visits

Burundi reaffirmed its "neutrality" on the conflict in Ukraine, saying that "no one can win this war", during a visit by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. In February, Burundi, an African country in the Great Lakes region,…

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres began a brief visit to Somalia in Mogadishu. Mr Guterres was greeted on arrival at the Somali capital's airport by Foreign Minister Abshir Omar Huruse, according to images posted on Twitter by the…

US Vice President, Kamala Harris, starts a week-long trip to Africa in what is being seen as the latest attempt at counterbalancing China's influence. Vice President Harris is expected to visit Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia as she focuses…

Tanzanian President, Samia Suluhu Hassan is seeking more security cooperation and trade with South Africa. Hassan, Tanzania's first female leader, met South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the capital Pretoria on Thursday where her…

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…

In a first for the British Royal Family, Sophie, Countess of Wessex and Forfar, visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Countess met the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, Dr. Denis Mukwege, and praised his work in caring for victims of …

UN chief Antonio Guterres has visited a displaced people's camp in Niger, where he appealed for humanitarian and military aid for an impoverished country battling jihadist insurgents. Guterres travelled to the camp at Ouallam in the…

Liberian President George Weah has visited survivors of a deadly stampede. On Thursday, he was at the bedside of some of the fifteen survivors admitted to hospital. Liberian President George Weah visits victims in hospital after a…

Prince Charles of the United Kingdom has met Egypt's president and the head of Sunni Islam's Al-Azhar institution in Cairo on a mission centred on inter-faith co-existence and the battle against climate change. Charles, accompanied by…

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has visits the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado to reaffirm the importance of collaboration between the two countries. Kagame met with President Nyusi and reaffirmed that the conflict in…