Topic: Africa
The White House said Monday it had no indication of Moamer Kadhafi's whereabouts after members of the ousted strongman's family surfaced in Algeria."We have no indication that he has left Libya," said White House spokesman Jay Carney, adding that if Washington did ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An accused leader of the Somali militant group al Shabaab captured by U.S. forces and charged in a federal court sought to expand the group's operations beyond his home country, a U.S. official said on Wednesday.Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame, believed ...
ABUJA (Reuters) - A Nigerian opposition party accused its political rivals of sabotage on Tuesday after its vice presidential candidate was forced to make an emergency landing due to a runway invasion by rams and goats.Fola Adeola, vice presidential candidate for the ...
The United States is ready to help the Tunisian government hold elections after the fall of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's government, a key advisor to US President Barack Obama said Monday.On a visit to Algeria, Obama's counter-terrorism advisor John Brennan also ...
HONOLULU (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday condemned separate "outrageous terrorist bombing attacks" in Egypt and Nigeria and said the United States was prepared to assist both countries in responding to them."The United States extends its deepest condolences to the families ...
International non-government organisations on Thursday said a US plan to disarm Uganda's Lord?s Resistance Army rebels in Africa should be implemented urgently.US President Barack Obama on Wednesday presented the plan to Congress following a law he proposed and Congress passed six months ...
In November 1992, William Jefferson Clinton was elected President of the United States despite claiming less than 44% of the popular vote. The roadmap to foreign policy failure by the Clinton administration, which included bouts of indecision partnered with inaction or inconsistency ...
President Barack Obama to visit Zimbabwe? Can President Barack Obama visit Zimbabwe before his term of office ends? What are the chances that he will visit Zimbabwe? A dream visit to Zimbabwe by President Obama is realistic. I repeat it is realistic. ...
Ghana?s main opposition has nominated Nana Akufo-Addo to contest the 2012 presidential vote after he narrowly lost the last election in the west African nation seen as a democratic beacon.President John Atta-Mills defeated Akufo-Addo, representing the New Patriotic Party, in a January ...
On March 23, 1998, U.S. Pres. Bill Clinton arrived in Accra, Ghana, to begin a six-country, 12-day visit to Africa, the most extensive journey to that continent ever undertaken by a U.S. leader. " In retrospect, however, it seemed that the visit ...