2016
12/20/16 Helping Achieve Africa's Promise: Meeting the Expectations of Youth on the World's Youngest Continent;  Assistant Secretary Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Bureau of African Affairs; The Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs; Washington, DC
11/29/16 Human Rights Conditions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo;  Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa Thomas Perriello; Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission; Washington, DC
09/26/16 Remarks at AGOA Forum Ministerial Closing Ceremony;  Assistant Secretary Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Bureau of African Affairs; Loy Henderson Auditorium, State Department; Washington, DC
09/26/16 Remarks at AGOA Forum Ministerial Opening Ceremony;  Assistant Secretary Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Bureau of African Affairs; Loy Henderson Auditorium, State Department; Washington, DC
09/26/16  Remarks by Ambassador Michael Froman at the Opening of the 2016 AGOA Forum
09/23/16 U.S. Foreign Policy Update and Priorities in Africa;  Assistant Secretary Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Bureau of African Affairs; New York, NY
09/22/16 Update on Efforts to Implement the 2015 Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan;  Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan Donald Booth; New York, NY
09/20/16 The U.S. Role in Atrocity Prevention and Conflict Management in Africa;  Assistant Secretary David M. Robinson, Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations; New York, NY
09/14/16 Remarks With Mozambican President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi Before Their Meeting;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
08/03/16 Remarks by the President at the Young African Leaders Initiative Town Hall; Washington, DC
08/03/16 YALI Mandela Washington Fellow Summit;  Assistant Secretary Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Bureau of African Affairs; Omni Shoreham Hotel, Regency Ballroom; Washington, DC
08/01/16 Religious Extremism in Africa;  Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Sarah Sewall; Remarks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies; Washington, DC
05/16/16 Securing A Peaceful and Prosperous Future for Liberia;  Assistant Secretary Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Bureau of African Affairs; African Methodist Episcopal University; Monrovia, Liberia
05/10/16 Addressing Instability in Sub-Saharan Africa;  Assistant Secretary Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Bureau of African Affairs; Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
04/27/16 South Sudan's Prospects for Peace and Security;  Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan Donald Booth; House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations; Washington, DC
04/14/16 Two Years Later: Continuing Hope for the Missing Chibok Girls;  Assistant Secretary Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Bureau of African Affairs; 210 Cannon House Office Building; Washington, DC
03/30/16 Remarks at the U.S.-Nigeria Binational Commission;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
03/28/16 Partnership with Nigeria: The U.S. View;  Assistant Secretary Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Bureau of African Affairs; United States Institute of Peace; Washington, DC
03/02/16 Remarks With Central African Republic Transitional President Catherine Samba-Panza;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
02/10/16 LiveAtState: Outcomes from the 2016 African Union Summit;  Assistant Secretary Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Bureau of African Affairs; Washington, DC
02/09/16 Boko Haram and Its Regional Impact;  Assistant Secretary Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Bureau of African Affairs; The Capitol Visitor Center, U.S. House of Representatives; Washington, DC
02/09/16 South Sudan, Africa, and the Challenge of Peacemaking;  Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan Donald Booth; Chatham House; London, United Kingdom

2015
12/10/15 Independent South Sudan: A Failure of Leadership;  Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan Donald Booth; Testimony before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC
12/05/15 Remarks at Africare Bishop John T. Walker Memorial Dinner;  Assistant Secretary Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Bureau of African Affairs; Washington Marriott Wardman Park; Washington, DC
11/20/15 U.S. Condemns Terrorist Attack in Mali;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
11/18/15 Remarks With Angolan Foreign Minister Georges Chikoti;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
09/02/15 Remarks at the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Diplomatic Reception;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
08/13/15 Remarks at a UN Security Council Briefing on Ebola; U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Samantha Power; New York, NY
08/03/15 Remarks by the President at the Young African Leaders Initiative Presidential Summit Town Hall; Omni Shoreham Hotel; Washington, DC
07/28/15 Remarks by President Obama While Touring Faffa Food Factory; Faffa Food Factory; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
07/28/15 Remarks by President Obama to the People of Africa; Mandela Hall, African Union Headquarters; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
07/27/15 Remarks by President Obama Before Multilateral Meeting on South Sudan and Counterterrorism Issues; Sheraton Hotel; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
07/27/15 Toast Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn of Ethiopia at State Dinner; National Palace; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
07/26/15 Remarks by President Obama in Conversation with Members of Civil Society; YALI Regional Leadership Center, Kenyatta University; Nairobi, Kenya
