The U.S. Food and Drug Administration reportedly intends to grant full approval to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on Monday.The New York Times said the agency had planned to complete the approval by Friday but still faced “a substantial amount of paperwork …
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US Sidelined by Chinese Influence Campaign in Africa
China’s global ambitions may have taken a hit in the United States, Europe, Australia, Japan and India, but in Africa, its sustained power and influence are forcing Washington to recalibrate its strategy toward the continent, home to 54 nations. The Un…
Read moreAt 60, Peace Corps Plots Return to World After Virus Hiatus
DEDZA, MALAWI – More than a year after COVID-19 began sweeping the world, abruptly cutting short her Peace Corps stint, Cameron Beach is once again living in rural Malawi — this time on her own dime.The Peace Corps, a U.S. government program marking it…
Read moreAfrica’s First Youth Games Bring Hopes for Continent’s First Olympics
For decades, African athletes have traveled all over the world to take part in the Olympic Games. At the recent Tokyo Games, they took home gold, silver and bronze medals. And yet Africa has never hosted the Games, and some people are asking what it wo…
Read moreCOVID Has Heightened Conflict, Deepened Depression, Say Central African Leaders
YAOUNDE, CAMEROON – The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened problems of conflict, terrorism, and scarce resources in Central Africa to plunge millions of people deeper into poverty. That’s according to members of the regional bloc CEMAC. CEMAC heads of s…
Read moreDemocracy Dims in Tanzania as Opposition Leader Remains Behind Bars?
DAR ES SALAAM – When Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan took office in March, she vowed a U-turn in politics from her predecessor, the late John Magufuli. But the arrest of opposition leader Freeman Mbowe in July has dimmed hopes that Hassan will…
Read moreBiden Administration Official Congratulates Zambia’s President-Elect
The U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Samantha Power congratulated Hakinde Hichilema Tuesday on his election as Zambia’s next president.A statement released by the agency said Power and Hichilema discussed how the “vigilant oversi…
Read moreSouth Sudan Designers Showcase Homespun Fashion
JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN – Following a 5½-year-civil war and as intercommunal clashes continue, fashion is not the first thing that usually springs to mind for many about South Sudan. But a small group of young fashion designers say they want to help change…
Read moreNew Zealand Locks Down after One COVID-19 Case
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern put the nation on a three-day lockdown Tuesday after a single case of community-spread COVID-19 was confirmed in Auckland, the country’s largest city. The […]
Read moreWildfire Smoke Impacts Air Quality Across US
While wildfires continue to scorch the land on the western side of the United States, smoke has spread far beyond the edges of the blazes. Areas as far east as […]
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