Lara Jakes

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Egyptians take cover under a ramp as others walk on a street in the rain in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, May 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Official: New US ambassador headed to Egypt

Lara Jakes · May 8, 2014 10:02 pm

US: Nigeria abductions sharpen focus on Boko Haram

Lara Jakes · May 8, 2014 6:28 pm

US closes Yemen embassy to public after attacks

Lara Jakes · May 7, 2014 9:46 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry holds a media conference in Luanda, Angola, Monday, May 5, 2014. Kerry on May 4, praised oil-rich Angola's leadership role in efforts to solve long-drawn out conflicts on the African continent, and suggested the need to set a date for democratic elections. (AP Photo / Saul Loeb)

Rising African cachet poses choice for US ties

Lara Jakes · May 5, 2014 9:25 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry holds a media conference in Luanda, Angola, Monday, May 5, 2014. Kerry on May 4, praised oil-rich Angola's leadership role in efforts to solve long-drawn conflicts on the African continent, and suggested the need to set a date for democratic elections. (AP PHOTO / Saul Loeb)

Kerry continues to push for South Sudan talks

Lara Jakes · May 5, 2014 6:35 pm

U.S Secretary of State John Kerry gives a press conference after meetings at the Palais de la Nation in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sunday, May 4, 2014. The United States is ready to help fund the demobilisation of Democratic Republic of Congo's rebels, a senior US official said on May 3 as Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in the country on the latest leg of an Africa tour. "I can say categorically that we're ready to support them," the official said when asked if Washington was ready to back the government's demobilisation plan for some 12,000 rebels active in dozens of militias in the country's mineral-rich, restive east, a plan that's estimated to cost some 100 million dollars. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, pool)

US offers $30M to Congo for upcoming elections

Lara Jakes · May 4, 2014 1:01 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks about U.S. policy in Africa at the Gullele Botanic Garden in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Saturday, May 3, 2014. America's top diplomat said the U.S. is ready to help increase its ties with Africa, but nations across the continent need to take stronger steps to ensure security and democracy for its people. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)

National Security

Kerry urges steps to ensure democracy in Africa

Lara Jakes · May 3, 2014 1:29 pm

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, right, chats with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry as he greets Kerry at the President's Office in Juba, South Sudan, Friday, May 2, 2014. Kerry is urging South Sudan's warring government and rebel leaders to uphold a monthslong promise to embrace a cease-fire or risk the specter of genocide through continued ethnic killings. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)

Peace talks tentatively set for South Sudan

Lara Jakes · May 2, 2014 6:14 pm

US: S. Sudan killings show unbelievable cruelty

Lara Jakes · May 1, 2014 10:52 pm

Kerry: Mideast peace process on ‘pause’

Lara Jakes · May 1, 2014 10:20 pm

Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to members of the media at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, during his meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy. (AP Photo)

Kerry to promote peace, sanctions in South Sudan

Lara Jakes · April 30, 2014 5:14 pm

Egypt diplomat seeks new path for US relations

Lara Jakes · April 25, 2014 10:54 pm