The Official Blog of Amb. David H. Shinn

 The State Department published on 15 July 2026 an announcement titled " Realignment of U.S. Visa Services in Africa to Regional Hubs ....

  Bloomberg published on 3 April 2026 an article titled " For China's Rich, The New Must Have Is a Luxury Home in Zimbabwe ."...

 The Associated Press published on 18 January 2026 an article titled " Somali Businesses Struggle during the Minneapolis ICE Crackdown...

 The White House posted on 16 December 2025 a fact sheet titled " President Donald J. Trump Further Restricts and Limits the Entry of F...

 Reuters published on 4 December 2025 an article titled " Trump 'Garbage' Rhetoric about Somalis Draws Cheers from Administrat...

  The New York Times published on 3 December 2025 an article titled " Obstacles to Trump's Push to Deport Minnesota Somalis: Reali...

  The Wall Street Journal published on 2 December 2025 an article titled " Trump Says He Doesn't Want Somali Immigrants in U.S. as...

 This is a one hour and 15-minute Beyond Africa podcast with me hosted by Bernard Ngalim.  The major issues discussed are the impact of the...

  Tigrai Press posted on 28 July 2024 a one-hour podcast with me hosted by Bisrat Kebede.  The conversation focuses initially on the elect...

 The US Department of Homeland Security issued a press release on 12 January 2023 titled " Secretary Mayorkas Extends and Redesignates ...

  Nigerian   News Direct published on 10 October 2022 an article titled " FG Engages Huawei for Electronic Surveillance of Land Border...

  The Citizen published on 23 June 2022 an article titled " Home Affairs Condemns 'Slave-like' Working Conditions at Chinese F...

 The Migration Policy Institute published on 21 July 2021 an article titled " As Migration and Trade Increase between China and Africa,...

The Africa Studies Quarterly published by the University of Florida devoted its February 2018 issue to " China-Africa Relations: Theor...

The most recent issue of the Journal of Current Chinese Affairs published a study titled " Moving Beyond 'China in Africa': In...

CBS 60 Minutes ran a program on 30 April 2017 titled " Ex-Hedge Fund Manager Founds School in Somaliland " with Anderson Cooper. ...

The Ethio Somali Democratic Council posted a 20-minute interview with me on 30 January 2017 . The interview dealt with issues concerning th...

Pambazuka News published on 3 February 2016 an article titled " Chinese Traders in Windhoek " by Daouda Cisse, University of Albe...

The New African magazine published on 15 June 2015 an article titled " Meet Africa's Most Integrated Chinese Community " by J...