Nigeria Launches Africa’s First Digital Currency
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, center, and Central Bank governor Godwin Emefiele, right, launch the e-Naira digital currency in Abuja, Oct. 25, 2021.
Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, has launched the continent's first digital currency, the e-Naira. The launch also ranks Nigeria among ... Read More
Top General Says Takeover In Sudan Was To Avoid Civil War
Sudan's top army general Abdel Fattah al-Burhan speaks during a press conference at the General Command of the Armed Forces in Khartoum on Oct. 26, 2021.
Sudanese military chief General Abdel-Fattah Burhan said Tuesday the army's overthrow of the country's transitional ... Read More
Queen Will Not Attend COP26 Climate Change Summit
Queen Elizabeth II
The Queen will not attend the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow following medical advice to rest.
The 95-year-old monarch underwent preliminary medical checks in hospital last Wednesday after cancelling a visit to Northern Ireland.
She resumed public engagements on ... Read More
ECOWAS Female Parliamentarians Call On First Lady
Mrs Akuffo-Addo (5th from left) with the ECOWAS female parliamentarians
Members of the female Caucus of the ECOWAS Parliament (ECOFEPA) have paid a courtesy call on the First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, to discuss matters related to women’s empowerment and representation ... Read More
US Says It Will Evaluate ‘Entire Relationship’ With Suda...
The US was 'not given any heads up' about the military takeover in Sudan, Department of State spokesman Ned Price said
The Biden administration announces pausing $700m in aid to Sudan after military takeover and arrest of civilian PM.
The Biden ... Read More
International Community Condemns Apparent Military Coup In S...
Protesters gather during what the information ministry calls a military coup in Khartoum, Sudan, Oct. 25, 2021.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for the “immediate” release of Sudan’s detained leaders following an apparent military coup.
“There must be full respect ... Read More
Covid: Biden Sets New Rules As Air Travel To The US Reopens
Joe Biden
The White House has outlined new rules for foreign travellers to the US, as flight restrictions lift for the first time since the pandemic began in 2020.
The plan to reopen the US border next month to foreign flights includes ... Read More
Somali Filmmaker Wins Top Prize At Burkina Faso Film Festiva...
An unidentified woman hold the Golden Stallion of Yennenga trophy awarded to film director Khadar Ahmed of Somalia at the 27th FESPACO Panafrican Film and Television Festival for his film "The Gravedigger's Wife" on October 23, 2021, in Ouagadougou.
Somali filmmaker ... Read More
UN Security Council Mission Visits Mali, Urges February Vote...
Kenya's Ambassador to the U.N. Martin Kimani, from Kenya, left, leads a United Nations Security Council mission meeting with Transition President Col. Assimi Goita, right, in Bamako, Mali, Oct. 24, 2021.
A U.N. Security Council mission that is visiting Mali this ... Read More
Pope: Don’t Send Migrants Back To Libya And ‘Inh...
Pope Francis
Pope Francis on Sunday made an impassioned plea to end the practice of returning migrants rescued at sea to Libya and other unsafe countries where they suffer "inhumane violence."
Francis also waded into a highly contentious political debate in Europe, ... Read More