UN Resident coordinator Matthias Schmale calls on Nigerians to forge ‘new contract with nature’
With the danger of desertification and drought, and its growing threat to lives and livelihoods across Nigeria and the rest ...
Day: June 17, 2022
In Washington, Antony Blinken discusses food crisis and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with Senegalese Foreign Minister Aïssata Tall Sall
United States Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken hosted Senegalese Foreign Minister Aïssata Tall Sall in Washington, D.C. on Friday, ...
Africa’s health race: Genome sequencing the next frontier
The African continent is making another leap in technological innovation, and this time in health care, going from clinics with ...
New eye-witness testimony describes killings and mass displacement in Mali amid surge in violence in Menaka region
Heavy fighting causes thousands to flee Menaka region since March 2022. Amnesty International calls on parties to the conflict to ...
War: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken speaks with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke on Wednesday with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba to share updates on U.S. ...
United States announces additional humanitarian assistance to Ukraine
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. on June 15 announced that the United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development ...
U.S. – Nigerian military partnership leads to private sector investment
Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) Kathleen FitzGibbon hosted Nevada-based Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) at the U.S. Ambassador’s Residence on June ...
Ethiopia plans to finish GERD Blue Nile river dam construction in 2023
Ethiopia is planning to conclude construction on the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile River by the ...
Dennis Hankins serving as US Ambassador to Mali amid formative time for future of democracy
Dennis B. Hankins has been serving as the United States Ambassador to Mali since March of 2019 and has thus ...