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Nov
03
2023
By JOE BAVIER
Africa-US trade programme needs at least 10-year extension, AU says

Africa-US trade programme needs at least 10-year extension, AU says

NEWS
AFRICA wants the U.S. Congress to renew its flagship trade programme for the continent for at least 10 years, the African Union's top trade official said on Thursday, adding that any modifications to the initiative should only be considered later. Speaking at the start of three days of meetings of African trade ministers and U.S. officials, AU Trade Commissioner Albert Muchanga also said the United States will not be granted tariff-free access to a new African free trade area. First launched in 2000, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) grants exports from qualifying African countries duty-free access to the United States…
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Nov
02
2023
By JOE BAVIER and DUNCAN MIRIRI
How African apparel industry’s future depends on U.S. Congress

How African apparel industry’s future depends on U.S. Congress

NEWS
NORAH Nasimiyu knows the future of Kenya's garment trade, which has employed her for 13 years and helped her put six children through school and university, lies in the hands of the U.S. Congress. And like others, she is worried. U.S. officials visiting South Africa this week to meet African trade ministers will face calls to reauthorise the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) which expires in 2025. Despite longstanding bipartisan support from lawmakers, who view Washington's flagship African trade initiative as critical to taking on China, deep dysfunction on Capitol Hill and divisions over the need for updates have raised doubts.…
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Jun
18
2021
By The African Mirror
Biden signs Juneteenth bill, creating holiday marking U.S. slavery’s end

Biden signs Juneteenth bill, creating holiday marking U.S. slavery’s end

WORLD
TREVOR HUNNICUTT and NANDITA BOSE U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris signed a bill into law on Thursday afternoon to make June 19 a federal holiday commemorating the end of the legal enslavement of Black Americans. The bill, which was passed overwhelmingly by the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday after a unanimous vote in the Senate, marks the day in 1865 when a Union general informed a group of enslaved people in Texas that they had been made free two years earlier by President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War. "Juneteenth marks both a…
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Jan
07
2021
By The African Mirror
U.S. Congress certifies Biden win hours after harrowing Capitol Hill assault

U.S. Congress certifies Biden win hours after harrowing Capitol Hill assault

WORLD
PATRICIA ZENGERLE, JONATHAN LANDAY and RICHARD COWAN HOURS after hundreds of President Donald Trump's supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in a harrowing assault on American democracy, a shaken Congress formally certified Democrat Joe Biden's election victory. Immediately after the certification, the White House released a statement from Trump in which he pledged an "orderly transition" on January 20 when Biden will be sworn into office. Congress had resumed its work certifying Biden's Electoral College win late on Wednesday after the chaotic scenes on Capitol Hill, with debate stretching into the early hours of Thursday. After debate the Senate and the…
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Jan
07
2021
By The African Mirror
Trump rebuffed by Pence, McConnell as allies challenge his election loss

Trump rebuffed by Pence, McConnell as allies challenge his election loss

WORLD
PATRICIA ZENGERLE and RICHARD COWAN IN a dramatic day in the U.S. Congress, Vice President Mike Pence rejected Donald Trump's demand that he try to overturn the results of the presidential election and the Senate's top Republican denounced a bid by the president's allies to challenge Trump's loss to Democrat Joe Biden. Pence, a loyal lieutenant during the four years of Trump's tumultuous presidency, presided over the opening of a joint session of Congress to formally certify Biden's November 3 victory over Trump. A band of Republican lawmakers quickly challenged the results, first from the election battleground state of Arizona…
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Dec
23
2020
By The African Mirror
U.S. reinstates Sudan’s sovereign immunity, authorizes funds to help pay debt

U.S. reinstates Sudan’s sovereign immunity, authorizes funds to help pay debt

NEWS
NAFISA ELTAHIR and HUMEYRA PAMUK THE United States has reinstated Sudan's sovereign immunity, as the U.S. Congress passed legislation formalizing the move, following the ending of Sudan's designation as a state sponsor of terror. However, the legislation includes an exemption allowing lawsuits by the families of victims of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States already underway in U.S. courts to move forward, although experts say Sudan is unlikely to lose those cases. The state sponsor of terror designation, which was in place for almost three decades, had weighed on Sudan's economy and restricted its ability to receive…
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