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President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia

WHITE HOUSE VISIT

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia meets Biden officials at White House, discusses al-Shabaab terrorist threat, severe drought and food crisis

September 15, 2022

Lt. Gen. Michael E. Langley, the head of Marine Forces Command and Marine Forces Northern Command, and commanding general of Fleet Marine Force Atlantic, takes notes while touring the dock landing ship Gunston Hall March 25 prior to its deployment. (Casey Price/Marine Corps)

SECOND AFRICA TRIP

Peace and Security

Marine Corps General Michael Langley makes first visit to the Sahel region as head of U.S. Africa Command

September 22, 2022

Ime Udoka led the Boston Celtics to the NBA Finals in his first season as an NBA head coach, but he will miss the upcoming season because of a team suspension for an improper relationship. (Steven Senne/AP)

TRAGIC AFFAIR

Nigerian-American star Ime Udoka suspended as Celtics head coach for entire 2022-2023 season following improper intimate relationship with female staffer

September 22, 2022

Katherine Tai, United States Trade Representative, and head of President Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s presidential delegation to the inauguration of President William Ruto in a handshake with the new leader in Nairobi, Kenya, on Tuesday, September 13, 2022. Other members of the presidential delegation included Meg Whitman, United States Ambassador to the Republic of Kenya; Colin Allred, United States Representative (D), Texas; Mary Catherine Phee, Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State and Dr. Monde Muyangwa, Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Africa, U.S. Agency for International Development.

ALREADY AT WORK

Biden’s presidential delegation to Kenya discusses trade, investment and economic growth with President William Samoei Arap Ruto

September 14, 2022

Biden, Harris, Austin and Hammer

DEADLY CONFLICT

U.S. Special envoy for the Horn of Africa Michael Hammer says President Biden committed to resolving Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict

September 25, 2022

President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is committed to resolving the lingering conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region, the United States Special...

Ime Udoka led the Boston Celtics to the NBA Finals in his first season as an NBA head coach, but he will miss the upcoming season because of a team suspension for an improper relationship. (Steven Senne/AP)

TRAGIC AFFAIR

Nigerian-American star Ime Udoka suspended as Celtics head coach for entire 2022-2023 season following improper intimate relationship with female staffer

September 22, 2022

Lt. Gen. Michael E. Langley, the head of Marine Forces Command and Marine Forces Northern Command, and commanding general of Fleet Marine Force Atlantic, takes notes while touring the dock landing ship Gunston Hall March 25 prior to its deployment. (Casey Price/Marine Corps)

SECOND AFRICA TRIP

Peace and Security

Marine Corps General Michael Langley makes first visit to the Sahel region as head of U.S. Africa Command

September 22, 2022

'Our partnership is essential in addressing many of the world's pressing challenges,' US President Joe Biden tells South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the start of their talks at the White House, September 16, 2022 [Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters]

WHITE HOUSE VISIT

African Presidents

Biden hosts Ramaphosa at White House as both leaders pledge to strengthen ties and work for global stability amid war in Ukraine

September 16, 2022

Biden, Harris and Ramaphosa

BUILDING TIES

Biden and Harris to discuss climate, space, global health, trade and investment with Ramaphosa of South Africa, the number one destination for U.S. foreign direct investment in Africa, reaching $21 billion in 2021

September 15, 2022

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia

WHITE HOUSE VISIT

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia meets Biden officials at White House, discusses al-Shabaab terrorist threat, severe drought and food crisis

September 15, 2022

President Joe Biden delivers remarks celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the CIA Friday, July 8, 2022, at the George Bush Center for Intelligence in McLean, Virginia. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)

FOOD FOR AFRICA

Biden administration invites private sector in southern Africa to apply for $11 million food security partnership grants open until March 31, 2023. Grant awards range between $500,000 and $5 million. Here is where to apply

September 15, 2022

US aid chief Samantha Power meets with Africa's richest man, Nigerian Aliko Dangote, both discuss impact of high-energy costs, food crisis and Russia's war on Ukraine

RICHEST AFRICAN

U.S. aid chief Samantha Power meets with Africa’s richest man, Nigerian Aliko Dangote, both discuss impact of high-energy costs, Africa’s food crisis and Russia’s war on Ukraine

September 15, 2022

Seventy-third World Health Assembly, Geneva, Switzerland, 18-19 May 2020 (de minimis). The World Health Assembly will reconvene later in the year. WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during the opening session of the 73 World Health Assembly. Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, the Seventy-third World Health Assembly will be virtual. The agenda has been reduced to fit into two days.

