Tensions between Russia and the West are aggravating talks about the future of one of the United Nations’ biggest and most perilous peacekeeping operations, the force sent to help Mali resist a decadelong Islamic extremist insurgency. The U.N.’s mission in the West African nation is up for renewal this month, at a volatile time when […]
On the night in April when Emmanuel Macron won his re-election victory, everyone noticed the strange, subdued atmosphere that seemed to surround him. No flashing smiles, no pumping speech of hope. It was as if he already knew that celebration would be misplaced. Two months later, we can see that his famous political instincts were […]
Ex-President Donald Trump put his Vice-President Mike Pence in danger during the Capitol riot as he illegally pressured him to quash the 2020 election, says a congressional panel. Lawmakers have heard from Pence aides who described White House efforts to reject President Joe Biden’s victory. US democracy “withstood Trump’s scheme” because Mr Pence refused to […]
Dozens of refugees camped outside the United Nations refugee agency office say they have been living in South Africa for two decades, but now they no longer feel safe. Most are from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where they escaped war.But increasingly, they say they’ve had their small businesses looted, homes robbed and been personally […]
French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and President Klaus Iohannis of Romania visited Kyiv on Thursday in a show of support for Ukraine amid its battle to fend off Russia’s invasion. “It’s an important moment. It’s a message of unity we’re sending to the Ukrainians,” Macron said. Air […]
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Tuesday said 249 students out of the 1,200 Ghanaians evacuated from Ukraine, have returned to Ghana. She, however, explained that most of the students were unwilling to return to Ghana and have decided to go to other countries to further their education. Madam […]
Somalia’s new president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, on Wednesday picked a member of the lower house of parliament, Hamza Abdi Barre, as the new prime minister. “I have based on my decision after assessing the knowledge, experience, capability of Hamza, and I came to the conclusion he is the right person who can discharge this new […]
South Africans are well known for their love of barbecuing meat, called “braaing” in Afrikaans. But in a bid to cut down on the harm livestock farming does to the environment, one South African company has become the first on the continent to produce lab-grown meat. The Mzansi Meat Company started up about two years […]
The World Food Program reports it has been forced to suspend food assistance for 1.7 million people in South Sudan because of a funding shortfall of $426 million. Conflict, three years of flooding, localized drought, and soaring food prices made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the war in Ukraine have brought South Sudan to […]
Britain has canceled its first deportation flight to Rwanda after a last-minute intervention by the European Court of Human Rights, which decided there was “a real risk of irreversible harm” to the asylum-seekers involved. The flight had been scheduled to leave Tuesday evening, but lawyers for the asylum-seekers launched a flurry of case-by-case appeals seeking […]
