They blocked her from being the lead Democrat on the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs committee Policy-makers expect a more assertive Congressional approach to US-Africa relations following President Joe Biden's promise to step up US political and economic engagement with Africa at last December's leaders' summit (Dispatches 29/11/22 President Biden hosts African leaders amid multiple crises)...

Yellen's visit is the first of a series of African visits by senior officials in US President Joe Biden's administration following December's US-Africa leaders' summit (AC Vol 64 No 2 Grand ambitions little money)...

President William Ruto made little secret of the object of his affections ahead of the 13-16 December African leaders' summit hosted by United States President Joe Biden; US carrier Delta Airways which he hopes will be persuaded to purchase a significant chunk of the loss-making Kenya Airways...

It follows US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's launching of the Joe Biden administration's Africa strategy paper in South Africa in August which attempted to redraw Africa policy to recognise the continent's growing economic and demographic weight...

Analysts in Nairobi see his diplomatic forays to Asia and within Africa as a way of boosting his international profile ahead of the US-Africa summit in mid-December hosted by President Joe Biden (AC Vol 63 No 5 Ruto goes West)...