Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi was in Djibouti on Thursday as he continues a five-nation tour of the continent, with a stop to meet President Ismail Omar Guelleh in what is the home of one of China’s most strategic investments in Africa. Guelleh said China confirmed a commitment to back…
The South Sudanese vice president placed under sanctions by the United States government for human rights abuses insisted on Thursday that he has been wrongfully accused. The targeted sanctions against Taban Deng Gai were announced earlier this week by the U.S. Dept. of Treasury, and follow similar sanctions against five…
The Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria are among the world’s top five countries facing humanitarian crisis in 2020, with Burkina Faso, Burundi and Chad added to the list compiled each year by the International Rescue Committee (IRC). The NGO said Yemen remains the greatest concern, followed by DR Congo…
United States President Donald Trump said the U.S. will impose new and harsher sanctions on…
Websites across some 30 countries remain locked down for Travelex customers as the foreign exchange…
The World Health Organization says more than 6,000 people have died from measles in Democratic…
Ghassan Salamé, head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), had a stern warning…
The United States Department of Defense has identified the soldier killed Sunday during an al-Shabaab…
