Africa Lead Story Mali Closes Borders After ECOWAS Sanctions For Delayed Polls Mali’s military government on Monday responded to West African sanctions by closing its borders and withdrawing ambassadors from nations imposing... BY Hussein Habibata January 11, 2022 0 Comment
Africa Lead Story Protesters Denounce Mali Government’s 5-Year Transition Mali’s military government proposed in December a 5-year extension of the transition to civilian rule, after originally agreeing to a... BY Hussein Habibata January 10, 2022 0 Comment
Africa Lead Story UN: Aid Agencies Suspend Work In Tigray Area Hit By... Aid agencies have suspended operations in an area of Ethiopia’s stricken Tigray region where a deadly air strike hit a... BY Hussein Habibata January 10, 2022 0 Comment
Africa Lead Story ECOWAS Holds Extraordinary Summit On The Political Situation In Mali The Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold an... BY Hussein Habibata January 10, 2022 0 Comment
Africa Lead Story US Names David Satterfield New Special Envoy For Horn Of... US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman will step down from his post the role “in the... BY Hussein Habibata January 7, 2022 0 Comment
Africa Lead Story Russian Troops Deploy To Timbuktu In Mali After French Withdrawal Russian soldiers have deployed to Timbuktu in northern Mali to train Malian forces at a base vacated by French troops... BY Hussein Habibata January 7, 2022 0 Comment
Africa Lead Story China To Appoint Horn Of Africa Special Envoy China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has announced that Beijing will soon appoint a special envoy for the Horn of Africa.... BY Hussein Habibata January 7, 2022 0 Comment
Africa Lead Story US Envoy Feltman To Visit Ethiopia Thursday, Meet With Officials U.S. Horn of Africa envoy Jeffrey Feltman will visit Ethiopia Thursday for meetings with senior government officials to discuss peace... BY Hussein Habibata January 5, 2022 0 Comment
Africa Lead Story Sudan’s PM Resigns Amid Stalemate Between Military and Civilian Leaders Sudan was plunged into further political turmoil Sunday when Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok resigned, citing his failure to ensure a... BY Hussein Habibata January 4, 2022 0 Comment
Africa Lead Story US Takes Ethiopia, Mali, Guinea Off Africa Duty-free Trade Program The United States on Saturday cut Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from access to a duty-free trade program, following through on... BY Hussein Habibata January 4, 2022 0 Comment