A U.S. State Department official was in Nigeria this week to meet with local and regional authorities about the responsible use of artificial intelligence in military applications. Mallory Stewart, assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of Arms Control, Deterrence and ... Read More

World Food Program trucks carrying urgently needed food and nutrition supplies have entered Sudan’s Darfur region, the United Nations agency said Wednesday. The first trucks entered the region Tuesday evening from Chad via the Adre crossing, which had been closed for ... Read More

The United Nations (UN) University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa, a research arm of the UN located on the campus of the University of Ghana, Legon, has shortlisted 30 young innovators to develop clean/green agricultural technologies to solve agricultural ... Read More

Qatar Airways has acquired a 25% stake in the privately owned South African carrier Airlink. The announcement was made Tuesday (Aug. 20). No financial details of the deal were immediately disclosed. Airlink flies to more than 45 destinations in southern and East Africa. ... Read More

The World Health Organization reports that basic public health measures can stop outbreaks of mpox and potentially eliminate transmission of the virus, which has caused 99,176 cases of the disease and 208 deaths globally since 2022. “We know how to control ... Read More

Kenya Airways reported its first half-year profit in over a decade on Monday, with a profit after tax of 513 million Kenyan shillings ($4 million) for January to June, reversing a 21.7 billion shilling loss from the same period last ... Read More

U.S. envoy to Sudan Tom Perriello speaks during a press briefing ahead of Sudan cease-fire talks in Geneva, Switzerland, Aug. 14, 2024. Efforts to achieve humanitarian access to millions of desperately needy Sudanese are moving forward but cease-fire negotiations remain dormant ... Read More

Antony Blinken - US Secretary of State U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in Tel Aviv late Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had accepted an American “bridging proposal” on a Gaza cease-fire deal, and that it was now ... Read More

Kenya's new finance minister says some of the proposed taxes that led to weeks of deadly protests earlier this year will be reintroduced through a tax amendment bill as the country struggles to find revenue to pay off debts to ... Read More

Five Nordic countries have committed to strengthening relations with Ghana to increase trade and investments with the West African nation.  The five countries; Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, as part of their official visit to Ghana to explore mutually beneficial ... Read More