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“In sub-Saharan Africa the United States has been considered a fair-weather friend. We need a more consistent Foreign Policy to engage Africa, as it struggles with good governance, economic growth, peace and security.” In August 2012, Secretary Hillary...
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Africa Needs a New Foreign Policy of Engagement
From American Ambassadors Live! The U.S. needs to develop a new foreign policy of engagement with Africa, before China annexes this rich continent as part of its strategic plan to dominate the global economy. I first visited the Horn of Africa in...
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Ansar al-Sharia: New Salafist Terrorist Group in North Africa
"Ansar al-Sharia: A New Salafi Jihadist Movement" “In the aftermath of the Arab Spring in Libya, radical Islamists looking for a new leader united with Ansar al-Sharia, an ultraconservative Salafist movement. Inflicting their brand of terrorism, they...
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Benghazi Brutal Battle: AQIM Terrorists had Their Roots in Mali
“Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) was born in Algeria, moved to Mali in 2003, and today has tentacles spread across the vast Sahel, including Mauritania, Niger, and Chad; North Africa in Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Egypt”. On July 5, 2012 the UN...
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Benghazi Consulate Attacks: The Global War on Terror Continues
“It was known within 24 hours that al-Qaeda linked Islamists were responsible for attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, but the information was withheld from the public.” Senators said they were misled regarding the attacks on September 11, 2012,...
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Captain Amadou Sanogo: A Hero or Mutineer?
“Corrupt Mali government did not intend to hold elections on April 29, 2012″ On September 7, 2012 Yeah Samake, a friend and mayor of the town of Ouelessebougou, arranged for a meeting with Captain Amadou Haya Sanogo. As we weaved through the busy...
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China May Trump the U.S. in Africa
“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...
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Diego Garcia: The Chagos Archipelago
WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO: The U.S. Government Must Redress Wrongs Against the Chagossians For generations, the Chagossians lived on the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean. But in the 1960s, the U.S. and U.K. governments expelled the...
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Foreign Policy for Somalia Needs Boost
Foreign Policy for Somalia Needs Boost “In 1991 we ceased in-country diplomatic relations with Somalia, which opened the door to Islamic extremists. Now twenty years later the State Department wants to embrace Somalia. Let us do it with meaningful...
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Mali: Not on Clinton’s Farewell Agenda
“Swan Song did not include a solution for the destabilized democracy” On August 10, 2012 Secretary Hillary Clinton ended her ten day trip to nine sub-Saharan African countries: Senegal, Uganda, South Sudan, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana...
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My Mission to the Republic of Mali
Yeah Samake, the mayor of Ouelessebougou and I had become acquainted over a year ago. Since then we had met on a number of occasions. I was impressed with him — a breath of fresh air in Africa’s young up-and-coming political leaders. In the...
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Obama’s Policy Directive on sub-Saharan Africa
On July 30, 2012 the White House Office of Public Engagement hosted a panel discussion on President Obama’s Policy Directive on sub-Saharan Africa. The panel members included Grant Harris, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for...
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Osama bin Laden: Could Have Been Captured Before 1996
The 2012 election campaign has focused on the Executive Order (ExOrd) which was issued by President Obama to kill Osama bin Laden. In writing my book “When the White House Calls”, I reviewed a number of articles, books, media interviews and other...
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Sudan – Erratic Diplomacy at Best
Note this excerpt from a recent Reuters story: "U.S. Fears Serious Famine in Troubled Sudan Region" By Andrew Quinn WASHINGTON Tue Jan 24, 2012 3:52 pm EST “The United States fears a large-scale famine in Sudan’s restive border states of Southern...