Africa: U.S. UN Ambassador – On Tackling Covid, Conflict and Climate
The United States this month holds the rotating presidency of the United Nations (UN) Security Council. As she occupies the chair, the U.S. Ambassador to...
Africa: Secretary Blinken’s Call With African Union Commission Chairperson Faki About the Attempted Takeover in Niger
The below is attributable to Spokesperson Matthew Miller: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat today...
Can Uganda get its money’s worth in DRC?
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to generate interest on a scale similar to the mayhem or division or even conquest that the...
Egypt – Women Abused Over Alleged Isis Ties
Torture, Incommunicado Detention, Flawed Due Process Egyptian authorities have arbitrarily detained women and girls related to suspected members of the Islamic State (ISIS) affiliate in...
Sudan: Former Prime Minister Hamdok Lists Steps to End ‘Catastrophic’ Sudanese Conflict
Cape Town - in a series of tweetsIn 2010, former Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok called for cooperative efforts to end the conflict in Sudan....
Sudan: Resolving Sudan’s Crisis Means Removing Those Fighting
Ahmed Soliman talks with Youssef Hassan about what needs to be done to resolve Sudan's latest conflict, and how to move the civilian government forward....
Sudan: U.S. Top Diplomat Calls for Ceasefire in Sudan As Death Toll Nears 200
Khartoum, Sudan - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called on the leaders of Sudan's two warring factions and urged them to agree to...
At Least 3,500 AU Soldiers Killed in Somalia Since 2007
Thousands of soldiers have been killed and hundreds of others wounded since African Union peacekeepers began operating in Somalia in early 2007, their head of...
Africa: News – Lawmakers From Oromia Urge AU to ‘Intervene and Negotiate’ to End Conflict in Oromia, Repeat Call for Warring Parties
ADDIS ABEBA - Ethiopian members of the national parliament who are elected from the Oromia regional state have sent a letter to the African Union...
Africa: Blinken Africa Revisit Focuses on Ending Conflicts in the Horn and Sahel
Washington DC - The Ethiopia and Niger trip is the latest top-level administration trip to Africa, after VP Harris is expected to Secretary of State...