Mar 28 Vice President Harris confronts painful past, envisions future during visit to Africa By Chris Megerian, Colleen Long, Associated Press Harris on Tuesday stepped through the black doors of a colonial-era seaside fort and down into the dungeons, touring a site where millions of enslaved Africans were held captive before they were loaded onto ships bound for the Americas. Continue reading
Mar 26 Kamala Harris arrives in Ghana, kicking off weeklong Africa visit to bolster relations By Chris Megerian, Associated Press Ghana is one of the continent's most stable democracies, but Harris is arriving at a time of severe challenges for the West African nation. Continue reading
Mar 13 Cyclone Freddy claims more lives as it slams Malawi, Mozambique By Wanjohi Kabukuru, Vitus-Gregory Gondwe, Associated Press An unrelenting Cyclone Freddy that is currently battering southern Africa has killed at least 56 people in Malawi and Mozambique since it struck the continent for a second time on Saturday night, authorities in both countries have confirmed. Continue reading
Mar 13 Vice President Kamala Harris to visit Africa as part of latest U.S. outreach By Chris Megerian, Associated Press Vice President Kamala Harris plans to travel to Africa at the end of March as the United States seeks to pitch itself as a better partner for the continent than China is. Continue reading
Mar 11 Cyclone Freddy returns to strike Mozambique for second time since late February By Wanjohi Kabukuru, Associated Press Record-breaking Cyclone Freddy made its second landfall in Mozambique Saturday night, pounding the southern African nation with heavy rains and disrupting transport and telecommunications services. Continue reading
Feb 25 Long lines, delays frustrate voters in Nigeria’s presidential election By Chinedu Asadu, Associated Press Frustrated Nigerians cast their ballots into the evening Saturday, hours after the official deadline for joining the voting line in Africa’s most populous nation after late starts and sporadic violence caused delays at polling stations. Continue reading
Feb 25 Africa’s largest film festival offers hope amid years of strife in Burkina Faso By Sam Mednick, Associated Press Most film festivals can be counted on to provide entertainment, laced with some introspection. The weeklong FESPACO that opens Saturday in violence-torn Burkina Faso's capital goes beyond that to also offer hope, and a symbol of endurance. Continue reading
Jan 21 Yellen visits historic site of slave-trading post off the coast of Senegal By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen paid a solemn visit Saturday to the salmon-colored house on an island off Senegal that is one of the most recognized symbols of the horrors of the Atlantic slave trade that trapped tens of millions of Africans… Continue reading
Jan 20 Yellen hails rising U.S.-Africa relations after visiting young entrepreneurs in Senegal By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is visiting Senegal with a message about the future of U.S.-Africa relations. Continue reading
Jan 19 Treasury Secretary Yellen kickstarts Biden administration visit to Africa By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press The Biden administration's big push to engage more with Africa is underway as Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen begins a 10-day visit aimed at promoting all the economic possibilities that lie between the U.S. and the world's second-largest continent. Continue reading