Secretary of State Antony Blinken launched the new U.S. Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa on August 8 in Pretoria as part of his visit to South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Rwanda. The new strategy document is an important first step in a lengthy journey to transform U.S-Africa relations into strong partnerships with African agency as a guiding principle.

On August 24, CFA was represented at a meeting at CSIS to unpack the new strategy, which has clearly benefited from many conversations with Africa as well as a series of recommendations by CFA.

The White House press release on the strategy is here. You can read the strategy here.