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President Biden taps experienced career diplomat to serve as U.S. ambassador to Haiti
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 11 months agoPresident Joe Biden is nominating a career diplomat with nearly four decades of experience in some...
Defiantly, Russian officials celebrate their military in Washington
Yahoo News· 1 year agoProtesters stood at the gates of the Russian Embassy in Washington on Thursday evening, jeering at...
Flashpoint warnings: Chinese embassies take security seriously as threats in Africa heat up
South China Morning Post via Yahoo Finance· 6 months agoThe Chinese embassy in Kenya last week issued a security alert warning Chinese citizens against...
Exclusive-US official says eastern Congo ceasefire extended for two weeks
Reuters via AOL· 5 months agoWASHINGTON (Reuters) -The parties to a ceasefire in parts of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have agreed to a two-week extension, according to a senior U.S. official familiar ...
Louis Sarkozy: ‘I went from the Elysée Palace to a dirty barrack room in Pennsylvania – thank God’
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIt’s a wild CV. Louis Sarkozy, the son of the former President of France, spent part of his early...
Trump officials eased sanctions on "Blood Diamond" magnate despite concerns
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt was one of the final decisions Trump officials made before leaving office. On January 15, 2021,...
Is Chinese-controlled copper and cobalt mining joint venture being turned into a political pawn in...
South China Morning Post via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoPolitics could be at play in the latest falling-out between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and...
'Hotel Rwanda' hero Rusesabagina freed from Rwandan jail
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWASHINGTON/KIGALI (Reuters) -Paul Rusesabagina, who was portrayed as a hero in the film "Hotel...
How the U.S. Issued its First Ever Order to Assassinate a Foreign Leader
Politico via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA snub from the White House, a controversial stay at Blair House, an encounter with Dave Chappelle’s mother and a CIA-arranged tryst — what happened when Congo’s beleaguered leader visited D.C. in 1960.
Congo leader to prospect for better mining deal, improved relations during China visit
South China Morning Post via Yahoo Finance· 11 months agoWith most of his country's mining industry under Chinese control, Congo President Felix Tshisekedi will visit Beijing this week as the two nations look to resolve mining disputes that had threatened ...