Category: Africa

• November 19, 2021

  A U.S.-Brokered Peace Deal is the Only Way to Stop Ethiopia’s Civil War

  Ethiopia’s civil war has reached a turning point. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) is making inroads to Addis Ababa, the capital, ready to face off against the federal military forces. The United States fears that the ethnic violence enveloping Ethiopia will plunge the country into civil war, a possibility that is more and more […]
• November 16, 2021

  Africa Matters to U.S. Foreign Policy…and Deserves More Attention

  On November 15, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken set off for Africa on his first trip to the continent as the United States’ top diplomat, with stops in Kenya, Nigeria, and Senegal. This summer, Blinken postponed his visit, originally planned for August, as the United States became engrossed in its messy withdrawal from Afghanistan. […]