The Official Blog of Amb. David H. Shinn

  Reuters published on 14 August 2026 an article titled " Kenya Eyes Debut Chinese Bond Market Issuance This Fiscal Year ." Kenya...

  African Arguments posted on 13 August 2026 a commentary titled " The Beijing of It All: Africa's Development Terms Are No Longer...

 The World Bank Group published in April 2026 " Africa Economic Update: Making Industrial Policy Work in Africa ." The World Bank ...

  Courthouse News Service published on 9 October 2025 an article titled " EU Woos Mineral-rich Africa as China Tightens Resource Grip ...

  Ethiopia Insight published on 23 September 2025 a commentary titled " Ethiopia's Central Bank Shake-Up: The Governor's Exit ...

 The World Bank published in March 2025 a major report titled " South Sudan Economic Monitor: A Pathway to Overcome the Crisis ." ...

  The Guardian published on 6 November 2024 an article titled " US Cancels $1.1 Bn of Somalia's Debt in 'Historic' Financi...

  Ethiopia Insight published on 5 November 2024 a commentary titled " Now the Birr Floats, Will Ethiopia Sink or Swim? " by Mukta...

  The Hill published on 31 October 2024 a commentary titled " Ethiopia's Drone Massacres Demand that US and World Pay Attention ...

  Reuters published on 1 October 2024 an article titled " Ethiopia Expects 'Tangible Progress' on Deal with Creditor Nations b...

  Ethiopia Insight published on 8 August 2024 a commentary titled " The Addis-Washington Consensus and Its Democratic Deficit " b...

  Wearetech.africa posted on 6 August 2024 an article titled " Guinea, Huawei Partner to Expand Digital Infrastructure, ICT Access ...

 The UK-based Centre for African Conflict and Development posted on 22 July 2024 a 44-minute podcast with me titled " Austerity Measure...

 The Voice of America published on 28 June 2024 an article titled " Deadly Kenya Protests Spurred by International Debt Woes " by...

India's Firstpost posted on 26 June 2024 a 6-minute video titled " Is Chinese Debt the Reason Kenya Wants to Raise Taxes? "  ...

  CNN published on 23 May an article titled "Biden Looks to Counter China's Influence as He Rolls Out Red Carpet for Kenya " ...

 The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs published on 15 April 2024 a press release titled " International Humanitarian Conference for S...

  The Diplomat published on 11 January 2024 an analysis titled " What Lies Ahead for Chinese Lending to Africa? " by Trevor Lwere...

 The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace published in November 2023 a paper titled " Who Finances Energy Projects in Africa? ...

 South Africa's Institute for Security Studies published on 2 November 2023 a brief paper titled " Navigating the Complex Terrain o...