Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday headed to the Middle East, the first of two senior U.S. officials to travel to the region this week as the Trump administration presses an ambitious Arab-Israeli peace push that President Donald Trump hopes wil…
Members of the Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, shut down all their land and air borders with Mali on Wednesday after its president announced his resignation following a military mutiny. ECOWAS said in a statement that it will als…
A humanitarian aid organization says the novel coronavirus pandemic is likely to aggravate the world’s food insecurity and hunger crisis. A report by U.S.-based CARE says the number of people around the globe facing severe food insecurity or a food cri…
Soldiers who toppled Mali’s president in a coup Tuesday are pledging to hold new elections within what they say is a “reasonable” time.The coup leaders call themselves the National Committee for the Salvation of the People. They went on national televi…
United Nations officials in Sudan have sent out an urgent appeal for $1.6 billion to provide life-saving assistance to citizens, including hundreds of thousands of people affected by floods. Recent flooding caused by heavy rain has affected 17 of Sud…
A West?African?economic bloc is sealing member states’ borders with Mali after mutinous soldiers?arrested?President?Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse?Tuesday.?? The Economic Community of West?African?States – ECOWAS – says it is a…