Burkina Faso Junta Leader Inaugurated As Nation’s Presiden...
Burkina Faso’s junta leader Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba has been sworn in as president Wednesday, less than a month after mutinous soldiers seized control of the West African country in a coup.
The inauguration ceremony at the Constitutional Court ... Read More
Russia-Ukraine Crisis High On Agenda As Harris Heads To Muni...
Kamala Harris
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris travels Thursday to Munich, where officials say she will focus on consulting with allies about the Russia-Ukraine crisis.
While in Germany, where Harris will lead the U.S. delegation at the Munich Security Conference, she is ... Read More
Mali Conflict: Macron Announces Troops To Leave After Nine Y...
France and its allies in an international force will withdraw their troops from Mali after almost a decade, President Emmanuel Macron has said.
The troops have been involved in the fight against Islamist militants in the country.
The forces will be re-deployed ... Read More
How The Ghana, Rwanda, Senegal Partnership With BioNTech Wil...
Ghana, Rwanda and Senegal are partnering with German biotechnology company, BioNTech SE, to fill, finish, and package BioNTech mRNA vaccines in Africa, as a first step in the chain of domestic vaccine production which will help improve vaccine supply in ... Read More
Ethiopian Lawmakers Approve Lifting State Of Emergency
Ethiopian lawmakers have voted (Tuesday) for an early end to the state of emergency declared in November as Tigray forces moved toward the capital.
The Ethiopian parliament, also called the House of People’s Representatives, has voted to end the country’s state ... Read More
Liberia Celebrates Anniversary Of Arrival Of Freed Slaves
Women pose in front of a replica of the ship Elizabeth, which was called "The Mayflower of Liberia" during the Liberia bicentennial commemoration in Paynesville, a suburb of Monrovia, Liberia February 14, 2022.
Two hundred years ago, freed slaves from America ... Read More
Africa, EU To Meet After Rifts Over COVID Vaccines
The European Union and African Union are holding their once every-three-year summit this week, after a two-year delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Leaders from the two continents will meet in Brussels to discuss, among other things, the reaction to the ... Read More
Canada Braces For Prospect Of Future Climate Refugees
With climate change making many regions of the world less hospitable, immigration experts in Canada are urging the government to begin considering ways to open its doors to a potential flood of climate refugees.
"Environmental disaster and degradation will inevitably cause ... Read More
US Defense Chief Austin In Brussels For High Stakes NATO Tal...
Lloyd Austin
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has arrived in Brussels for talks with NATO leadership and allied defense ministers, as tens of thousands of Russian troops have surrounded Ukraine from the north, south and east.
During the gathering ... Read More
The Role Of Gas As An Enabler Of The Energy Transition
The threat of climate change has been firmly in the spotlight, with several discussions and commitments at the recent UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland. The importance of gas as an enabler of the energy transition in Africa is ... Read More