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Signage for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games is displayed on a subway train in Beijing on January 6, 2022. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP) North Korea has slammed the US-led diplomatic boycott of February’s Beijing Winter Games, state…

The United States has cut Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from access to a duty-free trade program, following through on President Joe Biden's threat to do so over alleged human rights violations and recent coups. "The United States today…

Ethiopian trade ministry says it is unhappy with the Biden administration’s decision to revoke duty-free access for the country's exports. The US terminated on 23rd December Ethiopia's eligibility for benefits under the African Growth…

The United States Embassy in Somalia has on Monday called for a de-escalation of tensions in the Horn of Africa country after President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed suspended the prime minister’s powers. "We strongly urge Somalia’s leaders…

The US Treasury Department added former Angolan General Dino and his companies Cochan Holdings, Cochan SA to its specially designated nationals (SDN) list, a statement showed on Thursday. Individuals on the list have their…

The U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its establishment in Nigeria. The Nigeria country office was established in November 2001 to support the government of Nigeria to improve…

Exiled Burundian lawyer Armel Niyongere, an opposition figure, on has called on the international community and France not to resume cooperation with Burundi, where he said human rights are not respected. "Since Evariste Ndayishimiye,…

The United States has ordered non-emergency U.S. government employees in Ethiopia to leave because of armed conflict and civil unrest, its embassy in Addis Ababa. Denmark and Italy also asked their citizens in Ethiopia to leave while…

US President Joe Biden has said US troops may stay in Afghanistan beyond his withdrawal deadline, as armed Taliban fighters kept desperate evacuees from reaching Kabul’s airport. Mr Biden wants US forces out by the end of this month, but…

President Joe Biden has said he stands “squarely” behind the US exit from Afghanistan as he faces withering criticism over the Taliban’s lightning conquest of the war-torn country. “How many more American lives is it worth?" the…