U.S. Ambassador Johnnie Carson was sworn in as assistant secretary of state for African affairs – making him the Obama administration’s top official charged with directing U.S. policy toward Africa.
U.S. provides help to more than 32 million people across Africa
The decades-long drought that began in West Africa in the 1960s is not an anomaly compared with what the region has faced during the last three millennia.
Efforts to blunt maritime piracy off the coast of Somalia are beginning to show some success, but there is an international consensus that more must be done.
An emphasis on agriculture, along with increased regional economic integration, greater infrastructure; more trade capacity are important for African development.
Democracy advocates are harnessing the power of mobile phones to monitor elections by transmitting critical data in real time.
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