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U.S. Welcomes Normalization of Chad-Sudan Relations
The United States congratulates the Governments of Chad and Sudan on the signing of the January 15 agreements in N'Djamena to normalize relations. The...
Madagascar: U.S. may slap Rajoelina’s gov’t with sanctions
The United States has voiced its concerns over a rush to parliamentary elections in Madagascar, now scheduled for March, by the de facto regime...
Italian foreign minister promises support to Somalia and Uganda
The Italian minister of foreign affairs, Franco Frattini has said that the government of Italy has committed itself to support, by training and helping...
New Permanent Representative of Benin Presents Credentials to UN Secretary-General
Jean-Francis Régis Zinsou, the new Permanent Representative of Benin to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Until his new...
New Permanent Representative of Equatorial Guinea Presents Credentials to UN Secretary-General
Anatolio Ndong Mba, the new Permanent Representative of Equatorial Guinea to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Prior to...
Nigeria as a terror ground: U.S. African commander “not aware”
Nigeria’s emergence on the US State Sponsored Terrorism list has not gone without official criticisms and ultimatums from Africa’s most populous state. Claims over...
U.S. issued ultimatum to drop Nigeria from terror list
The Nigerian government has given the United States government seven days to remove its name from the terror list of nations. Senate Spokesman, Senator...
Sudan: Omar al-Bashir still a very wanted man
Sudan's president Mr. Omar al-Bashir is still not welcomed by western nations for his alleged role in the Darfur genocide. France has relocated the...
Ethiopian PM: “U.S. or Mars ambassador… won’t have any impact on elections!”
Ethiopian Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, has strongly defended his government’s decision not to send an ambassador to the United States until after the east...
British Parliament tables motion in support of Aminatou Haidar
A cross-party group of British MP's today tabled a Motion in Parliament expressing “dismay” at the expulsion of Nobel Peace Prize nominee Amainatou Haidar...
Zimbabwe: Zanu-pf defy Commonwealth, scorn Jacob Zuma
Zimbabwe has vowed to reject any proposals for it to return to the
Commonwealth of nations, which the 85 year old President Mugabe once described...
Gabon-France: Ali Bongo’s visit to help restore France’s image?
Newly elected Gabonese President, Ali Bongo Ondimba, will be on an official visit to France, Friday, and will be conferring wih French President, Nicolas...
Ethiopian government’s aid discrimination evoked by British minister
British Minister for International Development, Gareth Thomas, has indicated that UN agencies have condemned the Ethiopian government’s habit of not allowing food aid to...
Wen Jiabao Meets with Egyptian President Mubarak
On November 7, 2009, visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo. Wen said President Mubarak is a well-known...
Bush Diaries Found in the Back of New York Cab!
On the anniversary of Obama's election victory George Bush's secret diaries reveal how close US came to attacking Iran
Rumours that George W Bush is...
Middle East Peace Process: Hillary Clinton disappoints the Arab League
Hillary Clinton, U.S. secretary of state arrived Monday in Marrakech, Morocco, to meet ministers of the Arab League. Her agenda focuses on press freedom...
Zimbabwe: No place for the United Nations
Following the break in civility and a looming crisis on the Zimbabwean political scene, the United Nations sent a torture expert to the country,...
Obama’s Foreign Policy: Reaping the Fruit of Patient Diplomacy?
The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Barack Obama less than nine months into his presidency has raised questions questions as to what...
Ethiopia-Israel: Avigdor Lieberman meets Meles Zenawi to promote commerce
Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Avigdor Lieberman, accompanied by 23 Israeli business personalities are expected to hold talks with Ethiopian...
Canada – Mali: Canadian Foreign Minister visits Mali
The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that he will visit Mali from August 28 to 29.
"This visit is significant as...
Nigeria: Clinton choses straight talk over soft diplomacy and lambasts Nigerian leaders
U.S Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton has chosen not to mince her words or show sentiments in her criticism of Nigeria, during her visit...
DR Congo: Hillary Clinton calls on students to write a new history
United States Secretary of State, Mrs Hillary Clinton has met with DR Congo's President, Mr. Joseph Kabila in the eastern town of Goma, to...
Obama in Ghana: A symbolic visit that hides a subtle US oil strategy?
Barack Obama has chosen Ghana for his first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa. He is expected Friday evening for a two day visit. Although...
Welcome to Ghana President Obama
Last year, in the midst of the “Obama fever,” another event – by no means as historic as President Barack Obama’s election victory, but...
Zimbabwe: Mugabe snubs US ambassador and hurls insults at top US diplomat
President Robert Mugabe refused to met the out going US ambassador James McGee the man he once desrcibed as "house Negro". McGee had wanted...
President Obama’s historic visit to Ghana: A recognition of success and progress
President Obama’s July 10–11 visit to Accra, Ghana, will be a “historic occasion,” says Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson. He...
Send a direct SMS to US President Barack Obama
Since Friday, Africans are able to directly question U.S. President Obama via SMS ahead of his July 11 visit to Ghana. The White House...
Gaddafi, African Union chairman accused of collaborating with Italy against Africans…
Libyan Leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi and current chairman of the African Union, has compared the US to al-Qeada, accused the international community of ignoring...
Netherlands – Zimbabwe: You will get no money from us
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was told in the Netherlands on Monday that his government had to implement serious political and economic reforms before...
Hamas happy with Obama, compares Palestinian struggle with slavery
Hamas, a Palestinian Islamic socio-political and paramilitary organization that controls the Gaza Strip, have described President Obama's speech: "A New Beginning: US and...