COVID-19 FIGHT

The World Health Organization says The Lancet COVID-19 Commission report that identified major pandemic response gaps makes many good recommendations but also has ‘several key omissions and misinterpretations’

September 15, 2022

Karen Bass in D.C. in September 2020 (Photo by Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call Inc. via Getty Images)

STRONGER TIES

U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee passes resolution encouraging greater trade partnership with Africa and reaffirming relationship with African Union

September 14, 2022

Kenya's new president William Ruto, right, shakes hands with outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta, left, as he is sworn in to office at a ceremony held at Kasarani stadium in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

African Presidents

“A village boy has become the President of Kenya”, William Ruto says as he is sworn in as country’s fifth President in ceremony attended by Biden’s delegation

September 13, 2022

US President Joe Biden’s nominee for CEO of US International Development Finance Corporation, Scott Nathan, appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in December 2021

Biden announces Scott Nathan will lead presidential delegation to attend inauguration of President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço September 15

September 13, 2022

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the passage of gun safety bill S. 2938, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, Saturday, June 25, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Erin Scott)

Biden administration would like to admit 125,000 refugees for fiscal year 2023 to address growing humanitarian crises around the globe

September 12, 2022

President Joe Biden signs the Emergency Reparation Assistance for Returning Americans Act, Tuesday, August 31, 2021, in the Oval Office of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)

Biden extends national emergency on Ethiopia by one year to punish individuals and entities threatening peace in Tigray, abusing human rights, undermining democracy or engaging in corruption

September 12, 2022

President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai attend the Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month Reception Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in the Rose Garden of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)

Biden announces Katherine Tai will lead presidential delegation to inauguration of Kenya’s President-elect William Samoei Arap Ruto

September 10, 2022

Queen of England

Africans divided over whether to mourn or curse Queen Elizabeth II – Perspective by Simon Ateba

September 9, 2022

Biden and Lourenco of Angola

United States government congratulates President-elect Joao Lourenco of Angola

September 9, 2022

President Joe Biden walks along the Colonnade of the White House, Tuesday, June 21, 2022, to the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)

Peace and Security

Biden administration ramps up diplomatic efforts to help end Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis, calls on Abiy government to stop airstrikes and Eritrean troops to withdraw, wants African Union to play bigger role

September 9, 2022

The Queen shared this private photograph taken with The Duke of Edinburgh at the top of the Coyles of Muick

Biden orders U.S. flag at half-staff to honor Queen Elizabeth

September 8, 2022

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden pose for an official photo with Queen Elizabeth II in the Grand Corridor of Windsor Castle on Sunday, June 13, 2021, in Windsor, England. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)

President Biden: ‘Queen Elizabeth II was a stateswoman of unmatched dignity and constancy’

September 8, 2022

Queen of England

UK’s longest serving monarch Queen Elizabeth II dies at 96 after reigning for 70 years, King Charles III is the new king

September 8, 2022

Coronavirus Briefing, 4 February 2020 WHO Emergencies coronavirus Press Conference in the WHO Strategic Health Operations Centre (SHOC) room. Geneva, Switzerland, 6 February 2020. The conference was held by WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Andhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Executive Director, Health Emergencies Programme (HEO), Dr Michael Ryan and WHO Technical Lead on the COVID-19 Dr Maria Van Kerkhove. Title of officials and WHO staff reflects their respective positions at the time the photo was taken. Press Conference transcription: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/transcripts/trancription-who-audio-coronavirus-press-conference-06feb2020-final.pdf?sfvrsn=a6433f0b_2

WHO ‘deeply concerned’ about projected famine in Somalia, Greater Horn of Africa, wants world to ‘scale-up’ humanitarian assistance ‘now’

September 7, 2022

President Joe Biden disembarks Marine One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland Wednesday, July 6, 2022, and is escorted to Air Force One by U.S. Air Force Col. Matthew Jones. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)

Peace and Security

White House says resolving Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis is ‘clearly a priority’ for President Biden

September 7, 2022

Blinken and Ruto

African Presidents

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks with Kenya’s President-elect William Ruto, commits to deepening ties

September 7, 2022

White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan speaks to reporters Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House. (Official White House Photo by Erin Scott)

United States ‘gravely concerned’ by ‘dire projection’ of famine in Somalia between October and December, wants international community to act ‘immediately’

September 6, 2022

Joe Biden William Ruto

African Presidents

Biden White House congratulates President-elect of Kenya William Ruto, pushes for peace in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, comments on Angola

