James Cleverly (middle), UK Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, joins two staff members of Trashy Bags Africa, to work on some empty sachets during his visit to the company The United Kingdom (UK) Secretary of State for ... Read More

French and other nationals gather at the international Airport to be airlifted to France on a French military aircraft, in Niamey, Niger, Aug. 2, 2023. Military chiefs from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) arrived Wednesday in the Nigerian ... Read More

Planeloads of French citizens are returning home. Anti-French demonstrations are peppered with Russian flags. French military and political interests are once again under attack in the Sahel as another onetime ally is toppled in a coup. Last month’s military power grab ... Read More

Pope Francis Pope Francis has held a private meeting with victims of clerical sexual abuse during a five-day visit to Portugal. In a statement, the Vatican said the gathering had been held on Wednesday in an "atmosphere of intense listening". A report this year concluded ... Read More

Donald Trump Former US President Donald Trump will be formally charged at a court hearing on Thursday on charges of plotting to overturn his 2020 election defeat. On the eve of the arraignment he slammed the case as proof of the "corruption, ... Read More

President Vladimir Putin Russia and Africa have identified areas where the two parties can cooperate and invest for mutual benefit. Mr Vladimir Putin, Russian President, said plans had been outlined to strengthen foreign policy coordination and increase trade and investment flows between ... Read More

Ghana and the United Kingdom(UK) have launched a four-year Science, Technology and Innovation (ST&I) strategy as part of efforts to strengthen the bilateral cooperation between the two countries. The strategy involves placing emphasis on the development and application of frontier technology ... Read More

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will chair a high-level meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Thursday that will highlight global food insecurity and the conflicts that worsen it. "We know this for sure: Where there is conflict, there is ... Read More

Donald Trump A federal grand jury in Washington on Tuesday indicted former U.S. President Donald Trump for illegally trying to upend his 2020 election loss to retain power, adding to his legal peril as he campaigns to regain the White House ... Read More

Flights evacuating Europeans from Niger have arrived in France and Italy. People evacuated from Niger arrived in Paris Charles de Gaulle airport in the early hours of Wednesday morning France began evacuating its citizens from Niger amid anti-French sentiment following last week's ... Read More