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Editors Note Last week marked six months for the Biden administration and for the narrow Democratic majority in Congress. So it seems an appropriate time for a report card on U.S. Africa policy. And that also means a review of U.S. policies on todays most pressing global issues, on which the negative effects fall disproportionately on Africans on the continent and in the diaspora. This AfricaFocus Bulletin is my version of such a report card. Its short, just pass/fail. Its not an essay, nor is ...