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Relations between Malpass an investment banker appointed by President Donald Trump and the US Treasury had languished since Joe Biden assumed the presidency in 2021...
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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)...
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President Yoweri Museveni reportedly met Boeing executives in Chicago when he was in the United States for the December African Leaders' Summit with President Joe Biden and enquired about the Boeing 737 Max model...
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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)...
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Having initially proclaimed neutrality and refusing to criticise Russia over its invasion of Ukraine Lourenço has curried favour with Joe Biden's administration by urging Moscow to take the 'initiative' to end to the conflict...
After four years of neglect under US President Donald Trump Joe Biden vowed that the US was 'back' in Africa...
Equally President Joe Biden and his Secretary of State Antony Blinken are aware of how counterproductive public criticism of South Africa's stance could prove amid the heightened geopolitical rivalries (AC Vol 63 No 11 Diplomacy on ice)...
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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...
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This will guarantee some awkward moments when President Yoweri Museveni travels to Washington his first visit in five years to attend President Joe Biden's US-Africa Leaders Summit on 13-15 December...
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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...
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