Africa Lead Story US Billionaire Opens COVID, Cancer Vaccine Plant In South Africa South African-born U.S. billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa have cut the ribbon Wednesday at a new... BY Hussein Habibata Maltiti January 20, 2022 0 Comment
Africa Lead Story UN Chief: ‘Real Opportunity’ To Resolve Ethiopia Conflict General Antonio Guterres expressed hope Wednesday there could be an opening to resolve the more than year-long conflict in northern... BY Hussein Habibata Maltiti January 20, 2022 0 Comment
Africa Lead Story UN Mali Mission Temporarily Grounds All Flights Following Sanctions Restrictions The U.N. peacekeeping mission to Mali, or MINUSMA, has temporarily suspended all flights after West African and EU states imposed... BY Hussein Habibata Maltiti January 18, 2022 0 Comment
Africa Lead Story US Africa Envoy To Visit Saudi Arabia, Sudan And Ethiopia The U.S. special envoy for the Horn of Africa will visit Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Ethiopia next week amid ongoing... BY Hussein Habibata Maltiti January 17, 2022 0 Comment
Africa Lead Story Mali Gives Airlines 72 Hours To Confirm Service After several airlines discontinued service to Mali due to new regional sanctions, the country’s government has responded with its own... BY Hussein Habibata Maltiti January 17, 2022 0 Comment
Africa Lead Story Ethiopia On Edge of Humanitarian Disaster, UN Agency Says The World Food Program warns Ethiopia is on the edge of a humanitarian disaster as escalating fighting in the north... BY Hussein Habibata Maltiti January 17, 2022 0 Comment
Africa Lead Story Mali’s Ousted President Keita Dies At 76 Former Malian president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who was ousted by the military in 2020 after a turbulent seven-year rule, has... BY Hussein Habibata Maltiti January 17, 2022 0 Comment
Africa Lead Story Cameroon Senator Killed In Restive Anglophone Region An opposition senator was shot dead in western Cameroon where a bloody insurgency has been waged by anglophone separatists against... BY Hussein Habibata Maltiti January 13, 2022 0 Comment
Africa Lead Story At UN Security Council, Africans Urge Support For ECOWAS Mali... The African members of the U.N. Security Council urged their counterparts on Tuesday to support sanctions imposed this week on... BY Hussein Habibata Maltiti January 12, 2022 0 Comment
Africa Lead Story UN Expresses Dismay Over Human Rights Situation In Tunisia The U.N. human rights office says it is seriously concerned about what it sees as a deteriorating human rights situation... BY Hussein Habibata Maltiti January 12, 2022 0 Comment