Tag: Africa

US military preparing possible evacuation from embassy in Sudan

Mike Brest · April 20, 2023 5:14 pm

Smoke is seen rising from a neighborhood in Khartoum, Sudan, Saturday, April 15, 2023. Fierce clashes between Sudanâs military and the countryâs powerful paramilitary erupted in the capital and elsewhere in the African nation. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali)

Sudan’s army and rival force clash, wider conflict feared

Associated Press · April 15, 2023 9:33 pm

Vice President Kamala Harris addresses a news conference following her meetings with Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo in Accra, Ghana, on Monday, March 27, 2023. Harris is on a seven-day African visit that will also take her to Tanzania and Zambia.

Kamala Harris in Africa amid China’s growing influence on continent

Mike Brest · March 27, 2023 6:23 pm

British actor Idris Elba said Monday that he believes Vice President Kamala Harris would be a "good" president.

Idris Elba says Kamala Harris would make a ‘good’ president: ‘Of course’

Christian Datoc · March 27, 2023 5:39 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, in Des Moines, Iowa.

In Ghana, Kamala Harris ‘excited about the future of Africa’

Associated Press · March 26, 2023 8:53 pm

Harris heads to Africa in diplomatic test as US-China relations appear frayed

Heather Hunter · March 25, 2023 9:33 pm

War crimes: US accuses all sides in Ethiopian conflict

Misty Severi · March 20, 2023 10:24 pm

American citizen held hostage for six years in West Africa freed

Mike Brest · March 20, 2023 5:25 pm

Gen. Michael Langley, the commander of U.S. Africa Command, testifies during a Senate committee hearing on Senate Armed Services hearing to examine the posture of United States Central Command and United States Africa Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2024 and the Future Years, Thursday, March 16, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

US Africa Command chief details high price of doing business with Russian mercenaries

Mike Brest · March 17, 2023 5:28 pm

US military leaders warn about growing China threat in Middle East and Africa

Mike Brest · March 16, 2023 6:55 pm

—œThis was a dagger aimed at the heart of the Turkish state —" and at the Turkish people.—£ (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Biden State Department spending tens of thousands to thwart ‘disinformation’ in Uganda

Gabe Kaminsky · March 7, 2023 7:42 pm

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (left), former President George Bush (right), and former President of the United Republic of Tanzania Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (center) talk about the creation of the Presidentâs Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief program.

PEPFAR at 20: George Bush marks 20 years since founding of AIDS relief program

Misty Severi · February 24, 2023 6:32 pm