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In first stop on Asia travel, President Biden arrives in South Korea, tours model for Samsung’s new Texas semiconductor facility

USA

U.S. Ambassadors to Africa

Joe Biden nominates Joey R. Hood to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia

President Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Friday nominated Joey R. Hood, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class...

Pentagon Press Secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby briefs the media during a press conference held in the Pentagon Press Briefing Room, June 10, 2014. KIrby fielded questions about Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's recent release from Taliban captivity and five U.S. forces that were killed Monday in an apparent friendly fire event. DoD Photo by Glenn Fawcett

White House

Joe Biden announces John Kirby as National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications

President Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Friday announced that John Kirby, who is currently the Assistant to the Secretary of...

Zambia

U.S. officials meet with Zambian foreign minister Stanley Kakubo in Washington

The United States Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development Samantha...

President Joe Biden walks with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., as he arrives to deliver remarks in National Statuary Hall on the one-year anniversary of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Thursday, January 6, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)

Ukraine

President Biden reacts as U.S. Senate approves nearly $40 billion in aid to Ukraine

May 19, 2022

The United States Senate on Thursday approved nearly $40 billion in additional aid for Ukraine, sending the bill to the...

President Joe Biden prepares for a meeting with business leaders and CEOs on vaccine requirements, Wednesday, September 15, 2021, in the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)

President Biden

Joe Biden reacts to low unemployment insurance claims: America is back to work

by Africa Newsroom

May 19, 2022

U.S. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Thursday reacted to new unemployment insurance claims, saying that "America is back to...

President of Somalia, H. E. Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (right) and Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon (right-center) during meetings in Mogadishu, Somalia on October 29, 2014. Photo © Dominic Chavez/World Bank

African Presidents

Joe Biden redeploys troops to Somalia to fight al-Shabaab as ex-president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud returns to power five years after his first term

May 17, 2022

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U.S. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is redeploying troops to Somalia to fight against al-Shabaab, 'which has increased in strength...

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden walk across the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, February 25, 2022, and board Marine One en route to Wilmington, Delaware. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)

Africa

Joe and Jill Biden to travel to Buffalo Tuesday to grieve with community that lost 10 people to mass shooting

May 15, 2022

U.S. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and First Lady Jill Bien will on Tuesday travel to Buffalo, New York to grieve...

Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dennis McDonough look on as President Joe Biden delivers remarks prior to signing a bipartisan Veterans bill Tuesday, November 30, 2021, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)

USA

Harris leads U.S. delegation to Abu Dhabi to offer condolences on passing of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan

May 15, 2022

U.S. Vice President Kamala D. Harris will depart Washington, DC, on Sunday, en route to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates....

President Joe Biden walks through the White House Rose Garden, Thursday, November 4, 2021, to the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)

Africa

Biden describes Buffalo mass shooting that killed 10 people Saturday as ‘senseless’, ‘horrific’ and a ‘racially motivated hate crime’

May 15, 2022

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U.S. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Saturday night reacted to the mass shooting earlier in the day in Buffalo,...

European Council President Charles Michel said: 'The big question remains: does the Kremlin want dialogue?' [Sputnik/Sergey Guneev/Kremlin via Reuters]

Ukraine

In joint statement, G7 says it will help Ukraine battle Russia to the very end