Nigeria and Benin join Africa Free Trade Area
At the African Union summit in Niamey, Nigeria and Benin have signed the Africa Free Trade Agreement. The leaves Eritrea as the only African country outside the market of more than 1,2 billion that will be worth nearly $3,5 trillion. Signing the Free Trade Agreement as he met with his peers in Nigeria, President Muhammadu […]
UK ambassador to Washington gives a withering assessment of Donald Trump’s administration
President Donald Trump has reacted angrily to the British Ambassador calling him insecure and incompetent and describing his administration as uniquely dysfunctional and divided. Britain’s Foreign Office has begun an inquiry into how this confidential correspondence from the envoy to Whitehall was leaked. Britain’s Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunts says his Ambassador to Washington Sir Kim […]
Congolese warlord found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity
Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda has been found guilty in the International Criminal Court of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Ntaganda, who handed himself in six years ago, will be sentenced at a later date. Bosco Ntaganda’s defense say he was kidnapped and dragooned into military service as a boy, making him a victim of […]