Howard Wolpe has spent the best part of three decades helping to form and implement American policies on Africa. After chairing the Subcommittee on Africa of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives for 10 years, he later served as President Bill Clinton's special envoy to the Great Lakes region.
The United Kingdom Border Agency has suspended scheduled deportation flights for failed Zimbabwean asylum seekers, following strong protestations by the MDC-UK.
The American government’s new special adviser on the Great Lakes region, Howard Wolpe, comes to the post with the best part of three decades’ experience in the Africa policies of U.S. administrations behind him. In the second of a two-part interview with AllAfrica, he discusses how the Obama administration could improve its diplomacy and strengthen peace-building in Central Africa.
Edo State government wants the United Nations General Assembly to prevail on the British government and other suspected looters to return stolen Benin artifacts.
Nigerian-duo of Wolfsburg's Obafemi Martins and TSG Hoffenheim's Chinedu Obasi Ogbuke, will on Saturday trade tackles when both clubs clash in a German Bundesliga fixture.
INSPIRED by Ibrahim Sekagya's outstanding presence at the back, Austrian Champions Red Bulls Salzburg managed to preserve their unbeaten record the Uefa Europa League and seal their fourth in a row after a 1-0 win over Bulgarian side Levski Sofia.
Oando Plc, Nigeria's integrated energy solutions provider has announced in Lagos the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU), with Russia's energy giant, Gazprom to jointly develop projects in multiple sectors of Nigeria's oil and gas industry.
Making the most of potential business leads at a forum can be daunting.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it will begin the process of extraditing former Chief Executive Officer of Intercontinental Bank Plc, Chief Erastus Akingbola, this week.
As Uganda's two-year leadership of the Commonwealth of Nations comes to an end, a recent series published by the New Vision illustrates how big a role Britain has played in Uganda's development.
IT was a project of hope. A project to bring some kind of modernity to the Batwa, an ethnic grouping that still lived a pre-historic lifestyle. They roamed the vast Semliki game reserve in Western Uganda, hunting and gathering for their survival. The vegetation cover provided them shelter. Trees were plenty.
The European Union Ambassador to Uganda Vincent De Visscher has said the Ministry of Trade should expedite the revision of the trade laws in the country.
On November 18, Uganda will join the rest of the UN member countries at the ministerial conference on Commission for global road safety in Moscow Russia. However, the question is: Will this conference deliver measures to reduce death on the world's roads from accidents?
The British High Commission in Nigeria through the European Union 'Low Carbon High Growth Strategic Programme Fund' has funded the construction of automated weather station for the Nigerian Montane Forest Project base in Mambilla Plateau, Taraba State under the Directorship of Dr Hazel Chapman from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
Nigeria and the United Kingdom are to strengthen existing community development projects and promote community participation in order to ensure sustainability in both countries.
