Africa: Corporate Council on Africa Announces the Republic of Mauritius as Host of 2026 U.S.-Africa Business Summit

Africa: U.S./Africa – Expulsion Deals Flout Rights

Johannesburg — African Governments Should Terminate Agreements and Refuse New Ones The United States’ recent expulsions of third-country nationals to Eswatini, Ghana, Rwanda, and South Sudan have exposed several hundred people to a risk of arbitrary detention, ill-treatment, and refoulement, Human Rights Watch said today. The opaque deals that facilitate these transfers, at least some…

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Africa: Trump Invites Boakai to Key U.S.-Africa Summit

Africa: Trump Invites Boakai to Key U.S.-Africa Summit

President Joseph Nyuma Boakai is among five African heads of state invited to a high-level summit in Washington, D.C., hosted by U.S. President Donald J. Trump, aimed at strengthening U.S.-Africa relations through targeted economic and security partnerships. The summit, scheduled for July 9-11, 2025, is being described as Trump’s first major diplomatic outreach to Africa…

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Africa: Record-Breaking U.S.-Africa Business Summit Yields .5 Billion in Deals and Commitments – Fact Sheet

Africa: Record-Breaking U.S.-Africa Business Summit Yields $2.5 Billion in Deals and Commitments – Fact Sheet

From June 22-25, more than 2,700 U.S. and African public and private sector leaders gathered for the 17th U.S.-Africa Business Summit, hosted by the Corporate Council on Africa and the President of Angola.  This year’s Summit marked a record turnout, including 12 African Heads of State. The U.S. Delegation, led by Ambassador Troy Fitrell, Senior Bureau Official for…

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