Kamala Harris Looks to Deepen Relations With Africa Amid China’s Influence
In a weeklong trip to Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia, the vice president will face a balancing act as she tries to foster a collaborative U.S. relationship.
Funding for African Union Somalia mission critical to security: UN political chief
The UN political affairs chief has underlined the critical need to ensure funding for the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), warning that a shortfall could threaten plans to transfer security to the national forces by the end of next year.
Niger Credited With Negotiating Release of US Aid Worker, French Journalist
The government of Niger says it negotiated the release of a U.S. aid worker and a French journalist who were held captive by Islamist militants in the Sahel region. Aid worker and missionary Jeffery Woodke was held for more than six years, while reporter Olivier Dubois spent nearly two years in captivity. Kidnappings in the…
What does the US hope to achieve from Blinken’s visit to Niger?
Antony Blinken is the first US secretary of state to visit the West African country.
US Pledges Humanitarian, Economic, Security Aid to Niger
In a first for a U.S. secretary of state, Antony Blinken was in the African nation of Niger Thursday to offer humanitarian, economic and security aid. Blinken’s visit to Niger follows a stop earlier in the day in Ethiopia, a trip viewed by analysts as an effort to bolster U.S. relations in a part of the…
Ethiopia hopes Blinken’s visit will help the peace process
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is in Ethiopia in an effort to support the peace process after a brutal two-year civil war.
Months after a peace deal, the Tigray region is recovering from a brutal civil war
NPR’s Scott Simon speaks with Janti Soeripto, the CEO and president of Save the Children, who recently visited the Tigray region of Ethiopia, devastated by years of civil war.
International institutions are protesting Tunisia’s racist crackdown on migrants
NPR’s Steve Inskeep talks to reporter Erin Clare Brown of New Lines Magazine about Tunisia’s government crackdown on Sub-Saharan migrants. (Image credit: Fethi Belad /AFP via Getty Images)
South Sudan faces ‘make or break’ year on road to lasting peace
South Sudan sits at a critical crossroad, with swift action needed to quell chronic intercommunal clashes, ramp up assistance to ever more communities in need, and advance progress towards a durable peace, senior UN officials told the Security Council on Monday.
Tunisia’s President Vilifies Migrants From Sub-Saharan Africa
As African migrants are swept up in a widening crackdown, critics say President Kais Saied is openly mining a deep vein of discrimination and prejudice against dark-skinned people in Tunisia.