YAOUNDE — Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has for the first time sent a delegation to Europe to try to encourage well-off Cameroonians living there to invest back home. But members of Cameroon’s diaspora say undemocratic practices and corruption in Biya…
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — Ethiopia is refuting reports of a fuel shortage in the embattled Tigray region.A European Union official visited Tigray this week, and on Tuesday said a lack of fuel is preventing delivery of much-needed humanitarian aid. Howeve…
Human rights observers and lawyers for the Maasai people are pressing Tanzania’s government to halt plans to forcibly evict tens of thousands of the Indigenous nomads from their ancestral land at the eastern edge of the Serengeti National Park.Last wee…
Luanda – The Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço, on Tuesday took part by video conference in the Summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), which addressed the situation in Mozambique. At the meeting, the SADC leaders assessed the o…
Luanda – The Southern African Development Community (SADC) on Saturday night approved an amount of around USD 1.4 million for the operation of the Humanitarian Operations Centre (SHOC), based in Nacala, Mozambique.The amount was approved during the Cou…
Senegalese President and chair of the African Union Macky Sall has asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to seek a lasting cease-fire in Ukraine. Sall’s talk with Putin comes just a week after Senegal abstained from a U.N. vote to condemn the Russian …
BP said Sunday it is exiting its share in Rosneft, a state-controlled Russian oil and gas company, in reaction to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.BP has held a 19.75% stake in Rosneft since 2013. That stake is currently valued at $14 billion.London-based …
With the global vaccine supply exceeding distribution capacity, the Biden administration is acknowledging a need to adjust its pandemic response strategy to address hurdles faced by lower-income countries to vaccinate their citizens.“It is clear that s…
Monrovia, Liberia – The President of the Republic, H.E. Dr. George Manneh Weah, today, February 16, 2022, departed the country to attend the sixth European Union-African Union Summit in Brussels, Belgium. The Summit, which runs from February 17 – 18, …