Maya Angelou, a prize-winning American literary figure with strong African ties, has died. Angelou had written a poem on behalf of the Read more »
The United States has expressed skepticism that more than 200 schoolgirls held by Boko Haram militants had been located by the military. Read more »
The United States says that it has lifted emaining restrictions on direct assistance in light of the successful elections in 2013 and installation of a new government earlier in ... Read more »
American pop icon Madonna has criticised embattled President Joyce Banda of corruption after it was announced that ballots will be recounted after the election. Read more »
The military says they have seen, and narrowed the search, for the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls to three Boko Haram camps, while the U.S. has deployed special forces to Chad to ... Read more »
Two U.S. senior lawyers have requested their government to repatriate to Nigeria, the sum of U.S.$458 million in assets stolen by the late former military dictator General Sani ... Read more »
The lead U.S. attorney prosecuting the Federal case against former politician Thomas Woewiyu has declined comments on any notion that the U.S. may seek potential witnesses from ... Read more »
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, who is leading a business development mission to Accra and Abuja this week, announced that a key component of the U.S.-Africa Summit in ... Read more »
The surveillance drones bought from Israel years ago that might have been used to hunt for the more than 200 girls held by Boko Haram, have been left grounded due to poor ... Read more »
The president of Djibouti is in Washington, DC this week to discuss the tiny east African nation's strategic relationship with the United States. Djibouti hosts the largest ... Read more »
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