It's safe to say that Africa has not been on the top shelf of US foreign policy concerns. While China has been aggressively shoring up and expanding its ties with the continent — ties that go back centuries, Washington is finally ratcheting up the attention it pays to the continent's 54 countries.
After waiting about a day, we finally received permission to visit the Jazeera Palace Hotel in Mogadishu on Wednesday.
Less than two weeks after the Iran nuclear deal, the US is expressing willingness to show more flexibility in resuming talks with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) under the Six-Party Talks framework.