Whether Harris or Trump, Africa Must Top the List in 2025, Say Experts

JOHANNESBURG—Leading into the U.S. election, analysts who focus on Africa say that in 2025, the new administration should pour resources, investments, and goodwill into the world’s second-largest continent, which they say has been heavily neglected by the United States in the past. If Washington does not, it risks losing access to materials vital to the world’s future and its security and progress, they say. With current foreign policy priorities such as those surrounding the Israel–Gaza conflict and the war in Ukraine, the complexities of Africa are far down on the current administration’s agenda. “Before the Russian invasion and before the Hamas attacks [in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, [President Joe] Biden and his officials were making a concerted effort to put a bigger American footprint on Africa,” Stephanie Cawood, director of the Center for African Studies at the University of Free State in South Africa, told The Epoch Times....