POPE MEETS DISPLACED PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN SUDAN
Today, Pope Francis met with internally displaced people in South Sudan, after urging its leaders to make a "new start"...
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POPE TO MEET WAR VICTIMS ON SOUTH SUDAN PEACE PILGRIMAGE
Pope Francis on Saturday will meet victims of South Sudan's civil war, a day after delivering an impassioned plea for...
Cuba ratifies Africa-Caribbean-Pacific Cooperation Mechanism
HAVANA, Cuba affirmed its commitment of solidarity and cooperation as part of the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States,...
Central African States Fail to Honor Timber Export Ban
YAOUNDE, CAMEROON — Officials say most member states in the Central African Economic and Monetary Community, CEMAC, have failed to...
AfDB and partners mobilise $30 billion for African farmers
DAKAR, The Dakar 2 Feed Africa Summit ended with a $30 billion pledge by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and...
South Africa: Energy Crisis Committee releases progress report
PRETORIA, The South African Government has announced a series of interventions aimed at solving the country’s worsening power crisis and...
Treasury’s Yellen Breaks Ground on Rural Electrification Project in Senegal
KEUR BABACAR MBAYE, SENEGAL — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Saturday helped kick off a new rural electrification project...
Door of No Return: Yellen Visits Onetime Slave-Trading Post
GOREE ISLAND, SENEGAL — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen paid a solemn visit Saturday to the salmon-colored house on an...
Two Election Officials Killed in NW Cameroon as Separatists Vow to Disrupt Senate Elections
YAOUNDE, CAMEROON — Officials in Cameroon say separatists have killed two election officials in Cameroon , capital of the Northwest...
Gambian vice president dies after ‘short illness’ in India
BANJUL, The Gambia’s Vice President Badara Alieu Joof has died of illness in India, President Adama Barrow said on Wednesday....
As child malnutrition mounts, UN agencies issue call to action
Tiny Bassma Mofeed fell ill when she was just a few months old, battling a soaring fever and mouth problems....
Chinese Top Diplomat Arrives in Africa to Strengthen Cooperation
NAIROBI, KENYA — China’s new foreign minister, Qin Gang, has begun a five-nation tour of Africa aimed at bolstering Chinese-African...