Biden declares ‘America is back’ as he announces major foreign policy shifts

By CNN,

President Joe Biden announced "America is back" on Thursday and declared that "diplomacy is back at the center" of US foreign policy as he said the US...

Joe Biden

How the U.S. helped Museveni stay in power for over 3 decades

By CNN,

Ugandans go to the polls on January 14, with Bobi Wine and nine other candidates challenging incumbent President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in powe...

bobi , Museveni , uganda

Pompeo on ICC: U.S. won’t be threatened by a ‘kangaroo court’

By Citizen Reporter,

U.S. Secretary of State Department Mike Pompeo has once again lashed out at the International Criminal Court saying it has no business trying to prose...

Afghanistan , ICC , Pompeo , war crimes

U.S. adds Nigeria to religious freedom blacklist

By VOA,

The United States on Monday placed Nigeria on a religious freedom blacklist, paving the way for potential sanctions if it does not improve its record....

Nigeria , religious freedom blacklist

Trump administration is preventing Biden from accessing messages from foreign leaders

By CNN,

A stack of messages from foreign leaders to President-elect Joe Biden are sitting at the State Department but the Trump administration is preventing h...

Donald Trump , Joe Biden

Biden plans move into White House as Trump clings to hope

By Reuters,

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will further lay the groundwork for his new administration on Wednesday as President Donald Trump pursues a flurry of l...

Donald Trump , Joe Biden

‘Disgrace’ and a ‘mess’: Africans taken aback by U.S. election turmoil

By Reuters,

For some Africans, President Donald Trump’s actions in the aftermath of the U.S. election have been a cause for dark humour, while others reacted wi...

Biden , Trump , us election

MPs approve state of emergency after Ethiopia military operation in Tigray

By VOA,

Ethiopia’s parliament on Thursday validated a six-month state of emergency in the rebellious northern Tigray region. This after the federal gover...

biy Ahmed , Ethiopia , tigray

Federal watchdog probing Trump campaign’s use of White House: lawmaker

By Reuters,

The U.S. Office of Special Counsel has opened an investigation into allegations that the Trump campaign’s use of the White House as an Election Day ...

Trump , us election

Trump to remove Sudan from terrorism blacklist after Ksh.36B pay to U.S. victims

By Reuters,

President Donald Trump announced on Monday the United States would remove Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism as soon as Khartoum sets ...

Bashir , U.S. Embassy bombing

US Ambassador to China stepping down as tensions with Beijing rise

By CNN,

Terry Branstad will be stepping down as United States Ambassador to China after more than three years in Beijing, a source confirmed to CNN Monday. ...

china , Terry Branstad , US

Afghan peace talks open with calls for ceasefire, women’s rights

By Reuters,

Afghan government representatives and Taliban insurgents gathered on Saturday for historic peace talks aimed at ending two decades of war that has kil...

Afghan , Mike Pompeo , President Donald Trump , Taliban insurgents

US orders closure of Chinese consulate in Houston

By Tonny Ndungu,

The United States government has abruptly ordered China to "cease all operations and events" at its consulate in Houston, Texas, according to the Chin...

us-china relations

State Department releases cable that helped spread claims coronavirus emerged from Chinese lab

By CNN,

The State Department has released a 2018 diplomatic cable noting that the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) had "a serious shortage of appropriately t...

coronavirus

UK bans Huawei from its 5G network

By CNN,

The United Kingdom has banned Huawei from its 5G telecom network, reversing a January decision to allow the embattled Chinese tech company a limited r...

5G network , Huawei , Mike Pompeo , Prime Minister Boris Johnson , United Kingdom

The United States is ‘looking at’ banning TikTok and other Chinese social media apps

By CNN,

The United States is "looking at" banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday. Pompeo suggeste...

Mike Pompeo , President Donald Trump , Tiktok

Taiwan’s success in fighting coronavirus has infuriated China

By CNN,

While many governments struggled to contain the spread of coronavirus, Taiwan appeared to have it largely under control. In January, the self-rule...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , President Tsai Ing-wen , world health organization

China refutes 24 ‘lies’ by U.S. politicians over coronavirus

By Reuters,

China has issued a lengthy rebuttal of what it said were 24 “preposterous allegations” by some leading U.S. politicians over its handling of the n...

US report assesses China intentionally concealed severity of the virus

By CNN,

The Chinese government intentionally concealed the severity of the coronavirus from the international community while it stockpiled imports and decrea...

coronavirus

Trump claims he’s seen evidence coronavirus originated in Chinese lab, contradicts US intel community

By CNN,

President Donald Trump contradicted a rare on-the-record statement from his own intelligence community by claiming Thursday that he has seen evidence ...

coronavirus , Trump