Spain’s prime minister announced a series of agreements with the West African nation of Mauritania on Tuesday to stem a surge in migrants making the dangerous Atlantic journey to the Canary Islands. Speaking alongside Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani in the capital Nouakchott, Pedro Sánchez said Spain will expand its circular migration program to Mauritanians […]
The U.S. Embassy in Accra has officially transitioned to a new visa services provider, effective August 26, 2024. The change marks the end of access to the previous provider’s website and services, which were discontinued on August 16, 2024. All current nonimmigrant visa interview appointments remain valid under the new system. Applicants are now required […]
Germany will donate 100,000 mpox vaccine doses from its military stocks to help contain the outbreak on the African continent in the short term as well as provide help to the affected countries, said a government spokesperson on Monday. The government will provide the World Health Organization with flexible financial resources via various instruments to […]
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued yet another climate SOS to the world, highlighting seas that are rising at an accelerating rate, especially in the far more vulnerable Pacific island nations. This time he said those initials stand for “save our seas.” The United Nations and the World Meteorological Organization Monday issued reports on worsening sea […]
More than 30 African countries will be represented at a military law conference set to begin Tuesday in Lusaka, Zambia. Participants will discuss the role of legal advisers in the deployment of troops as conflicts threaten stability across Africa. The four-day African Military Law Forum will be co-hosted by the Zambian Defense Force, the U.S.-Africa […]
Uganda has confirmed two more mpox virus infections, bringing the number of cases in the east African country to four, according to the health ministry. The two new patients were infected with the clade 1b strain of the virus, health ministry director general of health services Henry Mwebesa told Reuters, a new offshoot that has […]
Denmark said it will close its embassies in Mali and Burkina Faso as part of its new strategy for cooperation with Africa. The Foreign Ministry said on Monday that military coups in both countries had limited “the scope for action in the Sahel region”. Instead, it plans to open new missions in Senegal, Tunisia, and […]
Three in four Ghanaians are at risk of drinking water contaminated with faecal matter, a study by UNICEF Ghana has found. It said a sample of various sources of water collected across the country, which included improved and unimproved, right through the household level to the point they were handled and consumed, found traces of fecal contamination in them. […]
The kinetic energy powering Kamala Harris ’ whirlwind presidential campaign carries the hopeful aspirations of history and the almost quaint idea of electing the first woman to the White House. However, inside it, too, is the urgent and determined refusal of many Democratic female voters to accept the alternative — again. “Serious.” “Unapologetic.” Listen to […]
Sudan’s de facto ruler, army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, said Saturday his government would not join peace talks with rival paramilitaries in Switzerland, vowing instead to “fight for 100 years.” “We will not go to Geneva … we will fight for 100 years,” Burhan, whose troops have been battling the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) […]
