Sub-Saharan Africa: Commentary “China is winning the hearts, minds and resources in sub-Saharan Africa” The United States needs to actively engage sub-Saharan Africa in a more meaningful way, not just in dialogue. Our “start-and-stop” foreign policy since the end of the Cold War in 1991 does not sit well with governments, already suspicious of our […]
Read MoreMali: Democracy Hangs in the Balance
Sub-Saharan Africa Mali: Democracy Hangs in the Balance “Unless action is taken immediately Sharia will rule” In my July 10, 2012 Commentary “Mali: A Democracy Destabilized by the Arab Spring”, I noted that the country was in deep trouble, and on the verge of being overrun by Islamists wanting to institute Sharia, the brutal Islamic […]
Read MoreSAFE – Two New Schools Under Construction
I support SAFE: The Somali and American Fund for Education. In their most recent newsletter they discuss the construction of two new classrooms. Please read their newsletter which you can view by visiting this link:
SAFE Newsletter PDF.
Sub-Saharan Africa: Obama’s Focus on Agriculture
Commentary on Sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa: Obama’s Focus on Agriculture “Sustainable development, key to Africa’s food supply” I have visited over twenty-three sub-Saharan African countries since 1970, and just returned from another trip Kenya. Regardless of reports otherwise, food shortages and child malnutrition are still important issues in most of the villages. Sub-Saharan Africa has […]
Read MoreMali: A Democracy Destabilized by the Arab Spring
Commentary on Sub-Saharan Africa Mali: A Democracy Destabilized by the Arab Spring “UNESCO World Heritage Sites are being destroyed by Islamist militants” The Republic of Mali has been destabilized as a result of the Arab Spring revolution. Tuareg mercenary fighters returning from Libya brought with them a large cache of arms, and joined “Le Mouvement […]
Read MorePresident Obama’s Engagement of Sub-Saharan Africa
It was in the early 1960’s when the independence movement in sub-Saharan Africa was unfolding, and Pan-Africanists promised food on everyone’s table. These young African idealists were seeking to build governing institutions; creating jobs, trade and global market access. With poor economic decisions some of these countries were beginning to fail, and financial aid, loans […]
Read MoreKenya: Our Journey Back
“One village at a time” On June 12, 2012 our family headed to sub-Saharan Africa for the annual visit of a selected country. This year the consensus was to go back to the Masai Mara in Kenya. Our group included thirteen, ranging from six to sixty plus, all of whom love this far away continent. […]
Read MoreThe Republic of Mali: Under Siege
Note this recent update on trouble in sub-Saharan Africa: Commentary and Analysis by Ambassador John Price The Republic of Mali: Under Siege In the 1950′s, the independence movement became endemic in sub-Saharan Africa, beginning with Ghana in 1957. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, a socialist, became Ghana’s first president. Nkrumah founded the Pan-African movement with the goal […]
Read MoreSudan: A legacy of tribal and ethnic conflicts
News out of sub-Saharan Africa: Commentary by Ambassador John Price: Sudan: A legacy of tribal and ethnic conflicts “Africa has a history of irrational borders” (Excerpts from When the White House Calls, and February 8, 2012 Commentary, Sudan- Erratic Diplomacy at Best) In the seventh-century Arab traders sailed into the various ports along the coastline […]
Read MoreIn Nigeria: It’s about jobs and economic survival
Note this recent news out of sub-Saharan Africa
Commentary by Ambassador John Price:
In Nigeria: It’s about jobs and economic survival
I spent April 15 to 24, 2007 in Nigeria, serving as a member of the International Republican Institute (IRI) election observation team. It was to be a momentous occasion, with President Olusegun Obasango stepping down after two four year terms, as provided for in the Constitution. In this second civilian election for president, scheduled for April 21, the leading candidates were Umaru Yar’Adua, the governor of Katsina State, located in the northern part of the country; Vice President Atiku Abubakar; and Muhammadu Buhari, a former military leader.
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Read MoreBuilding Schools in Somalia
Note this recent news out of sub-Saharan Africa: “Somalia’s children schooled in guns” By Tom Odula – Associated Press Wednesday, March 14, 2012 Adan Abdi, a school teacher in Dhobley, “worries that the students in his class show too little interest in education. His students are interested in playing war.” UNICEF reports, “An entire generation […]
Read MoreThe 2012 Election Polls in Mali may be in trouble
Note this recent news out of sub-Saharan Africa: BBC NEWS AFRICA Gaddafi’s influence in Mali’s coup By Thomas Fessy BBC News, West Africa correspondent 22 March 2012 last updated at 16:36 ET “It did not take long for the Libyan conflict to spill over borders in the Sahel region – and now Mali seems to […]
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