Kamala Harris, at Former Slave Port in Ghana, Ties Past to Present
The vice president leaned into her heritage during a three-nation trip to Africa to strengthen U.S. relations on the continent.
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India And Africa Face Common Threats Like Terrorism, Collective Experience Helpful To Deal With Emerging Security Threats: Army Chief Manoj Pande
India and Africa face common threats like terrorism and violent extremism and the collective experience can help to prepare better to deal with emerging security challenges, Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Pande said on Tuesday. Speaking at the conclave of Army chiefs in which 31 delegates from African nations participated, including 10 Army chiefs, General Pande said 25 partner nations are
African Union calls for calm after man dies in violent Kenya protests
On Tuesday, Moussa Faki Mahamat, the head of the African Union Commission, expressed “deep concern at violence which has resulted in loss of life, damage to property and the interruption of certain economic activities” in Kenya. He called for calm.
Pirates attack and board Danish ship in Gulf of Guinea as all communications lost
All 16 crew members sought refuge in safe room onboard the Monjasa Reformer, owner says
FRANCE 24 strongly deplores the suspension of its broadcasting in Burkina Faso
FRANCE 24 was informed on March 27, 2023, via a press release from the Burkina Faso government, of the indefinite suspension of the broadcasting of its programmes in the country. FRANCE 24’s management strongly deplores this decision and refutes the u…
UN alarmed over surge in violence in eastern DR Congo
A surge in attacks in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has claimed more than 700 lives at the hands of militia fighters since December, the United Nations said Monday.
Chad president pardons 259 protestors jailed last year
Chad’s President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno on Monday pardoned 259 of the 262 protesters jailed last year after protests which turned into deadly clashes between police and demonstrators.
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, Ethiopian nun and pianist, dies at 99
The musician, who spent the last almost 40 years of her life living in a monastery in Jerusalem, has diedEmahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, an Ethiopian nun, composer and pianist, has died at the age of 99.According to the country’s state-run news outlet Fa…
Villagers hacked to death in suspected ethnic dispute in western DRC
Fourteen people were killed in western Democratic Republic of Congo, including 12 villagers hacked to death with machetes, a local official said on Monday.
Kenya prepares for anti-government demonstrations as prices soar
Kenyans were bracing on Monday for a new round of anti-government demonstrations provoked by the high cost of living, after the opposition vowed the action would go ahead despite a police ban.