US Diplomat to Lead Africa Command
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The U.S. military has named a senior American diplomat to serve alongside a Navy admiral as deputies to the general leading its new Africa Command
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America's outgoing secretary of state says he will call for long-term US aid to the Indian Ocean region.
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The US State Department says FBI agents will be sent to Sudan to investigate the murder of a diplomat.
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US President George W. Bush's personal envoy returns to Sudan after warning Khartoum to meet a January 1 deadline to accept a plan to deploy UN peacekeepers to Darfur or face tougher action to end atrocities in the war-torn region.
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President Bush has chosen his National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice to replace Secretary of State Colin Powell as America&#39;s top diplomat.
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President Bush intends to name former Washington Post columnist James K. Glassman to lead the State Department's struggling efforts to improve the United States' image abroad, replacing longtime Bush confidante Karen Hughes.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld   said on Friday he favors creating a new U.S. military command   responsible for Africa, as the Pentagon aims to guard against   potential threats to U.S. security arising from the continent.
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A small number of U.S. troops have been working with the African Union military observer mission in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, the State Department said Wednesday, highlighting the U.S. role in peace efforts.
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The United States welcomed on Friday Sudanese official&#39;s announcement to accept a larger AfricanUnion (AU) mission in the western region of Darfur and urged the speedy deployment of AU troops.
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The United States and other nations are prepared to help move an expanded African peacekeeping force into position in Sudan's Darfur region to halt the bloodshed, national security adviser Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday.
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President George W. Bush said on Tuesday he had approved plans to create a U.S. military command for Africa, a move that reflects increased U.S. strategic interest in the continent.
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Description: The president plans to nominate one of his closest aides to serve as the next Secretary of State. Condoleezza Rice would replace Colin Powell, who announced his departure Monday.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice  announced Monday the appointment of a U.S. general as security  coordinator to protect budding Middle East peace moves and that  Israeli and Palestinian leaders would visit Washington.
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President Bush on Tuesday picked National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, who once tutored him on global affairs, to be his top diplomat
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A US envoy hopes to hold talks in Nairobi to try to end a political crisis after last week's disputed Kenyan election.
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US President George W Bush is due to hold talks in Tanzania with Darfur and Kenya on the agenda.
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WASHINGTON (CP) - Secretary of State Colin Powell, a moderate voice among cabinet hardliners who remained popular despite a global tide of anti-Americanism sparked by the Iraq war, is stepping down as the top US diplomat.