New Aid Reaffirms U.S. Commitment To Mali

Men transport food aid intended for recently liberated portions of the country, near Sevare, Mali, Feb. 4, 2013.

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05/20/2013
The United States has joined its international partners in providing additional funding to meet the needs of people affected by the conflict. More

Audio Rice On Counterterrorism

The U.S. has intensified capacity-building assistance to African partners.

Audio Abyei Attack Underscores Need For Peace

The United States deplores the acts of violence that resulted in the death of Kuol Deng Kuol and a United Nations peacekeeper.

Audio Improving Health In Africa

Governments that wish to safeguard the health of their own citizens must begin by helping to protect the health of people living continents away

Audio Politicized Justice In Ethiopia

A court in Ethiopia has upheld the harsh sentence meted out last year on a journalist and an opposition political figure.

Audio U.S. Sees Progress Against Malaria

Today, some 3 billion people live in areas where malaria is transmitted.

Audio Sudan Must Halt Press Harassment

Sudanese journalists continue to struggle under heavy handed government censorship and harassment.

Audio Zimbabwe's Resources For Zimbabwe's People

A conducive and transparent business environment is critical to establishing a sound foundation for sustainable economic recovery.

Audio Do Women Make A Difference

After the initial euphoria that followed the successes of the Arab Spring, women are once again being pushed out of the public forum.

Audio Sudan and Rebels Resume Peace Talks

Representatives from Sudan and the rebel group contesting government control in the country’s south restarted talks aimed at restoring peace.

Audio A Blow Against West African Drug Trafficking

This month, U.S. law enforcement officers arrested five men conspiring to smuggle and store two tons of cocaine in Guinea-Bissau.

Audio Progress Seen In Sudan, South Sudan Talks

The presidents of Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to a resumption of oil exports and border trade.

Audio Bringing War Criminals To Justice

The United States wants to bring more war criminals to justice.

U.S. Committed To LRA Fight

Political turmoil in the Central African Republic is having an impact on the fight to end the threat posed by the Lord’s Resistance Army.

Audio Free Press On Trial In Mali

Boukary Daou, publication director of L’Republican, a daily newspaper in the capital Bamako, is set go to trial on April 16.

Audio Prisoner Release A Hopeful Sign In Sudan

Eight political prisoners have been released in Sudan and President Omar al-Bashir stated that he has ordered all others be freed as well.

Audio Continuing Help For The Sahel

“We remain deeply concerned about the humanitarian crisis in the Sahel."

Audio A Big Step For Zimbabwe

The peaceful and credible vote marks an historic step forward in Zimbabwe’s development of democracy and rule of law.

Audio Libreville Agreement Still Key To Peace In C.A.R.

Rebels in the Central African Republic have seized capital, ousted president.

Audio A Warlord Surrenders

A Congolese rebel commander wanted for war crimes and crimes against humanity has voluntarily surrendered to the International Criminal Court.

Audio Corruption Fight Suffers Setback In Nigeria

In Nigeria, corruption has been a particular problem.

Audio Due Process In Malawi

Eleven government officials are under investigation for role in events following the death of the southern African nation’s former president.

Audio Threats To Press Freedom In Mali

Newspapers and broadcasters strike to protest their treatment by some in government.

Audio A Step Toward Peace In The Sudans

Sudan and South Sudan are required to withdraw their troops outside a buffer zone from their current positions.

Audio Equipping Somalia To Better Confront Terrorism

On March 6, the UN Security Council voted unanimously to suspend the embargo on the Government of Somalia.

Audio U.S. Aid To Somalia

U.S. believes that it is important to improve the country’s stability through targeted interventions.

Audio Confronting Terrorism In Mali

The leader of the Ansar al-Dine militant group has been designated as an international terrorist.

Audio Moving To Bring Stability To The DRC

Agreement commits signatories not to interfere in the DRC or tolerate or support in any way armed groups that do.

Audio Zimbabwe To Vote On A New Constitution

We stand with our international partners in supporting a peaceful, credible ballot.

Audio Impunity For Terrorism In Sudan

Sudan has granted a presidential pardon to a man who aided the prison escape of four men convicted of murdering two USAID workers there.

Audio Helping Nigeria Combat Terrorism

The United States is helping the Nigerian government combat terrorism and provide alternatives to violent extremism and recruitment.

Audio Ending Congo Instability A Moral Imperative

Despite the DRC’s seemingly intractable troubles, it would be a mistake for the international community to give up on it.

Audio An Historic Resignation

Pope Benedict XVI is the first pontiff in over 600 years to give up the reins of authority and resign from the papacy.

Audio Somali Justice Questioned In Rape Case

U.S. concerned regarding conviction of a young woman for perjury because she complained that she had been raped by Somali police.

Audio US Sanctions More M23 Leaders

US taking additional action against leaders of rebel group in DRC.

Audio Mali Begins Path Back To Democracy

Mali’s National Assembly unanimously has approved a road map for political transition.

Audio Threats Persist In Somalia

The United States greatly regrets the loss of life in suicide bomber attack.

Audio Patience Urged On DRC Peace Talks

We urge the parties to continue their dialogue and remain engaged with the United Nations on completing the agreement.

Audio Committing To Child Survival

"In the past two decades, we’ve seen huge reductions in under-five mortality. But we must do better.”

Audio Kenya Urged To Reconsider Relocating Somalis

The United States is concerned by the announcement to move thousands of refugees from Nairobi.