biden administration  remains uncertain  even if the latter development is mostly welcomed by Akufo-Addo and several other world and African leaders...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     But analysts say the move to increase US-African trade has tended to have bipartisan support in Congress and US-Kenya talks are unlikely to be mothballed if Democratic candidate Joe Biden secures the presidency in November...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The United States had been expected to send Vice President Joe Biden or Secretary of State John Kerry to the November conference to underline the Obama administration's support for the one country to host an Arab Spring revolution and emerge with a functioning democracy...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     After his meeting with Obama on 20 July  Buhari and aides met Vice-President Joe Biden  cabinet secretaries  former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and the US Chamber of Commerce...
	 
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	     Jonathan was also invited to lunch on the following day with US Vice-President Joe Biden...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     In the Senate  Joseph Biden (D) is tipped to chair the Committee on Foreign Relations with his fellow Democrat Russell Feingold taking a key interest in African issues...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Veteran right-wing isolationist Jesse Helms (Republican  North Carolina) was replaced as Chairperson of the Foreign Relations Committee by Joe Biden (Democrat  Delaware); Russell Feingold (Dem...