The Chinese government issued a withering critique of the United States on Thursday, in a lengthy document that targeted American actions across the globe, including the African continent. “The United States is the inventor and master of coercive diplomacy,” said the report, called “America’s Coercive Diplomacy and Its Harm.” In…
Laureen is the editor of Africa Times
United States President Donald Trump and his administration plan a nearly 30 percent budget cut to the U.S. Department of State and USAID programs, the Wall Street Journal reports. Those cuts, part of a first look at the 2018 budget, will be announced later on Thursday. That may mean some…
The passage of the Power Africa bill through the US Congress this week will mean the creation of a new beginning for energy on the continent. The US Senate passed the act in mid-December, with a vote expected this week in the House of Representatives. The legislation, officially called…
As the son of a Kenyan-born immigrant, Barack Obama has served as President of the United States with a special sense of identity and connections among Kenyans, and among wider Africa. Furthermore, recent months have seen President Obama emboldened both by notable policy victories at home – with the Supreme…