By Priyal Singh
The outcome of the upcoming U.S. presidential election could considerably alter the direction and substance of African capitals’ bilateral relations with Washington.
The Joe Biden–Kamala Harris administration has made significant efforts to effectively course-correct and reframe U.S.-Africa relations, primarily through its 2022 Strategy toward sub-Saharan Africa. The objectives include fostering open societies, delivering democratic and security dividends, advancing economic opportunity, and supporting climate adaptation.
This strategy has been bolstered by numerous high-level working visits to the continent, the mobilisation and facilitation of new investment and trade agreements, and renewed commitments toward supporting democratic transitions and processes. Those efforts were solidified at the December 2022 U.S.-Africa Leader’s Summit, in which delegations from forty-nine African countries converged in Washington to discuss and explore strengthened bilateral relations based on shared interests and values.
More recently, the United States’ calls for UN Security Council reform, which now include its official support for two
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