BERKELEY, CALIF. – Before the coronavirus pandemic began, Julio Castro’s days began at 6:30 a.m. with a long walk to the parking lot of a Home Depot, hoping someone would hire him to do jobs like yard work or painting. The Guatemalan immigrant made $500 on a good week, enough to eke out a living […]
JOHANNESBURG – The spread of novel coronavirus seems to have turned everything upside down in South Africa, including its usually fractious politics. As cases surged past 100, the nation was also treated to a startling show of political unity from Pre…
KAMPALA, UGANDA – Uganda’s speaker of Parliament has sparked controversy with a claim that a local pharmaceutical company is about to manufacture an alleged “cure” for the coronavirus. On Tuesday, Uganda’s health minister warned against the spread of f…
KAMPALA – Ugandan poet Stella Nyanzi was released in February after spending more than a year in prison for a post she made on Facebook that insulted President Yoweri Museveni. Defiant, Nyanzi used her time behind bars to write a book and is inspiring…
KHARTOUM – Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok says he is safe following an assassination attempt Monday in Khartoum. Eyewitnesses say car bombs went off near the prime minister’s convoy as he traveled to his office. Afterward, hundreds of protest…
President Yoweri Museveni has today opened the Bukona agro-processors sugar factory and distillery at Lapem village, Coo room Parish, Koch Goma in Nwoya district, established by Indian proprietor and Managing Director, Mr. Praviin Krekal.The President …
Permanent Representative Urges Lifting of Sanctions, as Civil Society Member Urges Government to Exclude Listed IndividualsSecurity Council members cautiously welcomed the new powersharing agreement to end the conflict in South Sudan today, as they hea…
Malaysia’s Muhyiddin Yassin, a Malay nationalist politician backed by the corruption-tarnished former ruling party, was sworn in as prime minister Sunday after the king picked him to replace 94-year-old Mahathir Mohamad.The swearing-in capped a week of…
WHITE HOUSE – Ethiopia rejected a U.S.-brokered agreement on the Grand Ethiopian Dam (GERD) and said it would commence first filling of the structure, one day after the Trump administration concluded two days of what is supposed to be the final round…
GENEVA – U.N.-mediated political talks aimed at resolving the crisis in Libya have ended in disarray, with nothing accomplished except an agreement to meet again next month. The talks got off to a shambolic start. Before the first round of Libyan poli…
MODERATOR: Thanks for being here. Today we have [Senior State Department Official], who’s going to talk to us about developments in South Sudan. The attribution for this talk will be background, senior State Department official. Sir, go ahead.SENIOR ST…
Along with climate shocks, conflict and acute food insecurity, the East Africa region now faces a hunger threat from desert locusts, top UN relief officials warned on Tuesday, saying action now, will avert a major food crisis later. The locust upsurge…
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammeds remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the special session of the Regional Coordination Mechanism for Africa, in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, today:It is an honour to address this special session of…