U.S. Sends 47 Soldiers to Protect US Interests in South Sudan
United States’ President Obama has ordered 47 U.S. troops to South Sudan to help protect the American embassy in the country, days after an outbreak […]
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Ghana must end modern slavery – US warns
In the 2016 Global Slavery Index, Ghana ranks 13 out of 15 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and the 34th country with the most modern slaves […]
S. Sudan: Deal Reached for Machar’s Return
South Sudan’s rebels on Wednesday said a deal had been reached to let their leader Riek Machar return to the capital Juba on Thursday to […]
S. Sudan’s Riek Machar to Return to Juba on April 18
South Sudan’s opposition leader Riek Machar on Thursday confirmed he will be arriving in the capital Juba on April 18 to take up the position […]
US Accuses Uganda of Rights Violations
The United States on Friday said Uganda has persistently violated the rights of its citizens and media in the aftermath of last month’s presidential election. […]
US lifts sanctions on Sudanese cement company after 14 years
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Wednesday removed a Sudanese private cement factory from a blacklist of firms […]
Morocco Opens Fertilizer Plant Dedicated to African market
Morocco, which has the world largest phosphates reserves, has opened new fertilizer plant dedicated to the African market, confirming the country’s commitment to the African […]
South Africa to import 5 mln tonnes of maize in 2016
South Africa Agriculture Minister, Senzeni Zokwana on Monday said his country may start importing white and yellow maize from the United States through the AGOA […]
Nobody is indispensable, US to Kagame
Two weeks after Rwanda’s upper house of parliament unanimously approved a constitutional amendment to allow President Paul Kagame to seek a third term, the United […]
Chad declares state of emergency after deadly Boko Haram attack
Chad’s government, on Monday, imposed a state of emergency in the Lake Chad region after a series of raids and suicide bombings last weekend by […]