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US Africa Envoy To Visit Saudi Arabia, Sudan And Ethiopia

  • January 17, 2022

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 Molly Phee will travel to Riyadh, Khartoum and Addis Ababa from Jan. 17-20. In Riyadh, the pair […]

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Mali Gives Airlines 72 Hours To Confirm Service

  • January 17, 2022

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 country’s National Civil Aviation Agency or lose their time slots. In a statement, Transport […]

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Ethiopia On Edge of Humanitarian Disaster, UN Agency Says

  • January 17, 2022

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 convoy was able to reach Tigray’s capital, Mekelle, was mid-December. Millions of acutely hungry […]

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Mali’s Ousted President Keita Dies At 76

  • January 17, 2022

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 from September 2013 to August 2020, when Islamist insurgents overran large areas, draining his popularity. Disputed […]

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French Parliament Approves COVID Vaccine Pass

  • January 17, 2022

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 in the coming days. The new law, which had a rough ride through parliament […]

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UN Grants $150 Million In Aid For 13 Underfunded Crises

  • January 17, 2022

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 Republic of the Congo and Sudan. These countries will receive between $20- and $25 […]

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Ghana Removed From EU Money Laundering List

  • January 14, 2022

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 the EU Blacklist by acknowledging that it no longer has strategic deficiencies in its […]

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US Supreme Court Blocks Biden’s Workplace Vaccine Mandate

  • January 14, 2022

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 exceeded the Biden administration’s authority. Separately they ruled that a more limited vaccine mandate could stand for staff at government-funded healthcare facilities. […]

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Ghana, Saudi Arabia To Deepen Ties

  • January 13, 2022

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 “special letter” from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, Prince Faisal Bin […]