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The United States is "exerting unprecedented pressure" on African countries, including attempting to disrupt a planned Russia-Africa summit, Russia's deputy foreign minister was quoted as saying late on Saturday. President Vladimir Putin…

The United States Government has concluded plans for the return of $954, 807.40 stolen assets by former Bayelsa State Governor the late Diepreye Alamieyeseigha to Nigeria. The US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mrs Mary Beth Leonard announced…

The first U.S. Cabinet member to visit Somalia since 2015 urged the world’s donors to give immediate help to a country facing deadly famine, which she described as “the ultimate failure of the international community.” The U.S.…

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen concluded her tour of South Africa with a visit to Emalahleni, the coal-mining town which produces most of the coal South Africa relies on to fire its power stations. Emalahleni, which means "a place of…

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen used a tour of the Dinokeng Game Reserve in South Africa to announce a joint initiative to combat wildlife trafficking and related criminal activities in the United States and South Africa "First, we…

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has helped kick off a new rural electrification project in Senegal that will bring reliable power to 350,000 people, while supporting some 500 jobs in 14 U.S. states. Yellen travelled to the site of…

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen visits  salmon-coloured house on an island off Senegal, the building most recognised symbols of the horrors of the Atlantic slave trade. Yellen, visit is part of a 10-day trip aimed at rebuilding economic…

The Governor of Anambra State, eastern Nigeria, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo, has urged the United States Consul to partner with the state on the development of an export emporium. Governor Soludo made the call when the Consul General…

A United States hospital, the Jersey City Medical Center has appointed Ijeoma Akunyili as the new Chief Medical Officer of the heath facility. Ijeoma is the first daughter of the late Dora Akunyili, former director-general of the National…

The United States has dropped Burkina Faso from its AGOA trade preference program citing deep concerns over "unconstitutional change" in government in the West African country, the U.S. Trade Representative's (USTR) office said.…