Diasporas

The US billionaire and Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, has pledged $ 2 billion through his Bezos Earth Fund, for land restoration in Africa. The US billionaire had previously indicated he would make investments worth $ 1 billion during an event with Prince Charles on Monday. “We must conserve what we …

The US State Department says it’s gravely concerned by the expansion of fighting between Ethiopia’s government forces and Tigrayan rebels in the north of the country. Washington reiterated its call for the Tigray People’s Liberation Front to withdraw from the Amhara and Afar regions, and halt its advances in and …

Former New York State Governor, Andrew Cuomo, has been indicted for sexual assault on a former employee and will appear for a first hearing on November 17, a judicial source has learned. “A criminal complaint against former Governor Andrew Cuomo has been filed in Albany City Court,” a New York …

US President, Joe Biden, has condemned the coup in Sudan and called on the Sudanese military leaders to immediately restore civilian rule and release all political detainees. The US president also called for an end to violence against protesters, who have continued to take to the streets against the Monday …

Chinese authorities on Tuesday imposed confinement in Lanzhou in the northwest of the country, a city of four million inhabitants in order to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The decision was motivated because of a rebound in Covid-19 cases a hundred days before the Beijing Winter Olympics. The country …

The United States, through its Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has called for the “immediate restoration” of the Sudanese civilian rule “without preconditions”. The US is added to the list of countries to condemn the coup in Sudan and call for a return to civilian rule. “The United States rejects …

Former US president, Donald Trump, on Wednesday announced the launch of his own social network, “Truth Social”, after being banned in January from Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. The former president wants to “resist the tyranny of the giants of technology”, who “used their unilateral power to silence dissenting voices in …

Former US Secretary of State under George W. Bush, Colin Powell, died at the age of 84 from “complications from Covid-19,” his family announced on Monday. The former secretary of state died at Walter Reed Hospital, located in the suburbs of Washington, where US presidents are often treated. Note that …

Six people were killed and thirty others injured Thursday during a demonstration organized in the Lebanese capital, Beirut by the Shiite movements Hezbollah and Amal. The demonstrators demanded the dismissal of the judge in charge of the investigation into the explosion at the port of the Lebanese capital, which had …

Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta will on Thursday meet with his US counterpart, Joe Biden, to discuss a range of subjects including financial transparency, security and human rights, the White House said on Tuesday. The meeting, which will be the first time Joe Biden is hosting an African President, will come …