A United States court in Eastern Illinois has ordered the Chicago State University to release the academic records of President Bola Tinubu to his rival presidential candidate in the 25 February election, Atiku Abubakar. Jeffrey Gilbert, a US magistrate judge, gave the ruling on Tuesday, ordering the university to produce “all relevant and non-privileged documents” […]
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Nigeria has sought the support of the United States in its bid for membership of the G20 and a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, disclosed this on Tuesday during a joint press briefing with the United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, after a bilateral […]
U.S., African and international partners should join to help Senegalese defend constitutional rule. The sudden actions by Senegal’s president to postpone this month’s presidential election by 10 months threaten to seriously undermine political stability and peace in a nation that has been a resilient democracy in West Africa, where multiple military coups d’état have occurred […]
Since early February, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, has been rocked by protests directed against western embassies. Protests took place in front of the British and French embassies, and in front of United Nations buildings. Throughout the city, American and Belgian flags were burned. The protesters are denouncing what they believed to be […]
Bottom Line US withdrawal from Niger could pose significant obstacles to counter-terrorism efforts in the Sahel region with repercussions for the entire continent. The Sahel is witnessing a new era where Western powers lack substantial influence. China and Russia are both broadening their economic and military footholds in Africa. A variety of factors are leading […]
Addis Abeba — In a rare remark about the two years war in the Northern Tigray region of Ethiopia and the peace dead that ended it, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, said that the peace deal signed between Ethiopian government and Tigrayan authorities in Pretoria, South Africa in November last year to end the devastating war […]
UNITED States has hailed President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s historic gesture to grace the main opposition party’s meeting, indicating that the grand move has set precedent over what political competition without animosity should resemble. Since assuming office in March 2021, President Samia 4Rs philosophy, which includes Reconciliation, Resiliency, Reforms, and Rebuilding, has acted as a necessary […]
The explicit incorporation of the African diaspora into U.S.-Africa policy risks segmenting the community into old and new, with important domestic and international consequences. Vice President Kamala Harris’ visit to three African countries this week–Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia–is part of the Biden administration’s efforts to supercharge engagement with African countries in the aftermath of the […]
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Liberia: Buttering Their Own Bread
-US speaks of Government’s bad spending priorities U.S. Ambassador to Liberia Mr. Michael A. McCarthy says the elites in Monrovia are treating destitute citizens in the leeward counties ‘with a neglect that borders on contempt.’ In a press statement released Monday, 24 April 2023, Amb. McCarthy wondered why his government would ever trust the Liberian […]
Harare — The National Basketball Association (NBA) in the United States, which has hundreds of players from across the globe – including Africa – is without a doubt the greatest level of professional basketball. The continent’s impact on the NBA is undeniable, with many of today’s stars having African roots. Legendary basketball players with African […]
Harare — The crisis in Zimbabwe is having “terrible consequences” for the whole of Southern Africa by delaying the building of roads, railways and power lines, says former Mozambique president Joaquim Chissano. Speaking at a high-level debt resolution forum on May 15 in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, he said that since Zimbabwe is located in the […]
A top U.S diplomatic official has visited Niger to urge the nation’s new military rulers to restore the West African nation’s democratically elected president to power. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland said on the social media platform X, formally known as Twitter, that she traveled to the capital Niamey “to express grave […]
Nairobi — President William Ruto has defended US Ambassador Meg Whitman whose remarks about Kenya’s election outcome touched off a storm in the Opposition. The diplomat said Wednesday during the 10th Devolution Conference in Eldoret that Kenya’s election was the “most credible in Kenyan history” in what annoyed opposition leader Raila Odinga who told her […]
Pentagon — Two U.S. officials have told VOA that military drone flights from bases in Niger have been “limited” since the July coup, a restriction experts believe is likely hindering the international counterterrorism mission in West Africa. The officials spoke to VOA this week on condition of anonymity in order to discuss sensitive security issues. […]
Debt relief plans are progressing slowly, much to the agony of developing countries. China has been widely blamed for the delayed global response. Beijing disagrees and puts the onus on the US and lenders backed by it. Hit by multiple crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and climate change, developing countries, […]
I am thrilled to be here in Joburg to help open this year’s AGOA Private Sector Forum. Let me start by thanking Florie Liser and the Corporate Council on Africa team as well as British Robinson and the Prosper Africa Secretariat for making this event possible. I’d also like to thank Ambassador Brigety and the […]
Kendrick Lamar’s recent performance at Global Citizen’s ‘Move Africa’ show in Kigali on December 6, provided local Rwandan rappers with a unique opportunity to meet the renowned hip-hop icon. Considering Kendrick Lamar’s influence on the hip-hop landscape, The New Times interviewed some of the local rappers who met the ‘Humble’ hitmaker, seeking insights into the […]
US private security company Bancroft Global Development says it is in talks with the Central African Republic over “future activities”, in a possible bid to muscle Russia’s Wagner mercenary group out of the country riven by a decade-long civil war. Bancroft denied having deployed in the CAR capital Bangui, but said it was in contact […]