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05/04/2024

The U.S. Department of States Spokesperson Matthew Miller yesterday stated the U.S. is deeply concerned by anti-LGBTQ+ laws under consideration, not just in Uganda or elsewhere in Africa but GLOBALLY, [including 10 U.S. States—Florida, Texas, North Carolina, Idaho, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Kentucky,, Montana, Iowa] that “targets LGBTQ+ person and their allies. We believe that governments should protect all individuals in their countries and that every person deserves full dignity and that these laws, whether in Africa or anywhere in the world, undermine the human rights, prosperity, and welfare of individuals and risk damaging their country’s reputation abroad.”

16/02/2024

BREAKING News: White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced Friday that President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden will host President of Kenya William Ruto and First lady of Kenya Rachel Ruto for a State Visit to The White House in May to mark the 60th anniversary of U.S.-Kenya diplomatic relations and partnership.

10/01/2024

JUST IN: Actress Taraji P. Henson, Maryland Governor Wes Moore, Actress Phylicia Rashad among seven Americans that will be honored during a ceremony at Rev. Al Sharpton’s NAN’s annual Martin Luther King, Jr Day event.

26/12/2023

Another African local female chef attempts to break the Guinness World Records for the longest cooking marathon. Ugandan local chef and food vendor, Dorcus Kirabo, known as , is trying to reclaim the GWR cooking marathon title that Irish chef Allen Fisher won last month when he broke the GWR set in May by Nigerian chef Hilda Baci. If she wins, she will be the second African woman and chef to claim the title. Ugandans as well as other Africans are cheering her on on social media, with and stopping by her cooking stall.

26/07/2023

Noted: During his recent trip to Kigali, Rwanda, American Comedian and actor Kevin Hart and his family paid a visit to Kigali Genocide Memorial to lay a wreath and learn about the genocide. Through a physical guide of the memorial exhibits, they learned about the causes, realities and consequences of the Rwandan Genocide and insights to the country’s journey to rebuilding.

12/05/2023

full video of our special live coverage and interviews from yesterday at the AIM 4 Climate summit in Washington DC

This Africa Bazaar magazine's special LIVE COVERAGE of AIM for Climate Summit in Washington D.C. on May 10, 2023, includes interviews with Ambassador Josefa ...

04/05/2023

JUST IN (Africa): This morning, President Biden issued an Executive Order allowing the Treasury Department and the State Department to take action on imposing Sanctions on individuals or persons responsible for destabilizing Sudan and undermining the democratic goal of the country. "The violence taking place in Sudan is a tragedy—and it is a betrayal of the Sudanese people’s clear demand for civilian government and a transition to democracy. I join the peace-loving people of Sudan and leaders around the world in calling for a durable ceasefire between the belligerent parties. This violence, which has already stolen the lives of hundreds of civilians and began during the holy month of Ramadan, is unconscionable. It must end...The United States stands with the people of Sudan—and we are acting to support their commitment to a future of peace and opportunity," President Biden said in a statement on Thursday.

12/04/2023

Reflecting on her official weeklong trip to 🇬🇭 🇹🇿 , and 🇿🇲, Vice President Kamala Harris underscores the innovation, ingenuity, and entrepreneurship she saw happening across the African continent, noting that these discoveries fuel her optimism for the world's future:

Following her official weeklong trip across three African countries- Ghana, Tanzania, and Zambia, Vice President Kamala Harris in conversation with Kevin You...

23/02/2023

BREAKING NEWS: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says she will call for debt relief for Ghana and Zambia at the G20 meeting this week. “We need to work together to ease the debt overhang that is holding back too many countries..[specifically, low income countries]. I will continue to push for all bilateral official creditors including China to participate in meaningful debt treatment for developing countries and emerging markets that are in distress. Most urgent is the need to provide debt treatment to Zambia and to commit to specific incredible financing insurances. Later this week I’m also looking forward to robust discussions about the common framework process to help countries like Ghana. I’ll also be discussing international coordination on debt restructuring for middle income countries,” Secretary Yellen said during press conference this morning in India.

21/02/2023

BREAKING news: The White House announced First Lady Dr. Jill Biden will make her first visit to Africa this week as American First Lady, with stops in Namibia and Kenya from Feb 22-26 to strengthen the U.S’ partnerships on the continent, and advance U.S. shared priorities in the region. This will be Dr. Jill Biden’s sixth visit to the African continent. She previously visited DRC, Ghana, Ethiopia, Malawi, Niger, Sierra Leone, Kenya, South Africa, Zambia in her capacity as American Second lady during the Obama-Biden administration.

08/12/2022

EXCLUSIVE Scoop: During the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit next week, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden is hosting a special event for African First Ladies/spouses of Heads of Delegation attending the summit

10/11/2022

NeedToKnow: President Joe Biden leaves tonight for a two continent, three-country trip to Africa and Southeast Asia with stops in North Africa in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt at the COP27 conference before heading to Southeast Asia in Cambodia and a final stop at the G20 summit in Indonesia. He will return to the White House on November 17.
This is POTUS first trip to Africa since he became President. He will meet the President of Egypt Al-Sisi for a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the COP27 high-level meeting, which is already underway.
At the COP27 conference, President Biden will highlight America’s leadership in tackling the climate crisis both on the domestic and global fronts as well as show how his administration is mobilizing unprecedented levels of public and private finance to partner with developing countries in reducing their emissions and, in particular, in adapting to climate impacts, as well as the efforts that U.S. is leading to decarbonize the so-called “hard to abate” sectors like shipping, and to drive multilateral progress through a number of targeted efforts such as the Global Methane Pledge,

12/10/2022

As part of the Biden administration’s efforts to deepen economic ties and promote trade and investment opportunities between the U.S. and African nations, yesterday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo hosted a special business dinner event for a group of African finance ministers from Angola 🇦🇴. Côte d’Ivoire 🇨🇮, Ghana 🇬🇭, Egypt 🇪🇬, Democratic Republic of Congo, 🇳🇪, Senegal 🇸🇳, Mozambique 🇲🇿, South Africa 🇿🇦, Zambia 🇿🇲, and African Union Special Envoy for Covid-19 and former AfDB President Donald Kaberuka at the U.S. Treasury building in D.C. Here’s the full video from the event👇🏽

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Deputy Treasury Secretary Wale Adeyemo hosted a special business dinner event for African finance ministers at the Treasu...

22/09/2022

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12/07/2022

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Tunisia Ons Jabeur and Kenyan Angela Okutoyi, made history at the 2022 Wimbledon Championship finals, joining a list of tennis nobilities.

12/07/2022

FOR THE FIRST TIME since 1962, history was made on Saturday in Wimbledon when two modestly known-named women tennis players, Tunisian Ons Jabeur and Kazakhstani Elena Rybakina, made their maiden appearances against each other in the All England Club’s Center court in a riveting women’s championship final that left the world titilating and inspired by the two players

https://theafricabazaar.com/tunisian-ons-jabeur-makes-history-at-wimbledon-as-first-african-first-arab-woman-to-play-grand-slam-at-the-iconic-tennis-club/

Once inspired by fellow tennis stars like Serena Williams, Martina Navratilova, Simona Halep, Ons is now part of the Wimbledon tradition.