America Votes: What It Means for Africa

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🗓️ 30 October 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Africa has been neglected by recent administrations; the last presidential visit was in 2015, though President Joe Biden will be making a trip to Angola in December. How will the next president handle this large and diverse continent? FP’s Ravi Agrawal is joined by two Africa experts—Martin Kimani and Zainab Usman—on the third installment of FP Live’s special election series. Suggested reading (FP links are paywall-free): Martin Kimani: How to Restore the American Center Henry Tugendhat: The U.S. Has a Better Offer for Africa Than Debt Christina Lu: Washington Wants to Revive a Critical Minerals Mega-Railway Through Africa Chris Murphy: Kenya’s Anti-Corruption Protests Are a Wake-Up Call for Washington Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	America is changing. And so is the world.
0:04.5	But what's happening in America isn't just the cause of global upheaval.
0:08.7	It's also a symptom of disruption that's happening everywhere.
0:12.5	I'm Asma Khalid in Washington, D.C.
0:14.7	I'm Tristan Redman in London, and this is the global story.
0:18.8	Every weekday will bring you a story from this intersection, where the world and America meet.
0:24.4	Listen on BBC.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:29.6	What I told people, I was making a podcast about Benghazi.
0:34.1	Nine times out of ten, they called me a masochist, rolled their eyes, or just asked, why?
0:40.7	Benghazi, the truth became a web of lies.
0:44.6	From prologue projects and Pushkin Industries, this is Fiasco, Benghazi.
0:50.5	What difference at this point does it make?
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0:56.1	Listen to Fiasco, Benghazi, wherever you get your podcasts.
1:07.6	Hi, I'm Ravi Agrawal, Foreign Policy's Editor-in-Chief.
1:12.1	This is FP Live.
1:16.0	Welcome to the show and to the third installment of our election series, America Votes What It Means for the World.
1:24.7	Today, we're focusing on Africa.
1:31.1	Now, before you even think it, yes, Africa isn't a country. It's a giant continent encompassing a range of different languages and cultures and
1:37.1	histories. But part of what we're doing this week is to look at how the two presidential candidates,
1:42.6	Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, agree and disagree
1:45.8	on policies toward various parts of the world.
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