U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley has just returned from a big trip to Africa. She visited refugee camps South Sudan, famine victims in Ethiopia, and in Congo, she insisted that long-postponed elections finally be held. Upon her return to New York, she announced $60 million in US funding to create an anti-terror fighting force in Africa’s Sahel region.

Ten months into the Trump administration, is Africa now on the agenda? Is there a U.S. “Africa policy” per se, and does that matter?

To help us answer those questions are:

• Joshua Meservey, senior policy analyst for Africa and the Middle East at the Heritage Foundation

• Todd Moss, senior fellow at the Center for Global Development

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Recorded November 1, 2017. 

Hosted by Luke Vargas.