The Official Blog of Amb. David H. Shinn

Lobelog posted on 23 April 2018 a commentary titled " Trump's Africa Policy Is a Continuation of Clinton's, Bush's, and Ob...

The Washington Post published on 6 October 2017 an article titled " U.S. Lifts Sanctions on Sudan, Ending Two Decades of Embargo ...

The Voice of America ran on 12 January 2017 a brief article titled " Djibouti President Doubts Africa Will Be High on Trump Agenda ...

The VOA Encounter program with Carol Castiel ran over the weekend of 25 November 2016 a half-hour discussion of President Obama's legacy...

The Institute for Security Studies published its September 2015 Peace and Security Council Report , which provides updates on key security i...

Chatham House published on 19 August 2015 a commentary titled " What Will It Take to Secure Lasting Peace in South Sudan? " by Dam...

Ventures Africa published on 7 August 2015 a commentary titled " Is Ethiopia's Ruling Party Securing or Smothering the Country...

President Obama addressed the people of Africa on 28 July 2015 at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.  His speech, in m...

China Radio International hosted on 31 July 2015 a 54 minute program devoted mostly to President Obama's recent visit to Kenya and Ethi...

The visit by President Obama to Kenya and Ethiopia, especially the meeting in Addis Ababa with regional leaders on South Sudan, has resulted...

Yale Global Online published on 28 July 2015 an analysis titled " Obama's Triumphant Return to Kenya as President " by John G...

The Associated Press published on 27 July 2015 an article titled " Chinese State Media Snipe at Obama's Africa Trip " by Chri...

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) published on 23 July 2015 an analysis titled " President Obama's Engageme...

The New York Times published on 20 July 2015 an oped titled " Obama's Chance to Revisit Kenya " by Johnnie Carson and Mark Be...

Foreign Policy published on 8 July 2015 a commentary titled " Obama Should Stay Away from Ethiopia " by Jeffrey Smith and Mohamme...

Ethiopia's Capital newspaper published on 29 June 2015 an article titled " Obama's Visit Diplomatic Triumph or Misplaced Prior...

The White House announced today that President Barack Obama will visit Ethiopia and the headquarters of the the African Union in late July....

Hussein Khalid, executive director of the Kenyan nongovernmental organization  Haki Africa, wrote an oped for the Washington Post on 1 May ...

Foreign Policy published on 25 February 2015 a long critical analysis of US policy in South Sudan titled " Unmade in the USA: The Insi...

Tadias Magazine published on 23 January 2014 a brief  interview with me on President Barack Obama's summit in Washington on 5-6 August...