Ivory Coast President Pardons Predecessor Gbagbo To Boost ...
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara (centre) poses with former President Laurent Gbagbo (left) at the presidential palace in Abidjan, on July 27, 2021. [Issouf Sanogo/AFP)
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara on Saturday said he had offered a presidential pardon to longtime ... Read More
Blinken In South Africa; Compares South African Struggle For...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, speaks with Antoinette Sithole, the sister of the late Hector Pieterson after they laid a wreath at the Hector Pieterson Memorial in Soweto, South Africa, Aug. 7, 2022.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken ... Read More
UK Museum Agrees To Return Looted Benin Bronzes To Nigeria
A London museum agreed Sunday to return a collection of Benin Bronzes looted in the late 19th century from what is now Nigeria as cultural institutions throughout Britain come under pressure to repatriate artifacts acquired during the colonial era.
The Horniman ... Read More
South African Farmers Decry China’s Wool Ban
Sipiwo Makinana lives in Ugie, a small town at the foot of the Drakensberg Mountains in a postcard-worthy region of the Eastern Cape province, where he’s a small-scale sheep farmer.
Makinana says he usually makes about 150 rand, or $9, per ... Read More
US Senate Committee Holds Hearing for 3 Women Nominated To A...
The US Capitol dome is seen on Capitol Hill, June 12, 2019.
Three career diplomats in the U.S. Foreign Service answered questions Wednesday from senators during a hearing examining their credentials to lead U.S. diplomatic missions in Africa. If confirmed, three ... Read More
EU, US Envoys Urge Ethiopia To Restore Services In Tigray
The United States and European Union envoys for the Horn of Africa have urged Ethiopia’s government to resume essential services in Tigray after a rare visit to the war-torn region facing dire conditions.
Tigray has been struggling to cope with food ... Read More
Africa Needs Access To low-cost Capital – Zambian Presiden...
President Hichilema Hakainde
President Hichilema Hakainde of the Republic of Zambia has expressed concern that national incomes for African countries remained low coupled with high inequality and poverty rates partly due to huge infrastructure deficits and low ... Read More
Mali’s Government Lashes Out At Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron
Mali’s military government has lashed out at French President Emmanuel Macron, accusing him of having a “neo-colonial” attitude and stirring up ethnic hatred.
The official statement was read by government spokesperson Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga on Mali’s state TV ... Read More
US Envoy Urges Progress On Ethiopia Peace Talks, Aid
The new U.S. envoy for the Horn of Africa called Saturday for progress in holding Ethiopian peace talks and for unrestricted aid deliveries to stricken areas of the country.
Mike Hammer, who arrived in Addis Ababa Friday, held talks with Ethiopian ... Read More
Trading On AfCFTA Must Start – APN
The Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) Policy Network (APN) has called for trading on to start to keep up the momentum among member countries.
Mr Louis Yaw Afful, Executive Director of APN, and a trade practitioner said even though AfCFTA ... Read More