Chocolate multinationals charged with complicity in Mali’s child slavery rings
(GIN)—A federal class action suit filed on behalf of eight Malian citizens against Nestle SA, Cargill, Hershey and Mars, Inc. among others for their...
Okonjo-Iweala is 1st woman, African to lead world trade body
FRANKFURT, Germany—Nigerian economist Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was appointed to head the World Trade Organization, becoming the first woman and first African to take on the...
Building bridges in Ethiopia through Pan Africanism
On the 13th of January 2021, Addis Ababa University and the United States Africa Institute signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on tasks...
Transparency must rule Iraqi elections, ‘loyalties cannot be for sale’, Security Council hears
A deadly rocket attack in Erbil drew condemnation from the UN envoy in Iraq, who told the Security Council that “such reckless attempts to...
IAEA chief offers to visit Iran ahead of Additional Protocol halt
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has offered to visit Iran over Tehran’s decision to suspend the IAEA’s snap inspections. IAEA Director-General...
U.S. Immigration Service cancels African deportations after torture reports
(GIN)—A plane carrying Cameroonian, Angolan and Congolese asylum seekers due to take off from Alexandria, Louisiana, was canceled with minutes to spare after advocacy...
Haiti crisis flares up with constitutional crisis
Violence and political upheaval have flared up in Haiti over a constitutional crisis caused by a presidential term dispute. Demonstrations have intensified on the...
Spain: Protests erupt after rapper’s insults lead to prison
LLEIDA, Spain—Violent street protests erupted in some Spanish cities on Feb. 16 following the arrest of a rap artist who barricaded himself at a...
Friction escalates in Western Sahara, Morocco dispute
As President Joseph Biden has been reversing policies of his predecessor, questions are floating about what his administration will do concerning the issue of...
New head of African Union faces daunting challenges from day one
(GIN)—He’s been described as a “master strategist,” but can the incoming chair of the African Union beat the daunting challenges ahead? That is the difficult...