07/26/15 Remarks by President Obama to the Kenyan People; Safaricom Indoor Arena; Nairobi, Kenya
07/25/15 Remarks by President Obama and President Kenyatta of Kenya in a Press Conference; Kenyan State House; Nairobi, Kenya
07/21/15 Remarks With Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
07/09/15 Remarks in Abuja, Nigeria;  Deputy Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken; U.S. Embassy Abuja; Abuja, Nigeria
07/01/15 LiveAtState: Foreign Policy and Security Cooperation in Sub Saharan Africa; Washington, DC
06/04/15 Security Assistance to Africa;  Assistant Secretary Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Bureau of African Affairs; Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy; Washington, DC
05/06/15 Meets With Embassy Djibouti Staff and Families;  Secretary of State John Kerry; U.S. Embassy Djibouti; Djibouti, Djibouti
05/06/15 Remarks With Djiboutian Foreign Minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Presidential Palace; Djibouti, Djibouti
05/06/15 Remarks at Salman Mosque;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Salman Mosque; Djibouti, Djibouti
05/06/15 Remarks at the Embassy Djibouti Consular Section;  Secretary of State John Kerry; U.S. Embassy Djibouti; Djibouti, Djibouti
05/05/15 Remarks Before Meeting With Civil Society Leaders;  Secretary of State John Kerry; PAWA 254; Nairobi, Kenya
05/05/15 Remarks on Visit to Somalia;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
05/04/15 Interview With Nichola Mandil of Eye Radio;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Nairobi, Kenya
05/04/15 Meet and Greet for Embassy Staff;  Secretary of State John Kerry; U.S. Embassy; Nairobi, Kenya
05/04/15 Press Availability in Nairobi, Kenya;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Nairobi, Kenya
05/04/15 Remarks Before Digital Video Conference With Students in Dadaab;  Secretary of State John Kerry; UNHCR; Nairobi, Kenya
05/04/15 Remarks Before Meeting With Chief Justice Willy Mutunga;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Memorial Park; Nairobi, Kenya
05/04/15 Remarks Before Meeting With Members of the Coalition for Reform and Democracy;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Memorial Park; Nairobi, Kenya
05/04/15 Remarks at Wreath-Laying Ceremony;  Secretary of State John Kerry; August 7 Memorial Park; Nairobi, Kenya
04/30/15 Remarks for South Africa Freedom Day;  Senior Advisor to the Secretary David H. Thorne; Embassy of the United States; Pretoria, South Africa
04/13/15 Signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation to Support the African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Benjamin Franklin Room; Washington, DC
02/27/15 Press Availability With President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
02/25/15 LiveAtState: U.S.-Africa Relations and Upcoming Elections;  Assistant Secretary Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Bureau of African Affairs; Washington, DC
01/25/15 Remarks at a Press Availability in Lagos, Nigeria;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Lagos, Nigeria

2014
12/17/14 Remarks With Angolan Foreign Minister Georges Chikoti After Their Meeting;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
12/16/14 A Celebration of Excellence in U.S.-Africa Business Relations;  Assistant Secretary Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Bureau of African Affairs; Corporate Council on Africa Event; Washington, DC
12/15/14 South Sudan's Leaders Need To Set Aside Their Dispute;  Secretary of State John Kerry; The Washington Post
12/01/14 Central African Republic National Day Message;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
10/17/14 Remarks on the U.S. Response to Ebola for Members of the Diplomatic Corps;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Benjamin Franklin Room; Washington, DC
09/08/14 The Benefits of Space Security for Development in Africa;  Deputy Assistant Secretary Frank A. Rose, Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance; Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH); Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
09/02/14 President Obama's Message on the Ebola Virus; Washington, DC
08/07/14 Combating the Ebola Threat;  Deputy Assistant Secretary Bisa Williams, Bureau of African Affairs; Testimony Before the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations; Washington, DC
08/05/14 Remarks With African Union Commission Chairperson Dr. Dlamini-Zuma Before Their Meeting;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
08/05/14 Remarks With Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn Before Their Meeting;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
08/05/14 Remarks With Ghanaian President John Mahama and Millennium Challenge Corporation CEO Dana Hyde at the Signing of the Ghana Power Compact;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
08/05/14 Remarks With IGAD Leaders After Their Meeting;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
08/05/14 Remarks With South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Before Their Meeting;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
08/05/14 Remarks at the U.S.-Africa Business Forum Leaders Forum Session;  Secretary of State John Kerry; "Game Plan: Shaping the Future of a Fast-Growing Continent"; Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Washington, DC
08/05/14 Remarks at the U.S.-Africa Clean Energy Finance Initiative Signing Ceremony;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Mandarin Oriental Hotel; Washington, DC
08/04/14 Remarks With Angolan Vice President Manuel Domingos Vicente Before Their Meeting;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
08/04/14 Remarks With Burkina Faso President Blaise Campaore Before Their Meeting;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
08/04/14 Remarks With Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza Before Their Meeting;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
