May 15, 2022

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday declared 10 people saints of the Roman Catholic Church, including an anti-Nazi Dutch priest murdered in the Dachau concentration camp and a French hermit monk assassinated in Algeria.   The 85-year-old pope, who has been using a wheelchair due to knee and leg pain, was driven to the […]

DAKAR, SENAGAL — Senegal President Macky Sall called Sunday for the creation of a pan-African credit ratings agency, saying that the “very arbitrary” nature of the system of assessment by international organizations made it more expensive for African countries to borrow on global debt markets.   Sall, who is currently head of the African Union, […]

BERLIN, GERMANY — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Sunday with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in Berlin, where the two men discussed plans to work together to ensure Ukrainian food exports reach consumers in Africa and Asia.   The two are attending a NATO foreign ministers’ meeting, called to discuss the situation in […]

South Sudan’s Finance minister, Agak Achuil Lual is in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum for discussions on the transitional financial arrangements between the two countries, a senior official told the Sudan Tribune on Saturday.   Lual was accompanied by security affairs advisor, Tutkew Gatlauk Manime.   “I tell you the financial situation is really bad and […]

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir on Friday met and held talks with former defence minister, Majak D’Agoot in what appeared a renewed commitment between both leaders. It was not immediately clear what the two leaders discussed during the meeting de Agoot described as “fruitful”, without divulging further details. “A fruitful meeting with the President of […]