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Yellen's visit is the first of a series of African visits by senior officials in US President Joe Biden's administration following December's US-Africa leaders' summit (AC Vol 64 No 2 Grand ambitions little money)...
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Having initially proclaimed neutrality and refusing to criticise Russia over its invasion of Ukraine Lourenço has curried favour with Joe Biden's administration by urging Moscow to take the 'initiative' to end to the conflict...
After four years of neglect under US President Donald Trump Joe Biden vowed that the US was 'back' in Africa...
Equally President Joe Biden and his Secretary of State Antony Blinken are aware of how counterproductive public criticism of South Africa's stance could prove amid the heightened geopolitical rivalries (AC Vol 63 No 11 Diplomacy on ice)...
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President William Ruto made little secret of the object of his affections ahead of the 13-16 December African leaders' summit hosted by United States President Joe Biden; US carrier Delta Airways which he hopes will be persuaded to purchase a significant chunk of the loss-making Kenya Airways...
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This will guarantee some awkward moments when President Yoweri Museveni travels to Washington his first visit in five years to attend President Joe Biden's US-Africa Leaders Summit on 13-15 December...
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It follows US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's launching of the Joe Biden administration's Africa strategy paper in South Africa in August which attempted to redraw Africa policy to recognise the continent's growing economic and demographic weight...
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Vol 63 No 24 |
- KENYA
- UGANDA
Analysts in Nairobi see his diplomatic forays to Asia and within Africa as a way of boosting his international profile ahead of the US-Africa summit in mid-December hosted by President Joe Biden (AC Vol 63 No 5 Ruto goes West)...
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Foreign leaders including UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and US President Joe Biden raised the issue of Abdel Fattah during their meetings with Sisi but the authorities persisted in their hardline stance...
Vol 63 No 23 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Ramaphosa's domestic election battle means he's unlikely to attend US President Joe Biden's African leaders' summit on 13-15 December...
