Bureau Home Bureau Home About Us Leadership Key Topics Remarks and Releases Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets HomeBureaus & Offices > Under Secretary for Political Affairs ...Bureau of African Affairs hide Bureau of African Affairs Subscribe Our Mission The Department of State’s Bureau of African Affairs is focused on the development and management of U.S. policy concerning the African continent. The Department’s Africa Strategy focuses on three core objectives: 1) Advancing trade and commercial ties with key African states to increase U.S. and African prosperity; 2) Protecting the United States from cross-border health and security threats; and 3) Supporting key African states’ progress toward stability, citizen-responsive governance, and self-reliance. Assistant Secretary Molly Phee Follow Us: Facebook Twitter The Latest May 11, 2023 Jeddah Declaration of Commitment to Protect the Civilians of Sudan Preamble Recognizing the necessity of uplifting the plight and misery from our people resulting from the ongoing fighting since April 15, 2023, in particular in the capital of Khartoum, responding to urgent humanitarian needs of our civilian citizens, Responding to the various initiatives of the brotherly and friendly countries, led by the Saudi-American initiative, We, […] March 15, 2024 President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the United States Meeting in Atlanta March 15, 2024 Assistant Secretary Noyes Travels to Ethiopia and Chad March 15, 2024 Assistant Secretary of State Satterfield to Travel to Nigeria See All Key Topics U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit Vital Partners, Shared Priorities African Growth and Opportunity Act African Women's Entrepreneurship Program Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit Africa will shape the future — not just the future of the African people, but of the world. Rooted in this recognition that Africa is a key geopolitical player, President Biden invited leaders from across the African continent to Washington, DC on December 13-15, 2022 for the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. President Biden believes U.S. collaboration with African leaders, as well as civil society, business, diaspora, women, and youth leaders, is essential to unlocking the potential of this decisive decade. Learn more about the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit Vital Partners, Shared Priorities Our strategy is rooted in the recognition that sub-Saharan Africa is a major geopolitical force, one that shaped our past, is shaping our present, and will shape our future. Read the full speech Vital Partners, Shared Priorities African Growth and Opportunity Act Enacted in May 2000, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is the cornerstone of U.S. economic engagement with the countries of sub-Saharan Africa. Learn more about AGOA African Growth and Opportunity Act African Women's Entrepreneurship Program African Women’s Entrepreneurship Program (AWEP) is an outreach, education, and engagement initiative that targets African women entrepreneurs to promote business growth, increase trade both regionally and to U.S. markets through the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), create better business environments, and empower African women entrepreneurs to become voices of change in their communities. Learn more about AWEP African Women's Entrepreneurship Program Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) is the United States’ signature effort to invest in the next generation of African leaders. Learn more about YALI Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Countries & Areas Sub-Saharan Africa Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Comoros Côte d’Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Republic of the Congo Rwanda Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Offices Office of the Special Envoy for the Sahel Region of Africa