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On Dec. 23, U.S. President Joe Biden signed the Fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act into law. Despite fierce lobbying from the State Department,...
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On Dec. 23, U.S. President Joe Biden signed the Fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act into law. Despite fierce lobbying from the State Department,...
When Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki dies and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed leaves office, they will leave behind a legacy of destruction. Both have run the countries...
Wagner Group Is a Paper Tiger: Russian President Vladimir Putin is desperate and isolated. His two-week plan to conquer Ukraine is approaching its second...
The U.S.-African Leaders Forum winds down today. From the White House point-of-view, the three-day summit was a success. President Joe Biden and his team...
In background briefings and interviews, the White House signals that the purpose of this year’s U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit is to show that the United...
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed traveled to Washington to attend U.S. President Joe Biden’s U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in December. Abiy was invited even though...
This week will be all Africa all the time for the White House, State Department, and Washington’s broader foreign policy community. For just the...
In just ten days, leaders from several dozen African countries will converge on Washington, DC for the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. President Joe Biden deserves...
Just under three weeks ago, the African Union brokered a truce in the two-year war between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray Defense Forces....
Ethiopian and Tigrayan negotiators agreed yesterday to a truce in their two-year civil war after a marathon session in South Africa mediated by the...