08/04/14 Remarks With Democratic Republic of the Congo President Joseph Kabila Before Their Meeting;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
08/04/14 Remarks With President of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz Before Their Meeting;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
08/04/14 Remarks at a Working Session on Resilience and Food Security in a Changing Climate;  Secretary of State John Kerry; National Academy of Sciences; Washington, DC
08/04/14 Remarks at the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Ministerial;  Secretary of State John Kerry; World Bank; Washington, DC
08/04/14 Remarks at the Civil Society Forum Global Townhall;  Secretary of State John Kerry; National Academy of Sciences; Washington, DC
08/01/14  On-the-Record Conference Call on the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit
07/31/14 Remarks at the Atlantic Council;  Assistant Secretary Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Bureau of African Affairs; Washington, DC
07/30/14 Remarks by the First Lady at the Summit of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders; Washington, DC
07/28/14 Remarks at the Presidential Summit of the Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Omni Shoreham Hotel; Washington, DC
07/28/14  Remarks by the President in Townhall with the Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders
07/15/14 Google+ Hangout: Young African Leaders;  Assistant Secretary Evan Ryan, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs; Washington, DC
05/21/14 Boko Haram: The Growing Threat to Schoolgirls in Nigeria and Beyond;  Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Sarah Sewall; House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
05/17/14 Briefing From Paris, France (Nigeria, Boko Haram);  Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy R. Sherman; Paris, France
05/15/14 #BringBackOurGirls: Addressing the Growing Threat of Boko Haram;  Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Robert P. Jackson, Bureau of African Affairs; Senate Foreign Relations Committee Subcommittee on African Affairs; Washington, DC
05/15/14 Remarks for South Africa's National Day Ceremony;  Deputy Secretary of State Heather Higginbottom; Washington, DC
05/14/14 LiveAtState: U.S. Commitment to sub-Saharan Africa;  Assistant Secretary Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Bureau of African Affairs; Washington, DC
05/06/14 Remarks on South Sudan, Nigeria, Ethiopia;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
05/04/14 Briefing on the D.R.C.;  Special Envoy for the Great Lakes and the Democratic Republic of the Congo Russell D. Feingold; Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
05/04/14 Meeting With Embassy Luanda Staff and Families;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Luanda, Angola
05/04/14 Press Availability on the D.R.C. and the Great Lakes Region;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
05/04/14 Remarks After Touring the Fistula Clinic at St. Joseph's Hospital;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
05/04/14 Remarks While Touring a GE Facility in Luanda;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Luanda, Angola
05/03/14 Commitment to Africa;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Gullele Botanic Park; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
05/03/14 Meeting With Embassy Kinshasa Staff and Families;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Chief of Mission Residence; Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
05/03/14 Remarks With Democratic Republic of the Congo Foreign Minister Tshibanda Before Their Meeting;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Ndjili International Airport; Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
05/03/14 Remarks at Pharmacy Supported by Micro-Finance;  Secretary of State John Kerry; SINOCO Medical Supply Store; Kinshasa, Congo (Kinshasa)
05/02/14 Meeting With Staff of Embassy Juba;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Embassy Juba; Juba, South Sudan
05/02/14 Press Availability in South Sudan;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Embassy Juba; Juba, South Sudan
05/01/14 Press Availability in Addis Ababa;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
05/01/14 Remarks During Visit to Gandhi Memorial Hospital;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Gandhi Memorial Hospital; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
05/01/14 Remarks at the U.S.-African Union High-Level Dialogue;  Secretary of State John Kerry; African Union Commission; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
04/28/14 Interview With Jacques Aristide of Voice of America's French Service;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
02/26/14 Prospects for Peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Great Lakes Region;  Special Envoy for the Great Lakes and the Democratic Republic of the Congo Russell D. Feingold; Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
02/26/14 Remarks With Founder of the Eastern Congo Initiative Ben Affleck;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
02/26/14 U.S. Policy Toward Sudan and South Sudan;  Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan Donald Booth; Before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Human Rights, and International Organizations; Washington, DC
02/11/14 LiveatState: U.S. Africa Policy;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
01/24/14 Remarks at the World Economic Forum;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Davos, Switzerland
01/15/14 South Sudan's Broken Promise?;  Assistant Secretary Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Bureau of African Affairs; Washington, DC
01/09/14 The Situation in South Sudan;  Assistant Secretary Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Bureau of African Affairs; U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC
01/05/14 Remarks at Solo Press Availability (South Sudan);  Secretary of State John Kerry; David Citadel Hotel; Jerusalem