Subcommittee on Africa Global Health Global Human Rights and International Organizations
The House Foreign Affairs Committee met to discuss recent violence in the Central African Republic, threats to U.S. interests represented, and possible responses. Special attention was paid to the viability of UN versus AU peacekeeping forces.
A joint subcomittee hearing held by the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the continuing threat of the extremist organization Boko Haram, both to Nigerian and American interests.
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs signed House Resolution 131, urging leaders in the Great Lakes region to abide by signed peace agreements. The Committee also called on the Obama administration to create a framework for ensuring humanitarian assistance and respect for human rights.
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs met to discuss democratic prospects in Ethiopia following the death of their longtime Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. By promoting policies of good governance, the US can also hope to strengthen regional stability and security.
The House Subcommittee on Africa met to discuss whether or not natural resource wealth in African countries caused instability. The witnesses focused on corruption and mismanagement of revenues.