Squeezed by coups in West Africa and surging Chinese presence, Biden is now dining with Africa’s worst dictator
Equatorial Guinea has been plagued by oppression, corruption and poverty for decades. After seizing power in a military coup in 1979, Obiang and his family have ruled it as their personal fiefdom. Despite significant oil wealth, the country suffers widespread poverty due to rampant embezzlement.
South African testy relations with US: Biden resists pressure to dump Pretoria for ideological inconsistency
The bill, if passed, would require the US administration to report to Congress on its review of US-South Africa relations and state explicitly “whether South Africa has engaged in activities that undermine United States national security or foreign policy interests.”
Obama, Clinton help Biden raise a whopping $25 million in New York as Trump mocks rival as ‘mentally deficient’
Obama and Clinton are helping Biden expand his already significant cash advantage over Trump. Biden had $155 million in cash on hand through the end of February, compared with $37 million for Trump and his Save America political action committee.
Confusion over the new stock symbol leads to fleeting windfall Trump’s media company ticker
Several people complained on social media about briefly seeing the value of their DJT stock holdings on Charles Schwab platforms inflated to figures more in line with what they would be worth if the shares traded at the level of the Dow Jones Transportation Average.
US Marine Corps Gen Michael Langley: Terrorism, poverty, food insecurity, climate change and migration shatter African lives
Africom espouses the 3D approach: diplomacy, development and defence professionals, to ensure a synchronised whole-of-government effect.
Trump handed gag order in New York hush money criminal case but his team terms directive illegal
Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to hide reimbursements to his former lawyer Michael Cohen for a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels to buy her silence before the 2016 election about a sexual encounter she claimed to have had with Trump a decade earlier.
Doctors: Pizza and pancake weaken libido and lowers sperm count in men leading to infertility
Sodium aluminum phosphate is commonly found in commercially baked goods such as cakes, muffins and biscuits, and self-rising flours and baking powders. It is also used in processed cheeses to improve texture and melting properties. The prevalence of sodium aluminum phosphate in school lunches and fast food items, such as pizza dough and hamburger buns, is concerning, Wolf said.
Trump has hours to cover $454 million judgment, but he defiantly says ‘I did nothing wrong!’
Taking control of Trump’s properties would pose a host of legal and logistical challenges for the attorney general’s office. Placing liens on them to ensure they are not sold or transferred and going after Trump’s liquid assets would be more straightforward.
Haiti in-depth 2: Haitian solution doesn’t mean we can’t get support, we know some of our limitations
Gang members sit together on the street after an address to the media in Port-au-Prince by former police officer turned gang leader Jimmy Chérizier, on March 11, 2024.
Haiti in-depth: A transition beset by challenges, uncertainty, agenda and tone set by gangs
Complicating matters is the fact that backing the deployment of thousands of foreign security forces to help quell the gangs is a prerequisite for membership on the council – a plan drawn up last week by the regional Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in conjunction with US officials, Haiti’s main political groups, and key members of Haitian civil society and the diaspora.
