Bureau of African Affairs

In the U.S. Department of State, the Bureau of African Affairs administers U.S. policy with 48 countries and one international organization. It also deals with multinational affairs.

Bureau Jurisdiction

The Bureau is headed by the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, currently Johnnie Carson. There are four supporting positions:

• Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
• Deputy Assistant Secretary (Central and Eastern Africa)
• Deputy Assistant Secretary (Southern Africa)
• Deputy Assistant Secretary (Economic policy and Western Africa)

Multinational interests

Organizations

• African Union
  • New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)
• Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

Issues

• Public health
  • HIV
  • Malaria
• Terrorism
• Piracy
• Slavery
• Blood diamonds
• Petroleum

Representation

African Union Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Cote d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Northern Uganda Rwanda Sao Tome and Principe (with Gabon) Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania The Senegal Togo Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Possible restructuring South Sudan Unrepresented and disputed areas Puntland Western Sahara