Aid agencies working in East Africa warn of a massive humanitarian crisis if the coming rainy season falls short of expectations. The aid groups say persistent drought has left 44 million people in urgent need of assistance across Ethiopia, Kenya, ... Read More

Political analysts say South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has undercut his own utility as a potential mediator of the war in Ukraine with a controversial suggestion that NATO’s own actions are to blame for Russia’s invasion of its western neighbor. Ramaphosa ... Read More

Barbara Nel - Country President for Africa, AstraZeneca AstraZeneca has reiterated its commitment to expand and accelerate its COVID-19 vaccine supplies to the African region through 2022 and beyond. This is to help governments across the continent reach their vaccination targets. In Ghana, ... Read More

Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga Mali's former Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga died on Monday in the capital, Bamako, a close relative of his family announced. Maiga, who served as prime minister of Mali from 2017 until 2019, was 67. He remained an influential figure ... Read More

Media watchdogs in southern Africa are calling on the governments of Angola, Eswatini and Zimbabwe to do more to protect press freedom following the publication of the Freedom in the World 2022 Report which says those countries are among the most oppressive ... Read More

South Sudan is witnessing “the worst hunger crisis to date.” That’s the assessment of U.N. World Food Program’s Marwa Awad, who sees it firsthand. An estimated 8.3 million people in South Sudan will face extreme hunger in the coming months as ... Read More

FILE - Members of the Canada's Cirque Soleil perform on Feb. 6, 2019 during the Intercultural Circus Festival of Abidjan. West Africa is beginning to open up to the world again. As COVID-19 travel restrictions are lifted, cultural events, like the ... Read More

Rosemary DiCarlo, then deputy U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, speaks before the Security Council, Aug. 5, 2014. She said on March 16, 2022, at the U.N. that having parallel administrations in Libya could lead to unrest and perhaps scuttle ... Read More

Nigeria has evacuated at least 1,800 of its citizens from Ukraine since Russia's invasion, but says that 80 Nigerian students remain trapped in the southern city of Kherson. Russian forces have captured the city, and the students this week called ... Read More

António Guterres – UN Secretary-General There is a looming food shortage in some African countries over the Russia- Ukraine war. The United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, has warned that Russia’s war against Ukraine could lead to what he called “a hurricane of ... Read More