Nigeria’s government has struck a deal with the United States for the supply of 12 attack helicopters and associated equipment worth nearly $1 billion but it has kept the details away from the public. Much of the information available, whether leaked or official, has come from the U.S., reflecting Nigeria’s opaque military spending culture and […]
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The handing over of the new COVID-19 vaccines was made on Tuesday, Nov. 2, by the Ambassadors of the United States, the African Union, the United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the government of the CAR. This new consignment follows an earlier donation of 302,400 coronavirus vaccines by […]
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The United States (U.S.) Africa Command (AFRICOM) has clocked 13 years of engagement with partners on the continent, building capacity and pursuing U.S. security interests in Africa. The U.S. established the command in 2007 after a directive from George W. Bush, the U.S. President at the time, following years of deliberation within the Department of […]
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The Democratic Republic of Congo has received 250,380 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United States government under the auspices of the COVAX initiative. This is the second consignment of vaccines donated by the American government to the DR Congo coming a few weeks after the reception of 250,000 doses of the […]
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The United States government has donated a consignment of 100,620 doses of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to the government of Gabon within the context of the COVAX initiative. The vaccines were formally handed over to the Gabonese government on Wednesday, Sept. 23 by Christopher Tramann, the interim Chargee d’Affaires at the US Embassy in […]
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Gen. Stephen Townsend, the Head of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) Army has expressed the command’s readiness to help both partner forces, during his visit on Sept. 22 and 23, to the West African States of Togo and Benin republic. According to the U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs, Gen. Townsend expressed the command’s readiness to help […]
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U.S. President Joe Biden has signed an executive order allowing the U.S. government to impose sanctions against people found responsible for a wide range of serious Human Rights abuses in northern Ethiopia. According to a Human Rights Watch report, by this order, the U.S. government has established a regime that allows it to deny visas […]
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The stalling of the proposed sale of attack helicopters to Nigeria by United States lawmakers could have diverse impacts on security and military relations between Nigeria and the U.S., and also drift Nigeria’s procurement further towards China and Russia. The foiled deal is coming, despite Nigeria – Africa’s most populous country with an estimated population […]
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The United States has again said the Twitter ban in Nigeria has no democratic representation, noting that the government’s action stifles rights to free expression. “Freedom of expression and access to information both online and offline are foundational to prosperous and secure democratic societies,” Ned Price, the spokesperson of the U.S. Department of State, said […]
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The United States has released the sum of $80 million as humanitarian assistance in response to the needs of over 20 million people spread across the Sahel region. Of this amount, $25 million was provided by the US State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, while $55 million came from the US Agency for […]
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The United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), and Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen the war on drug trafficking, boost intelligence sharing and improve coordination between the two countries. According to Buba Marwa, the NDLEA Chairman, the Nigerian government has been partnering with the US […]
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