The United Nations announced Thursday, May 22 that it has allotted $10 million to South Sudan, to provide over 270,000 people with life-saving humanitarian aid. The UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) aid will be used to support communities in six high-risk counties, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). […]
Nigeria’s Muhammadu Buhari has unveiled a new visa policy, which, he says, is intended to attract innovation, specialized skills and knowledge from abroad. The president had last November in Egypt announced the new visa policy, which he described as a “strategic decision to bring down barriers that have hindered the free movement of our people […]
The heads of state of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) were once again at Mali’s bedside on September 7 during their 57th Ordinary Session, held in Niamey, Niger. ECOWAS issued an ultimatum to the military junta, which ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar on August 18, following weeks of protests in the country, urging […]
