“This is a very vital and existential matter to us. And we thank the United States for its support and its attention.” – President al-Sisi BY AFP Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday sought US help in pressing Ethiopia into an agreement on a mega-dam that the parched Arab country sees as an existential […]
Continue ReadingBy Hilal, IT is customary to see African summits being held in different parts of the world. All of these summits are designed to safeguard the economic and national security interests of the sponsors and not of Africa and Africans. They are often described as a gathering place of tyrants, dictators and genociders. A Kodak Moment […]
Continue ReadingBy Bereket Kidane, THE West has always treated African leaders like children. They always talk down to them. They don’t show them the respect that is shown to heads of state from other parts of the world. In keeping with past practice of slights and departure from protocol, the Obama White House announced this weekend […]
Continue ReadingBy Samuel Mahaffy (PhD), IN many communities in Africa, it is a tradition to welcome a visiting guest with a meal. Sharing a meal is a way of building and affirming relationship. The U.S. – Africa Leaders Summit, hosted by the White House this week, affords the United States the opportunity to welcome 51 Heads of […]
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