Tag: Africa

President Trump and former President Barack Obama stand on the steps of the U.S. Capitol with first lady Melania Trump and former first lady Michelle Obama on Jan. 20, 2017, in Washington, DC.

Trump knocks Michelle Obama for saying she’ll ‘never forgive’ him for promoting birther conspiracy

Melissa Quinn · November 9, 2018 4:16 pm

Armed Tanzanian police stand guard outside a vote counting center at Maji Matitu Primary School in Mbagala, in the Temeke district of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. Tanzanians voted on Sunday in a presidential race that is the most tightly contested since the country became independent in 1961, with the ruling party being challenged by a former member who was recently the country's prime minister.

10 men arrested in Tanzania on suspicion of being gay

Anna Giaritelli · November 7, 2018 4:06 pm

People gather at the site of an attack in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

The Nigerian army needed an excuse. Trump unwittingly gave them one. They literally tweeted it

Philip Wegmann · November 2, 2018 10:07 pm

Chosen Fertility?

The Scrapbook · November 1, 2018 7:55 am

Emmanuel Macron, France's president, speaks to the media as he arrives for a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, on Friday June, 29, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

#PostcardsToMacron gives us a fascinating insight (regardless of what he meant)

Nicole Russell · October 17, 2018 6:57 pm

Mourners carry banners which read "Black day" and "Down with Al shabab" during the anniversary an explosion in the capital of Mogadishu, Somalia, Sunday Oct. 14, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Be glad the US keeps bombing al-Shabaab

Tom Rogan · October 17, 2018 11:55 am

National Security

US kills 60 suspected terrorists in largest Somalia airstrike in a year

Travis J. Tritten · October 16, 2018 3:53 pm

Passengers arrive by train at Nairobi Terminus in Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, May 31, 2017. Kenya's president opened the country's largest infrastructure project since independence, a Chinese-backed railway costing nearly $3.3 billion that eventually will link a large part of East Africa to a major port on the Indian Ocean as China seeks to increase trade and influence.

Beltway Confidential

Real partnerships with African nations take more than money. That’s an advantage for the US

Erin Dunne · October 16, 2018 12:53 pm

Recording artist Kanye West, left, and television personality Kim Kardashian, right, attend Harper's Bazaar Icons celebration during NYFW Spring/Summer 2017 at the Plaza Hotel on Friday, Sept. 9, 2016, in New York.

Kanye West, Kim Kardashian West meet with Ugandan president

Caitlin Yilek · October 15, 2018 3:14 pm

In this photo taken Sunday, Sept 9, 2018, a health worker sprays disinfectant on his colleague after working at an Ebola treatment centre in Beni, Eastern Congo. The current Ebola outbreak in northeastern Congo has become a testing ground with one aid group for the first time treating confirmed Ebola victims in individual biosecure units used in emergencies involving highly infectious diseases.

Ebola death toll rises to 122 in Congo

Kimberly Leonard · October 12, 2018 11:56 am

First lady Melania Trump pauses for photographs as she visits the historical site of the Giza Pyramids in Giza, near Cairo, Egypt. Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018. First lady Melania Trump is visiting Africa on her first big solo international trip.

Melania Trump says it’s ‘sad’ that some organizations won’t partner with her because of her husband

Caitlin Yilek · October 10, 2018 3:09 pm

First lady Melania Trump arrives at Cairo international airport, Egypt, on Saturday.

Melania Trump: Talk about my actions, not my fashion

Allison Elyse Gualtieri · October 6, 2018 5:55 pm