AfricaFocus Bulletin
The last AfricaFocus Bulletin in this format was published on January 23, 2023.
It has been replaced by AfricaFocus Notes, now a blog on the substack platform.
Check it out at https://africafocus.substack.com
January 23, 2023 Update from Editor on Future Plans
When President Barack Obama hosted his US-Africa Summit in August 2014, my roundups in AfricaFocus Bulletin featured critical analysis of the likely outcome and the issues that were likely to be ignored, as well as alternate viewpoints by civil society groups.
November 15, 2022 Africa/Global: "Daughter of Africa" Steps Up to Lead on Global Crises
At the climate summit in Egypt last week, President Biden pledged that the United States would take the lead on the climate crisis. But his speech was eclipsed the same day by a powerful call to action by Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados.
October 25, 2022 Africa/Global: Remembering Valeriano Ferrão and Charles Sherrod
Valeriano Ferrão died in Maputo, Mozambique, on October 2, 2022, at the age of 83. Charles Sherrod died in Albany, Georgia, on October 11, 2022, at the age of 85. As far as I know, the two had never met. And they were very different people. But for me, they epitomize the shared values of solidarity and integrity that were central to the movements they represented.
October 10, 2022 AfricaFocus 3.0: Not ´A Nation of Immigrants´
Coming in 2023: AfricaFocus 3.0
July 20, 2022 Africa/Global: Oligarchs of All Nations
"Biden Concedes Defeat on Climate Bill as Manchin and Inflation Upend Agenda" - New York Times, July 16, 2022
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June 9, 2022 Africa/Global: Ukraine, Africa, and Our Planet
May 11, 2022 Africa/Global: Debt, IFFs, and Inequality in Africa
April 21, 2022 Africa/Global: Climate Put on Back Burner by War
March 25, 2022 Africa/Global: Updates from AfricaFocus
January 19, 2022 USA/Africa: Bronx Fire Devastates Gambian Community
December 23, 2021 USA/Africa: Pandora Papers Keep Giving
November 23, 2021 Africa/Global: From Climate Denial to Deceit and Delay
November 2, 2021 Africa/Global: The Heat is On! Time to Act!
October 15 , 2021 Africa/Global: Hardly a Dent in #VaccineApartheid
August 26, 2021 Mozambique/Global: “Most Egregious Corruption Case of the 21st Century”
July 27, 2021 USA/Global: Let Cuba Live!
July 27, 2021 USA/Africa: Building Back Better? Or Not?
June 14, 2021 USA/Global: Bad Days for Big Oil (except in the GOP)
May 31, 2021 Mozambique/Global: Fossil Fuels, Debt, and Corruption
May 31, 2021 Mozambique/Global: War, Intervention, and Solidarity
May 17, 2021 Africa/Global: Decolonizing Medical Technology
May 3, 2021 Africa/Global: African-Language Literature in Global Scholarship
April 19, 2021 Confronting Global Apartheid Demands Global Solidarity
April 6, 2021 Africa/Global: People's Vaccine vs. Vaccine Apartheid
March 22, 2021 Sahel: Questioning Counterterrorism?
March 8, 2021 USA/Global: Taxing the Tech Giants
February 22, 2021 Africa/Global: The Inequality Virus
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