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Former vice president Joe Biden and President Donald Trump. © Reuters/Wire services, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Imagn Content Services, LLC

Inner circles WEST AFRICA UNITED STATES Issue dated 25/05/2020

Trump and Biden's Africa advisors in 2020 race for White House

Former vice president Joe Biden and President Donald Trump. © Reuters/Wire services, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Imagn Content Services, LLC

Although Africa will play no role in the run-up to the presidential election in November, both main camps have appointed an expert advisor on the continent. [...] (380 words)

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AFRICA UNITED STATES 02/03/2021

Biden gets to work on Africa, makes first appointments

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Will Biden end Trump's line-in-the-sand diplomacy in the Sahel?

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Pro-Trump lobbyists in disarray after Biden win

In an effort to work their way into the good books of the Trump administration, many African countries turned to ultra-Republican lobbyists with very close ties to the White House. Joe Biden's election has now put them in a delicate position. [...]

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Spotlight DRC 03/11/2020

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AFRICA UNITED STATES 27/08/2020

US Senate gears up for marathon session of African ambassador confirmation hearings

Nouakchott, Monrovia, Freetown, Addis Ababa, Djibouti... Next month the US Senate is due to approve the appointment of a host of ambassadors to Africa in an extensive diplomatic reshuffle that could well be one of the last of the Trump administration. [...]

AFRICA UNITED STATES 27/05/2020

Mike Pompeo appoints new US ambassadors to Djibouti, Burundi and Eswatini

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Mahamat Déby's Herculean labours to secure Chad's borders

Tel Aviv may help Rabat build kamikaze drone sector

Kigali financial hub moves closer to its Singaporean model

Adonis Pouroulis brings on board Trump's special envoy for Great Lakes

New US ambassador set for baptism of fire

Mkango Resources hires General James Jones to curry favour with Biden

Biden gets to work on Africa, makes first appointments

Will Biden end Trump's line-in-the-sand diplomacy in the Sahel?

Pro-Trump lobbyists in disarray after Biden win

Tshisekedi fears Trump defeat will play into Kabila's hands

US Senate gears up for marathon session of African ambassador confirmation hearings

Mike Pompeo appoints new US ambassadors to Djibouti, Burundi and Eswatini

Pompeo seeks to build bridges between Kabila and Tshisekedi

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