UN Chief Calls For Sudan Ramadan Cease-Fire
António Guterres – UN Secretary-General
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed Thursday for a cease-fire in Sudan for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, saying it is time for rival generals there to lay down their weapons as the country’s humanitarian crisis ... Read More
Turkey, Somalia Announce Agreement To Explore For Oil And Ga...
Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud looks on during a meeting at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit 2022 in Washington, Dec. 13, 2022.
Somalia and Turkey have announced the signing of a deal to explore for oil and gas that further strengthens cooperation ... Read More
Senegal Court Confirms March 24 Election, Ending Weeks Of Un...
Senegalese presidential candidates faced a shortened race to election day on Thursday after the Constitutional Council confirmed the delayed vote would be held on March 24, kick-starting a competition that remains wide open.
Uncertainty over the date of the vote has ... Read More
Zimbabwe Responds To Narrowing Of US Sanctions
Zimbabwe’s government criticized the modification of U.S. sanctions this week that renew measures against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and some senior leaders while removing others from the list.
U.S. Embassy officials said the new sanctions aim to improve Zimbabwe’s human rights record ... Read More
South Africa Asks World Court For More Measures Against Isra...
South Africa has asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to order additional emergency measures against Israel, which it says is breaching the measures already in place, the U.N.'s top court said on Wednesday.
In its application South Africa warned that ... Read More
Senegal Schedules Presidential Election For March 24
Senegal's President Macky Sall
Senegalese President Macky Sall has scheduled a delayed presidential election for March 24, the government said on Wednesday after a top court ruled that a proposal to hold the vote after his mandate expires on April ... Read More
African Seed Trade Members Meet To Boost Seed Adoption, Dist...
More than 350 delegates from governments, research institutions and seed production companies are gathering in Kenya this week to address challenges in getting good-quality seeds to African farmers. Experts say the lack of good seeds is hampering food production across ... Read More
Egypt Says It Reached Deal With IMF To Increase Bailout Loan...
Egypt said Wednesday it has reached a deal with the International Monetary Fund to increase a bailout loan to $8 billion.
Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly announced the news in televised comments on Wednesday. Egypt has for months negotiated with the IMF ... Read More
US Official: Arms To Sudan’s Warring Parties ‘Must Stop...
A senior U.S. official urged countries to stop supplying Sudan’s rival generals with weapons for their civil war, saying they are fueling “death, destruction and depravity.”
“A conflict that, as this report details, is being fueled by arms transferred from a ... Read More
Mixed Reactions In Zimbabwe To New US Sanctions
There are mixed feelings among Zimbabwe’s political class after the U.S. removed sanctions against many Zimbabweans and companies on Monday but imposed new ones on President Emmerson Mnangagwa and a few senior leaders.
The sanctions list was introduced in 2001 for ... Read More