US Africa Envoy To Visit Saudi Arabia, Sudan And Ethiopia
David Satterfield
The U.S. special envoy for the Horn of Africa will visit Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Ethiopia next week amid ongoing crises in the two African nations, the State Department announced Friday.
David Satterfield and Assistant Secretary of State ... Read More
Mali Gives Airlines 72 Hours To Confirm Service
After several airlines discontinued service to Mali due to new regional sanctions, the country’s government has responded with its own economic threat.
Mali’s military government Friday gave airlines 72 hours, starting Jan. 15, to confirm their service to Mali with the ... Read More
Ethiopia On Edge of Humanitarian Disaster, UN Agency Says
The World Food Program warns Ethiopia is on the edge of a humanitarian disaster as escalating fighting in the north is preventing the delivery of needed food from reaching millions of people in battle-scarred Tigray province.
The last time a food ... Read More
Mali’s Ousted President Keita Dies At 76
Ibrahim Boubacar Keita
Former Malian president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who was ousted by the military in 2020 after a turbulent seven-year rule, has died, officials said on Sunday. He was 76.
Known by his initials IBK, Keita ran the West African country ... Read More
French Parliament Approves COVID Vaccine Pass
France's parliament gave final approval on Sunday to the government's latest measures to tackle COVID-19, including a vaccine pass contested by anti-vaccine protesters.
Lawmakers in the lower house of parliament voted 215-58, paving the way for the measure to enter force ... Read More
UN Grants $150 Million In Aid For 13 Underfunded Crises
The United Nations is allocating $150 million from its Central Emergency Response Fund to support seriously underfunded humanitarian operations in 13 countries in Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Middle East.Topping the list of underfunded crises are Syria, the Democratic ... Read More
Ghana Removed From EU Money Laundering List
Following a successful evaluation of Ghana's regime against money laundering and the financing of terrorism, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has removed the country from its list of non-compliant jurisdictions.
The European Commission on January 7, 2022, removed Ghana from ... Read More
Boris Johnson’s Staff Accused Of More Rule-Breaking Pa...
Boris Johnson is already facing calls to resign over a drinks gathering he admitted to attending in May 2020
Downing Street staff have been accused of holding two leaving parties in No 10 on the eve of the Duke of Edinburgh's ... Read More
US Supreme Court Blocks Biden’s Workplace Vaccine Mand...
Americans have become intensely divided over Covid-19 vaccine mandates
The US Supreme Court has blocked President Joe Biden's rule requiring workers at large companies to be vaccinated or masked and tested weekly.
The justices at the nation's highest court said the mandate ... Read More
Ghana, Saudi Arabia To Deepen Ties
Ghana and Saudi Arabia have resolved to deepen trade and investment ties between them.
The two countries firmed up their long-standing bilateral relations in Accra yesterday when Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Ms. Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, received a ... Read More