Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to visit Washington next week as Congress continues to debate $21 billion more in aid to Ukraine to support its fight against Russia. U.S. lawmakers are increasingly divided over whether to provide Ukraine with more ... Read More

Morocco announced the launch of an aid programme on Thursday to support and rehouse the residents of about 50,000 buildings damaged in last week's devastating earthquake. The magnitude 6.8 earthquake -- Morocco's strongest ever -- has killed nearly 3,000 pople and ... Read More

President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met with his French counterpart Catherine Colonna in Cairo on Thursday. During their meeting, the two ministers discussed bilateral relations between Egypt and France, as well as the latest developments in the region, including ... Read More

Ann Ganzer (left), Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US Department of State Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, addressing the conference in Accra. Picture: ELVIS NII NOI DOWUONA Ghana has been chosen by the United States for the establishment of ... Read More

President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi The United States plans to withhold $85 million in military aid to Egypt because of Cairo's failure to meet U.S. conditions on freeing political prisoners and other issues, according to a congressional notification obtained by Reuters and a ... Read More

Pope Francis Pope Francis used his weekly audience to pray for the victims of the flooding in Libya and for the people of Morocco hit by a deadly earthquake. He made a heartfelt appeal on Wednesday, expressing his hope that God would ... Read More

The U.S. military has resumed counterterrorism missions in Niger, flying drones and other aircraft out of air bases in the country more than a month after a coup halted those activities, the head of U.S. Air Forces for Europe and ... Read More

The United Nations’ top envoy in Sudan is stepping down, four months after being told by the government to leave. In parting remarks, he criticized Sudan’s military and the rebel Rapid Support Forces, or RSF. “This conflict is leaving a tragic ... Read More

Josep Borrell  The head of EU diplomacy Josep Borrell admitted on Tuesday that despite millions of euros spent in the Sahel, Europeans had failed to strengthen democracy in this region, the victim of a series of military coups. , the last ... Read More

After recent deadly attacks in northern Mali, some people in Bamako say the government should consider restarting or increasing dialogue with armed groups. There's been a resurgence of deadly violence in Mali's north in recent weeks inolving attacks by Islamist militants ... Read More