President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, center, makes his way to conduct a press conference following the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Feb. 17, 2024. Somalia has condemned what ... Read More

Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attend a memorandum of cooperation exchange ceremony during the Japan-Ukraine Conference for Promotion of Economic Growth and Reconstruction at Keidanren Kaikan in Tokyo on Feb. 19, 2024. Japanese Prime ... Read More

President Joe Biden plans to welcome Kenyan President William Ruto to the White House in May, hosting a state visit after reneging on his promise to visit Africa last year. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Friday that the visit ... Read More

Israel on Sunday rejected international calls, including from its chief ally, the United States, for “unilateral recognition” of Palestinian statehood, saying any such agreement could only be reached through negotiations. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brought what he called a “declaratory decision” ... Read More

Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey (left), the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, and Mulambo Haimbi, the Minister of Justice and acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Zambia, signing the memoranda of understanding in Lusaka, Zambia Ghana and Zambia ... Read More

Ghana's new finance minister, Mohammed Amin Adam, pledged on Thursday to keep its $3 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme on track as it aims to finish restructuring its overseas debt before an election in December. President Nana Akufo-Addo replaced Ken Ofori-Atta with ... Read More

Senegal's President Macky Sall Senegal's Constitutional Council on Thursday ruled that parliament's unprecedented postponement of the February 25 presidential vote was not in line with the constitution, pitching the country into a new phase of electoral uncertainty. Opposition presidential candidates and ... Read More

The United States and Somalia's government on Thursday signed a security pact that they presented as a road map toward building a functional Somali army, capable of taking over security responsibilities and the fight against al-Shabab militants. In a ceremony presided ... Read More

The International Court of Justice should reject a South African request that the court issue additional emergency measures to protect Palestinians' rights in Rafah, Israel argued to the World Court. Israel said that the emergency measures issued by the ICJ last ... Read More

A consortium of four is strategising in Ghana on ways to address the inequalities in the cocoa, mining and salt sectors to provide decent income for the poor in the value chain. Oxfam, Third World Network-Africa (TWN-Africa), SOMO, and the Huairou ... Read More