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“Governments will always play a huge part in solving big problems. They set public policy and are uniquely able to provide the resources to make sure solutions reach everyone who needs them. They also fund basic research, which is a crucial component of the innovation that improves life for everyone.” Bill Gates
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How Biden Can Build U.S.-Africa Relations Back Better
The Biden administration is saying all the right things about a renewal of U.S.-African relations. But if the new president wants to make real headway, he must invest more deeply in this young and energetic continent.
Published April 27, 2021
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“Germany's Merkel era comes to an end as opposition parties strike deal”
november 24, 2021
Diplomatic shifts
“Meanwhile the migrant crisis on the Poland-Belarus border, which Western leaders have accused Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of orchestrating with the support of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has intensified tensions with the European Union's volatile neighbor.”…
Learn more: Germany to end Merkel era after parties reach deal to form ...
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Africa’s Global Policy Outlook
“Africa is working toward implementing two agendas – the Agenda 2030 for sustainable development and the African Union’s Agenda 2063. Both will require a strong commitment to keep climate change at bay and manage surface and underground resources for the benefit of the African people.”
AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT - United Nations University
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November 2021
Secretary of State Blinken visits Africa to boost U.S. response to regional crises
“Despite its importance in the U.S.-China rivalry, Africa has often been overshadowed amid more pressing issues.”
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration’s competition with China for influence didn’t get off to a great start in Africa.
In August, the top U.S. diplomat planned a visit, only to postpone it because of the turmoil in Afghanistan that preoccupied Washington. Now, three months later and as two significant African crises worsen, Secretary of State Antony Blinken will try again this week to signal the administration’s “America is back” message to the continent.
Despite its importance in the U.S.-China rivalry, Africa has often been overshadowed amid more pressing issues in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and even Latin America. Thus, Blinken’s trip is aimed in part at raising Washington’s profile as a player in regional and international initiatives to restore peace and promote democracy as it competes with China.
That’s been a hard sell despite massive U.S. contributions of money and vaccines to fight the coronavirus pandemic and other infectious diseases. All the while, China is pumping billions into African energy, infrastructure and other projects that Washington sees as rip-offs designed to take advantage of developing.
By MATTHEW LEE | The Associated Press
PUBLISHED: November 15, 2021 at 11:20 p.m. | UPDATED: November 15, 2021 at 11:26 p.m
Apr 27, 2021 — In his first foreign policy speech in February 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden reassured the international community that “America is back. Quote Source / Secretary of State Blinken visits Africa to boost U.S. response to regional crises (denverpost.com)
AFRICAN UNION: Trade and Industrial Development
“Agenda 2063 places great import in the role that trade plays in developing economies and recognises that trade is a powerful engine for economic growth and development. In Africa barriers to trade have resulted in a fragmented regional economy that has overtime positioned Africa’s role in the global trade market as fundamentally being a raw material (commodities) supplier in exchange for manufactured goods, and rendering the continent’s share in global trade insignificant. The challenges arising from continually fluctuating commodities prices and Africa’s limited value addition to its natural resources renders Africa vulnerable to the external shocks derived from export dependency.”
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