Category: General

German government recommits to West Africa military missions

BERLIN, The German government is recommitting to the UN’s peacekeeping mission in Mali, and raised its maximum contingent of participating soldiers from 1,100 to 1,400.“We are flying the flag for the security of the people in Mali,” Foreign Minister An…

Nations Pledge Over $3B to Fight Pandemic

World leaders pledged more than $3 billion on Thursday for the global fight against the pandemic, as the United States marked a grim point in its own COVID-19 battle – and without the billions of dollars in emergency funding Biden has sought from Congr…

For Macron’s Second Term – a Lower Profile in Africa?

Five years ago, France’s Emmanuel Macron saw big when it came to Africa. Days after his presidential inauguration, he flew to northeastern Mali, meeting with French troops and vowing, alongside his Malian counterpart, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, to wage an…

Russian FM visits Algeria to mark 60th anniversary of ties

ALGIERS— Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune met with visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday, as the two countries marked the 60th anniversary of the official ties.The bilateral relations and the Ukraine issue were on the agenda…