Even before President Trump’s latest outrage against the nations of Africa (along with Haiti and El Salvador) referring to them vulgarly as [expletive deleted] countries, whose people should not be welcomed as immigrants, the failure of the administration’s policies toward Africa was addressed in this article by Africa expert Lawrence […]
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Sudan: Sanctions Lifted, Now Development Is Imperative
By Lawrence Freeman October 24, 2017 On October 12, the U.S. announced the long overdue, official removal of some sanctions on Sudan. Now, new and exciting potentials lie ahead for the future of Sudan and its people. This is not the time to delay; the government of Sudan should seize […]
SAVING AFRICA’S LAKE CHAD: A Cornerstone for Collaboration of US and China
By Lawrence Freeman, Political-Economic Analyst for Africa and Vice Chairman of the International Scientific Advisory Committee to the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC). Over recent weeks, there has been considerable, long-overdue international attention given to the horrific conditions for the people living in the nations of the Lake Chad Basin […]
Famine in Africa: More Than Humanitarian Aid Required
By Lawrence Freeman, Political-Economic Analyst for Africa Famine is stalking Africa, threatening unprecedented levels of starvation. Famine has already been officially declared in parts of South Sudan’s Unity State, Somalia, and sections of the Borno State in Nigeria. Somalian officials reported 110 human beings perished from hunger in forty-eight hours […]