Africa

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken visits the Hector Pieterson Memorial with YALI Alumni in Johannesburg, South Africa, on August 7, 2022. [State Department photo by Freddie Everett

Blinken says the new U.S. strategy is ‘rooted in the recognition that sub-Saharan Africa is a major geopolitical force’ that ‘will shape our future’

August 8, 2022

United States Secretary Antony J. Blinken on Monday unveiled the Biden administration's new strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa in a speech...

Diplomacy

Biden administration unveils new U.S. strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa focused on four main objectives but no concrete steps to counter Russia and China

by Simon Ateba

August 8, 2022

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The United States will pursue four main objectives in Africa, the Biden administration said on Monday while unveiling a new...

Antony Blinken (Left) and Linda Thomas-Greenfield (Right)

Diplomacy

Top Biden officials Antony Blinken and Linda Thomas-Greenfield begin Africa tour to strengthen ties, counter Russia and China and confront global food crisis and human rights abuses

by Simon Ateba

August 6, 2022

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Blinken will travel to South Africa August 7-9, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on August 9-10 and Rwanda on August 10-12. It will...

U.S. Ambassadors to Africa

Billionaire businesswoman Margaret Cushing Whitman assumes office as U.S. Ambassador to Kenya amid political transition

by Lenah Reda

August 3, 2022

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Billionaire businesswoman Margaret Cushing Whitman assumed office as the U.S. Ambassador to Kenya on August 1, 2022, as the East...

João Lourenço of MPLA (left) and Adalberto Costa Júnior of UNITA (right)

African Presidents

Top U.S. Senators call for free, fair and peaceful election in Angola on August 24, urge all political parties not to use violence ‘whatever the outcome of the vote’

by Simon Ateba

August 3, 2022

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Top United States Senators on Tuesday introduced a Senate resolution calling for free, fair, and peaceful elections in Angola on...

NSC Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby stated “all lives matter.” Susan Walsh/AP

Terrorism

White House spokesperson John Kirby brushes aside question on compensation for Kenyans and Tanzanians killed alongside Americans in al Qaeda bombings at U.S. embassies in 1998, attacks journalist Simon Ateba

A White House spokesperson John Kirby was pressed on Tuesday by Today News Africa correspondent Simon Ateba on the fact...

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in the launch of the U.S.-Afghan Consultative Mechanism with Special Envoy for Afghan Women, Girls, and Human Rights Rina Amiri at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., on July 28, 2022. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha

Diplomacy

Antony Blinken making second trip to Africa as battle for influence similar to Cold War era rages on the continent between the United States, China, Russia and Europe

by Simon Ateba

July 29, 2022

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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will be making his second trip to Africa August 7-12 to launch the U.S....

President Joseph R. Biden Jr. speaks with President Xi Jinping of China from the Oval Office on July 28, 2022. Photo: White House

Taiwan

Here is everything Joe Biden told Xi Jinping of China on Taiwan during long phone call on July 28, 2022

by Simon Ateba

July 29, 2022

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United States President Joseph R. Biden Jr. extensively discussed Taiwan on Thursday morning when he spoke with President Xi Jinping...

President Joe Biden receives his second COVID-19 booster shot, Wednesday, March, 30, 2022, in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House. (Official White House Photo by Katie Ricks)

Africa

President Biden beats COVID-19, tests negative twice

by Simon Ateba

July 27, 2022

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President Joseph R. Biden Jr. tested negative for COVID-19 on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning after completing his five-day course...

Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield attends the virtual Global COVID-19 Summit, Wednesday, September 22, 2021, in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House. (Official White House photo by Erin Scott)

USA

Top Biden official Linda Thomas-Greenfield traveling to Uganda and Ghana to counter Russia’s narrative in Africa after Sergei Lavrov’s tour blaming the West for Africa’s woes, colonial pains and invasion of Ukraine

by Simon Ateba

July 27, 2022

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The U.S. Representative to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield will travel to Uganda and Ghana August 4-6 to discuss "the...

Outraged U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland says U.S. Justice Department has filed motion to unseal search warrant following raid on Donald Trump’s home amid wild claims and outright misinformation

Top Biden officials say former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo may soon announce new date and place for direct talks between Ethiopian warriors to resolve Tigray crisis, highlight key areas in new U.S. strategy for Africa

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin warns China attempting to undermine America in Africa while Russia is ‘peddling cheap weapons backing mercenary forces’ to ‘sow chaos’ and destroy ‘the rules-based international order’

F.B.I. raids Donald Trump’s Palm Beach home, breaks open a safe reportedly to retrieve some classified material taken from White House as he considers running for president in 2024

Blinken says the new U.S. strategy is ‘rooted in the recognition that sub-Saharan Africa is a major geopolitical force’ that ‘will shape our future’

Biden administration unveils new U.S. strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa focused on four main objectives but no concrete steps to counter Russia and China

Top Biden officials Antony Blinken and Linda Thomas-Greenfield begin Africa tour to strengthen ties, counter Russia and China and confront global food crisis and human rights abuses

Billionaire businesswoman Margaret Cushing Whitman assumes office as U.S. Ambassador to Kenya amid political transition

Top U.S. Senators call for free, fair and peaceful election in Angola on August 24, urge all political parties not to use violence ‘whatever the outcome of the vote’

White House spokesperson John Kirby brushes aside question on compensation for Kenyans and Tanzanians killed alongside Americans in al Qaeda bombings at U.S. embassies in 1998, attacks journalist Simon Ateba

Antony Blinken making second trip to Africa as battle for influence similar to Cold War era rages on the continent between the United States, China, Russia and Europe

Here is everything Joe Biden told Xi Jinping of China on Taiwan during long phone call on July 28, 2022

President Biden beats COVID-19, tests negative twice

Top Biden official Linda Thomas-Greenfield traveling to Uganda and Ghana to counter Russia’s narrative in Africa after Sergei Lavrov’s tour blaming the West for Africa’s woes, colonial pains and invasion of Ukraine

F.B.I. raids Donald Trump’s Palm Beach home, breaks open a safe reportedly to retrieve some classified material taken from White House as he considers running for president in 2024

Tigrayans being ‘burned alive’, ‘atrocities and massacres’ taking place, international community needs to help Ethiopia’s Tigray region under “longest” and “worst” siege ‘in modern human history’, WHO chief Tedros erupts in Washington

Top Biden officials say former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo may soon announce new date and place for direct talks between Ethiopian warriors to resolve Tigray crisis, highlight key areas in new U.S. strategy for Africa

U.S. government set to pass broad law that will punish African governments and nationals working with Russia amid invasion of Ukraine

Amnesty International calls on Nobel Prize winning Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed to account for all missing persons following Hachalu Hundesa’s killing

The world should hear the cries of Oromo people in Ethiopia

F.B.I. was reportedly looking for nuclear documents in Trump’s home, shocking report says

Outraged U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland says U.S. Justice Department has filed motion to unseal search warrant following raid on Donald Trump’s home amid wild claims and outright misinformation

Top Biden officials say former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo may soon announce new date and place for direct talks between Ethiopian warriors to resolve Tigray crisis, highlight key areas in new U.S. strategy for Africa

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