The death of Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri, announced Monday by the United States, brings some closure to Kenyans and Tanzanians who remember the 1998 embassy attacks, as well as diplomats who recall the terrorist bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam that claimed 224 lives. “I am thinking of…
More details have emerged from the Democratic Republic of Congo on the border shootings by United Nations peacekeepers that left at least two people dead. Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary General António Guterres, said the incident began when a battalion of peacekeepers serving with the MONUSCO mission in DR…
South Africans will welcome United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken next week, as he begins a three-nation tour meant to strengthen U.S. relationships with African nations. While in Pretoria, Blinken plans to present the U.S. Strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa. It reaffirms the U.S. position that “African countries are geostrategic…
President Emmanuel Macron of France wrapped up a three-nation tour of West Africa with a…
Tunisian voters have approved a new constitution by referendum vote, one that further consolidates power…
The government of Lesotho announced Tuesday that it has dropped charges against former prime minister…
The World Health Organization has declared a global health emergency because of the monkeypox outbreak…
The Gambian case filed against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice will be allowed…
Ghanaian politicians took to the airwaves on Monday, defending their decision to work toward an International Monetary Fund financing deal in order to pull out a country mired in economic crisis. “Times are hard globally and locally too,” said information minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, in one of several media interviews…
Stephanie Williams, the United Nations envoy for Libya, called for calm on Saturday as unrest across the volatile North African nation led to the burning of the parliament building in Tobruk, the seat of government in the divided nation’s east. “The people’s right to peacefully protest should be respected and…
The head of MONUSCO, the United Nations mission in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has appealed to both Rwanda and the DR Congo to calm tensions between the neighboring states that contribute to the security crisis in the region. Bintou Keita, speaking to the UN Security Council on Wednesday, said…
The health of former Angolan president Jose Eduardo dos Santos appears to have taken a grave turn, with social media posts from his daughter, Tchizé, indicating he may be taken off life support in a Barcelona hospital. “I want to publicly express that I am against turning off the machines,”…