September 6, 2022

LIz Truss

Liz Truss becomes new UK Prime Minister

September 6, 2022

Atiku, Tinubu, Obi

United States says Nigeria must remain ‘bastion of democracy for West Africa’ ahead of February presidential election

September 5, 2022

William Ruto

Supreme Court rules William Ruto was duly elected President of Kenya on August 9

September 5, 2022

United States Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara A. Leaf

U.S. diplomat Barbara Leaf concludes trip to Tunisia amid political and civil unrest

September 4, 2022

President Joe Biden disembarks Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, after a trip to South Korea and Japan. (Official White House Photo by Erin Scott)

Biden dispatches Michael Hammer to Ethiopia to help stop renewed war in Tigray as White House condemns Eritrea, Ethiopia and TPLF

September 2, 2022

United States Vice President Kamala D. Harris and Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinabja deliver remarks to the press at the White House in Washington DC on Friday, September 2, 2022. Picture: Simon Ateba, Today News Africa

Nigeria is a key U.S. ally, says Kamala Harris, as she hosts Vice President Yemi Osinbajo

September 2, 2022

United States Vice President Kamala D. Harris and Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinabja deliver remarks to the press at the White House in Washington DC on Friday, September 2, 2022. Picture: Simon Ateba, Today News Africa

Kamala Harris receives Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at White House to strengthen ties

September 2, 2022

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'Our partnership is essential in addressing many of the world's pressing challenges,' US President Joe Biden tells South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the start of their talks at the White House, September 16, 2022 [Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters]

African Presidents

Biden hosts Ramaphosa at White House as both leaders pledge to strengthen ties and work for global stability amid war in Ukraine

September 16, 2022

Blinken and Ruto

African Presidents

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks with Kenya’s President-elect William Ruto, commits to deepening ties

September 7, 2022

President João Lourenço of Angola

African Presidents

Angolan President Joao Lourenco projected to win second five-year term, defeating Adalberto Costa Júnior

August 25, 2022

Angolan opposition leader Adalberto Costa Júnior goes head-to-head with President João Lourenço

African Presidents

Who wins Angola’s presidential election as opposition leader Adalberto Costa Júnior goes head-to-head with President João Lourenço?

August 24, 2022

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman swears in John T. Godfrey as the U.S. Ambassador to Sudan at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 22, 2022. [State Department photo by Freddie Everett

U.S. Ambassadors to Africa

John T. Godfrey sworn in to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Sudan amid civil and political unrest

August 23, 2022

Tulinabo S. Mushingi

U.S. Ambassadors to Africa

U.S. moving diplomatic representation for São Tomé and Príncipe from Gabon to Angola. The island is the second smallest country in Africa after Seychelles with just over 200,000 inhabitants

August 15, 2022

Margaret C. Whitman

U.S. Ambassadors to Africa

Billionaire businesswoman Margaret Cushing Whitman assumes office as U.S. Ambassador to Kenya amid political transition

João Lourenço of MPLA (left) and Adalberto Costa Júnior of UNITA (right)

African Presidents

Top U.S. Senators call for free, fair and peaceful election in Angola on August 24, urge all political parties not to use violence ‘whatever the outcome of the vote’

Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi, President of Botswana, speaking in the Press Conference: Launch of Davos Friends of Africa Growth Platform at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2020 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 21st January. Media Centre - in the Press Conference Room. Copyright by World Economic Forum/Jakob Polacsek

African Presidents

Antony Blinken discusses U.S.-Botswana ties in phone call with President Mokgweetsi Masisi ahead of U.S.-Africa summit in December

José Eduardo dos Santos with George W Bush at the White House in 2004. Photograph: Gerald Herbert/AP

African Presidents

Late Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos leaves behind mixed legacy of peace, poverty and corruption

President Buhari with R-L: President of Tanzania Samia Suluhu Hassan, President of Sierra Leone Julius Bio, DG Ops World Bank Alex Van Trotsenburg, President of Senegal Macky Sall, President of Congo Denis Sassou-Nguesso, President of Liberia George Weah and President of Guinea Bissau Umaro Sissoco Embalo at the Programme of International Development Association (IDA) Summit for Africa in Dakar, Senegal on July 7, 2022. Bayo Omoboriowo/State House.

African Presidents

In Senegal, African leaders vow to respond to multiple crises to achieve continent’s economic transformation in partnership with World Bank

Colonel Mamady Doumbouya

African Presidents

After 10 months of military control, Guinean acting president Colonel Mamady Doumbouya still expected to transition nation toward democracy

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