Submitted by Directors on 7 May, 2009 - 20:42
Africa Action Press Release
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Michael Stulman (202) 546-7961
Submitted by Directors on 10 February, 2009 - 19:19
Africa Action
In collaboration with
Howard University
African Studies Department
Presents:
U.S.-AFRICA POLICY
"Projecting Change and Continuity Under the Obama Administration"
Submitted by Directors on 28 January, 2009 - 02:42
Africa Action Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Michael Stulman (202) 546-7961
Africa Action Releases "Africa Policy Outlook 2009"
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 (Washington, DC) – Today Africa Action released its Africa Policy Outlook for 2009. This annual publication was released one week after the historic inauguration of President Barack Obama and as millions across the African continent celebrate the new opportunities his presidency offers.
The Outlook identifies several large-scale challenges facing the Obama Administration, including humanitarian disasters in Somalia, the Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It suggests that the unilateral and militarized U.S. policy towards Africa has made African people more vulnerable over the last 7 years.
"Instead of dividing Africa up between friends and enemies, Outlook urges an inclusive and multilateral approach, designed to increase voluntary cooperation, bolster UN and hybrid UN-African Union peacekeeping operations, and project long term solutions to the greatest challenge to security and stability in Africa, poverty.” said Gerald LeMelle, Executive Director of Africa Action.