The African region is witnessing a rapid rise in the number of reported confirmed COVID-19 cases
BRAZZAVILLE, Congo (Republic of the), March 26, 2020/ -- The African region is witnessing a rapid rise in the number of reported confirmed COVID-19...
By Giancarlo Elia Valori
The US strategy towards Africa – announced by the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, during his recent visit to South Africa is nothing new, and the US paternalistic approach towards Africa goes back to the...
Press Statement
May 12, 2022
President Muse Bihi Abdi today welcomed to Somaliland General Stephen Townsend, Commander of the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), for consultations to advance mutual security interests in East Africa. General Townsend, the highest ranking U.S. military...
A coalition of health justice advocates gathered outside Pfizer's headquarters in Manhattan on March 11, 2021. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)
I and many other Mainers have relatives and friends in countries around the world, and we can’t disconnect...
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta (left) shakes hands with the opposition leader Raila Odinga in March, 2018 Simon Maina/AFP via GettyImages
On March 9, 2018 Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta and the leader of the main opposition, Raila Odinga, surprised their supporters when...
By Julian Lee
THE CAPTURE of the Stena Impero shows just how easy it is for Iran to hamper shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. At the moment, this is a particularly British problem, but were it to widen, the implication for oil...
NIAMEY - African leaders launched a continental free-trade zone on Sunday that if successful would unite 1.3 billion people, create a $3.4 trillion economic bloc and usher in a new era of development.
After four years of talks, an agreement...
President Idriss Deby, who won a 6th term on Monday, has died of injuries suffered on the frontline, an army spokesman said.
Chad’s President Idriss Deby has died of injuries suffered on the frontline where he had gone to visit...
By Glenn Thrush and Michael Crowley
Speaking to 3,000 supporters, the former president took a sharper line toward the Trump administration than he typically does in public.
“There is no precedent that anybody can find for somebody who has been charged with perjury just...
A protester wearing a face mask with the words "I can't breathe" at a May 26 gathering near where George Floyd was killed. REUTERS/Eric Miller
By Cawo Abdi and Saida Abdi
Minneapolis-St. Paul is burning with rage while demonstrations continue around...