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Bronx Fire Victims’ Funeral Draws Huge Outpouring of Grief

NEW YORK — The caskets were brought one by one — all 15 of them — on a frigid winter day, as hundreds of...

President Biden Announces Key Appointments to Boards and Commissions

WASHINGTON – Today, President Biden announces his intent to appoint the following individuals to serve in key roles: • Laurence B. Alexander, Chair, Board for International...

Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Phee and Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Satterfield

Travel to Riyadh, Khartoum, and Addis Ababa Assistant Secretary Molly Phee and newly appointed Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa David Satterfield will travel...

Communiqué of the extraordinary summit of heads of state and government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) [EN/PT]

1. The Extraordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), hereafter called Summit, was held in...

Mali Gives Airlines 72 Hours to Confirm Service

BAMAKO, MALI — After several airlines discontinued service to Mali due to new regional sanctions, the country’s government has responded with its own economic...

US Africa Envoy to Visit Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Ethiopia

WASHINGTON — The U.S. special envoy for the Horn of Africa will visit Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Ethiopia next week amid ongoing crises in...

Victims of Deadly New York City Fire to Be Memorialized Sunday

Plans are underway for a large communal memorial service Sunday for victims of New York City's deadliest fire in more than three decades. Seventeen people,...

MFWA condemns attack on Radio Ada, demands prosecution of perpetrators

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) roundly condemns the attack on the Radio Ada (93.3 FM), a community radio station in the Greater Accra region of Ghana and demands immediate investigations and prosecution of perpetrators. A group of thu...

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Repo Rate Remains Unchanged at 6.75 Percent: Bank of Namibia’s Decision to Safeguard Currency Peg

Windhoek: The Bank of Namibia (BoN) has maintained the repo rate at 6.75 percent for the next two months. The central bank announced this decision on Wednesday, stating that the unchanged rate aims to sustain the peg between the Namibian Dollar and th...
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Ethiopia and Kenya Sign Memorandum to Boost Border Trade

Addis Ababa: Ethiopia and Kenya have signed an implementation memorandum of agreement to facilitate trade relations between the two countries and ensure that people living in the border area can access essential daily commodities without any supply di...

Value Addition on Rice Key to Boosting Income and Nutrition in Kenya

Nairobi: Paddy rice production in Kenya has doubled over the past six years, increasing from 116,000 metric tons in 2018 to 244,000 metric tons in 2023. However, the national rice self-sufficiency rate remains below 20 percent, indicating a continued ...

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Kamchatka, Russia's Far East — Four killer whales were rescued from stranding in an estuary in Kamchatka, as confirmed by Sergei Lebedev, the regional Minister for Emergency Situations, on Wednesday. This successful operation involved local volunteers...