On Monday, June 15, 2020 at 12:00 pm, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence will convene a virtual open hearing on the impact of COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa. COVID-19 presents a broad array of humanitarian, economic, and political challenges to Africa, where the pandemic has now infected more than 150,000 across the continent and likely many more. The Committee will hear from four experts, who can help define the challenges that the disease represents for Africa, how these will impact U.S. national security and how other nation states are responding to the crisis.
Witnesses:
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Senior Vice President at the Albright Stonebridge Group and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
Ambassador Michelle Gavin, Senior Fellow at Council on Foreign Relations and former U.S. Ambassador to Botswana
J. Stephen Morrison, Senior Vice President and Director, Global Health Policy Center at Center for Strategic and International Studies
Judd Devermont, Director of the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and former national intelligence officer for Africa
