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U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday that he intends to end the participation of Gabon, Niger, Uganda and the Central African Republic in the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) trade program. Biden said he was taking the step because of “gross violations” of internationally recognized human rights by …

Burkina Faso no longer benefits from the U.S. law allowing African countries to export to the United States without paying customs duties as a result of the country’s current socio-political situation. Burkina Faso has just been excluded from AGOA. Following the January 2022 coup, the United States had already terminated …

Hundreds of Ethiopians and Eritreans are protesting across various cities in the US, demanding that the US government drop two separate bills which would impose tough sanctions on people hindering an end to war in Ethiopia. The demonstrators say the policies would hurt ordinary Ethiopians and derail ongoing peace negotiations. …

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta says the country is determined to sign a new trade deal with the US despite a change in US president. The two countries initiated trade negotiations in July 2020. But in November, the US voted Republican President Donald Trump out of office and his successor, Democrat …