Category: Government

A U.S. delegation has met with top officials in Addis Ababa to convey President Joe Biden’s “grave concerns” about the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.The delegation led by U.S. Senator Chris Coons arrived in Ethiopia Saturday to meet with…

Somalia’s government says it is making a commitment to conduct delayed presidential and parliamentary polls after the U.S. urged the leadership to hold transparent elections. On Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said leaders should set asi…

Polls opened in Congo Republic on Sunday, with President Denis Sassou Nguesso widely expected to extend his 36-year rule despite an economic crisis in the Central African oil producer. With Sassou’s grip on power firm, diplomats and analysts doubt an…

YAOUNDE, CAMEROON – There have been mixed reactions in Cameroon to 88-year-old President Paul Biya’s orders that his party-dominated upper and lower houses of Parliament reelect officials who are over 80 years old to top positions. According to the cen…

Friday marked a new chapter of leadership in Tanzania as the first-ever female president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, took the oath of office.The inauguration was witnessed by members of the cabinet and former presidents at the statehouse in Dar es Salaam.Th…

Following Wednesday’s death of Tanzanian President John Magufuli, attention is shifting to his successor.The next in line, according to Tanzania’s Constitution, is the vice president. That would make Samia Suluhu Hassan the first female leader of the E…

GENEVA – U.N. experts are urging Burundi’s president to keep the promises he made when he assumed power in June to improve the country’s human rights record. The U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Burundi has submitted a report to the U.N. Human Rights Coun…

More women continue to enter politics and government at the highest levels, but there is still widespread gender inequality globally for women in government and legislatures, the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the United Nations said Wednesday.In its an…