Day: August 6, 2022

Samantha Power won fame as a human rights advocate and was picked by President Joe Biden to lead the agency that distributes billions of dollars in U.S. aid abroad, including providing more food assistance than anyone else in the world. But since Russi…

Nigerian regulators have fined three broadcasters the equivalent of $12,000 each for airing a BBC documentary about bandit militias who raid villages and carry out mass kidnappings for ransom in the country’s northwest.The National Broadcasting Commiss…

Nigerian authorities have asked the search engine Google to shut down YouTube channels and livestreams linked to separatist and terrorist groups in the country.Nigeria’s information minister, Lai Mohammed, made the appeal Thursday in Abuja during a mee…

Ethiopia’s government has rebuked U.S. and European envoys who visited Tigray rebel leaders this week, accusing them of siding with the rebels.A senior Ethiopian official has accused EU and U.S. diplomats of “indulging” rebels in the northern Tigray re…

Cameroonian separatists have rejected the prime minister’s declaration that their fight for independence has been largely crushed. Joseph Dion Ngute said federal troops have brought peace to conflict areas, and said life is returning to normal. But ana…

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, told reporters that her visit to Kampala on August 4 was to reaffirm and strengthen the U.S. relationship with Uganda, not to compete with Russia. Her trip came just days after one by Russ…