Farrakhan, Mandela and Jewish leaders
The similarities between the interactions with Jewish leaders and organizations of influence—whether in person or upon reflection, by the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan and...
Overcoming barriers through technology and providing services to hard-to-reach rural areas
Helping to improve direct and immediate access to even hard-to-reach communities with real-time measurable data through mobile phone technology is how Viamo explains its...
What is the aim, vision of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s U.S.-Africa Policy Working Group?
Before her removal from the powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee, U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) announced that she would launch an African Policy working...
Africa occupies a ‘marginal place’ in U.S. foreign policy
In recent months, Africa has received much in the way of “optics” and symbolic gestures, but little in the way of substance. Africa is...
Burkina Faso: Out of the frying pan with France but into the fire with the U.S.?
The West African nation of Burkina Faso placed its former colonial master France on notice to remove their military from its soil. The move...
African peace conference draws from Holy Qur’an
Highlights from the keynote address of Ambassador-at-Large Rashad Hussain at the Africa Peace Conference on January 17. Photo: mr.usembassy.gov “O you who believe, enter into...
U.S. responds to China foreign minister’s five-country Africa tour
China’s foreign minister’s first trip abroad, like all visits, began with a trip to Africa. It marked the 33rd consecutive year the continent was...
Africa and China’s growing alliance and the de-Westernization of the continent
China’s new foreign minister Qin Gang made his first trip abroad January 9-16 to the continent of Africa. His trip comes amid changes in...
Will South Africa’s president survive ‘Farmgate’ until national elections?
South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, an anti-apartheid figure—once suggested as Nelson Mandela’s successor to the presidency—has been mired in a scandal that involves undeclared...
Controversy ignites as comedian Kevin Hart says Blacks were kings in Egypt
“History is above all our studies the most attractive and best qualified to reward our research. As it develops the springs and motives of...