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The Bureau of African Affairs (AF) is part of the United States Department of State and is charged with advising the Secretary of State on matters of Sub-Saharan Africa. The bureau was established in 1958. It is headed by the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs who reports to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.
The assistant secretary of state for African affairs is the head of the Bureau of African Affairs, within the United States Department of State, who guides operation of the U.S. diplomatic establishment in the countries of sub-Saharan Africa and advises the Secretary of State and the Under Secretary for Political Affairs.
Mary Catherine "Molly" Phee (born 1963) is an American diplomat who had served as assistant secretary of state for African affairs. She previously served as the U.S. ambassador to South Sudan from 2015 to 2017. She is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of minister counselor.
It acquired responsibility for the rest of Africa (except Algeria and the Union of South Africa) in 1937. Relations with African nations became the responsibility of a new Bureau of African Affairs on August 20, 1958. Still, relations with North African nations reverted to the Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs on April 22, 1974.
“The gap, I think, between 2014 and 2022 certainly is regrettable,” said Judd Devermont, who heads African affairs at the National Security Council. The goal now is “first and foremost ...
The Africa Peacekeeping Program (AFRICAP) is a U.S. Government program run by the Bureau of African Affairs of the U.S. Department of State "which provides training and advisory services, equipment procurement, and logistical support and construction services to African countries." See also African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance References ^ Alexis Arieff and Lauren Ploch, "The ...
The last time leaders of the African continent were invited to the White House, Barack Obama was president. It was August 2014, and the world was grappling with a deadly virus: Ebola. And Joe ...
1.2 Bureau of African Affairs (AF) 1.3 Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs (EAP) 1.4 Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs (EUR)