Category: Americas

Africa’s crypto winter: arrest of FTX’s boss prompts calls for tighter regulation

December 14, 2022

At the heart of the Africa’s crypto boom was FTX, an international exchange run by US crypto guru Sam Bankman-Fried, whose collapse in November has ... Read More

Blinken stresses partnership with Africa as China looms large over US-Africa Leaders summit

December 13, 2022

With the annual US-Africa Leaders Summit kicking off in Washington, D.C., this Tuesday Dec.13, the Biden administration will try to offer its African partners a ... Read More

US-Africa Leaders Summit: Biden to reboot ties with Africa, back AU spot in G20

December 12, 2022

The annual US-Africa Leaders Summit kicks off this Tuesday Dec.13 in Washington, D.C., where President Joe Biden will host about 50 African leaders, their delegations ... Read More

Ex-Guinea leader, son of Mali’s ex-president sanctioned by US for right abuses

December 12, 2022

The United States has imposed sanctions on more than 40 people and entities for alleged rights abuses from nine countries, which include asset freezes of ... Read More

U.S. and Morocco Encourage all Mediterranean and African Countries to Join Proliferation Security Initiative (Joint Statement)

December 10, 2022

The United States and Morocco have encouraged all Mediterranean and African countries to join the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and to participate in future PSI-related ... Read More

Morocco & U.S. Pool Efforts against WMD Threats in North Africa

December 9, 2022

Morocco and the United States co-hosted the North African Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) workshop from December 6-8 in Tangier. The workshop, the first of its ... Read More

U.S. calls on Rwanda to stop backing armed groups in DRC

December 6, 2022

Antony Blinken, the US top diplomat, has urged Rwanda to stop providing support for rebel groups including M23 that have been accused of crimes in ... Read More

US-Africa summit: Biden aims to boost trade, investment, food security; are the ambitions too high?

November 30, 2022

US President Joe Biden will be hosting some 45 heads of state from across the African continent in Washington, DC, on 13-15 December for the ... Read More

Religious Freedom: U.S. Ambassador Rashad Hussain on working visit to Morocco

November 29, 2022

U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain is visiting Morocco for talks with local government officials and civil society leaders. Mr. Rashad ... Read More

Morocco’s OCP launches its 1st carbon farming project in Brazil

November 22, 2022

Morocco’s state-owned OCP Group, the world’s largest producer of phosphate-based fertilizers, announced on Tuesday its first carbon farming and certification project in Brazil to ensure ... Read More