The following is a round-up of President Obama’s recent six-day, three-country visit to Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania.
- While in Cape Town on Sunday, President Obama announced a $7 billion program to develop electricity infrastructure across the continent. Dubbed Power Africa, it will be funded largely by the U.S. Import-Export Bank and U.S. Overseas Primary Investment Corporation. Countries involved in the initial phase of the project include Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, ...
This post was written with CIP intern Ashley Badesch
Mexican news website Animal Político published an article on Mexican drug cartel activity in Central America. The security situation has significantly worsened in the region in recent years as U.S.-backed counternarcotics operations that first pushed the drug trade and related violence from Colombia into Mexico, have now squeezed organized crime into Central America.
On June 18, news emerged that Russia had recently delivered a massive shipment of weapons, totaling about $1 billion, to Azerbaijan. The weapons deals had been previously reported piecemeal, but seeing them all together – apparently first reported via an Azerbaijani web forum user who posted photos...
A round-up of some of the top articles and news highlights from around the region over the last week
Below is a roundup of some of the top articles and news highlights from around the MENA region over the last week
- The U.S. foreign policy spotlight is on President Obama’s African voyage to Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania, the first to the continent during the President’s second term in office. The White House highlighted U.S. trade and investment efforts ahead of the trip and is bringing along key members of Obama’s economic team. Analysts have had a diverse range of reactions to the trip, but most agree that the Obama administration is playing catch-up after largely overlooking Africa thus far during his tenure. Read ...