Several novice African American farmers are harvesting their first crops, including okra, black eyed peas and cucumbers, on a demonstration farm in Fresno, California. The 15-acre...
A former Nigerian president has urged relatives of a slain radical Muslim sect leader to halt the group’s increasingly bloody attacks against the government, meeting attendees...
The Labour Minister is working hard to get the legislation enacted soon.
A court in Togo has sentenced one of the president’s relatives to 20 years for his role in a 2009 coup plot in the West African...
President Barack Obama is backing away from some deficit reduction proposals he considered during failed summer negotiations with House Speaker John Boehner even as he prepares...
The number of African-Americans living under the poverty line, which is $11,139 for an individual in 2010, rose to 10.7 million, up 1.6 percent. In all,...
LUANDA, Angola — State media say an Angolan air force plane crashed as it took off from a central base, killing 30 people including three generals....
CLUTCH - Breaking weeks of silence, Jackson addressed the rumors speaking to the press after a meeting in the Senate Hart Building...
NAIROBI, Kenya — Experts say the government was repeatedly warned about the dangers of people living on top of a petroleum pipeline after an explosion claimed...
The conference is expected to attract 300 Caribbean and international renewable energy stakeholders.
KAMPALA, Uganda — A Ugandan judge has convicted two suspects over bombings last year that killed 76 people in the East African nation. Judge Owiny Dollo...
Eleven new areas and the maritime boundary are now included.
ABUJA, Nigeria — Eight suspected members of a radical Muslim sect were charged Tuesday with taking part in bombings and attacks around Nigeria’s capital that killed...
The two-day China Caribbean Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum opened here on today with China announcing that it would pump millions of dollars in assistance to...
African leaders gave immediate former French president Jacques Chirac (pictured) and his prime minister Dominique de Villepin briefcases full of cash, notably to finance election campaigns,...
WASHINGTON (AP) - At the same time, the Democratic National Committee is backing up the effort with a new ad campaign in politically key states from...
Sept. 14, marks four months in office for Haitian President Michel Martelly (pictured). It is now more than 120 days since he was elected, and yet...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The black man who leads the youth wing of South Africa's governing party has no right to sing a song some whites find...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Executive Architect Ed Jackson Jr. told The Associated Press on Sunday that the memorial will now be dedicated Oct. 16. A formal announcement...
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - 'God is our refuge and strength,' Obama intoned, 'a very present help in trouble. Therefore, we will not fear.'...
The death toll stands at 158 in Saturday's ferry accident off the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar, government officials said.
Authorities in Trinidad and Tobago have extended a state of emergency by three months, citing continued security concerns since the measure was first imposed last month...
The United States is sending the first team of diplomats into the Libyan capital since its embassy was shuttered earlier this year, a U.S. State Department...
Activist retired Bishop Desmond Tutu (pictured), said South Africa’s government will “shoot themselves in the foot” if they deny a visa to the Dalai Lama to...
President Barack Obama is doubling down on a payroll tax cut for workers and small businesses, hoping it will do more to revive the job market...
Over the past decade, Africa has grown fast and continuously — its economy expanded at an annual rate of more than 5 percent. That is almost...
Economists say the most important part of the jobs plan President Barack Obama will unveil Thursday night is the renewal of two measures already in place,...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate has confirmed Bernice Donald as a judge on the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
MBABANE, Swaziland — Security forces and protesters clashed in two towns Wednesday during a week of planned protests demanding an end to Swaziland’s absolute monarchy. About...
The Nigeria Central Bank governor, Mr. Lamido Sanusi (pictured), has indicated that Nigeria will start holding Chinese yuan as part of its foreign exchange reserves from...
Tropical depression fourteen close to tropical storm strength according to latest National Hurricane Centre report.
Tropical depression could be forming 725 miles west-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands.
President Michel Martelly (pictured),has picked physician Garry Conille to be his prime minister, a leading Haitian legislator said, as Martelly seeks to end an impasse with...
What should a person expect from a news rag such as this? Well … I come not to make speeches, salutations; pledges or promises – but...
JOHANNESBURG — A South African legislator says he won’t wear the national Springboks jersey during the Rugby World Cup because the garments were made in China...
About 250 vehicles enter country, as Libyan fighters hold talks with tribal leaders to peacefully enter Bani Walid.
President Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF party dismissed Monday a "confidential" cable released by WikiLeaks that claims the Zimbabwean leader has cancer.
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — Judges refused on Monday to dismiss a terrorist case against a Nigerian activist charged with conspiring to attack oil pipelines in his homeland...
The mid-year report says the economy grew 5.9 percent in the first half of 2011.
President Barack Obama reviewed damage inflicted by Hurricane Irene in northern New Jersey on Sunday, promising residents, “We’ll be there to help.” Obama visited the towns...
JUBA, South Sudan — South Sudan’s information minister says the new nation is planning to move its capital from the bustling but crowded city of Juba...
Ahead of the new school year, which begins tomorrow, the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) is seeking the intervention of Prime Minister Bruce Golding to solve the...
LAGOS, Nigeria — After a Nigerian attempted to blow up a U.S. jetliner and a homegrown terror group bombed and killed at will, Nigeria has passed...
Barbados’ new Chief Justice Marston Gibson (pictured), wants to observe first, before making any pronouncements on how he plans to approach his new job. Shortly after...
ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria detained and released several radical Muslims suspected of being terrorists in 2007 — including a man who officials now say helped organize...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - Virtually all of the detainees say they are innocent migrant workers, and in most cases there is no evidence that they are...
Hague court to decide on whether to confirm cases against six individuals over deadly post-election violence in 2008.
Hurricane Katia expected to become a major hurricane by the weekend according to the latest National Hurricane Centre (NHC) report.
Speaking in an interview with Reuters, Rice rejected Cheney's contention that she misled President George W. Bush about nuclear diplomacy with North Korea...
Hague court dismisses plea to halt investigation against six for suspected role in deadly 2007 post-poll violence.
Government will also reduce the curfew hours to give relief to businesses across the island.
Khamis Gadhafi, a son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, was killed in a battle Sunday night with opposition forces, a senior rebel commander told CNN on...
WASHINGTON (AP) - He says his administration's improved emergency readiness was evident over the weekend in reaction to Hurricane Irene...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The president noted that the effects of Irene are still being felt in much of the country, especially New England and states like...
Sir Dennis Byron will take the oath in a few days.
A Nigerian militant group has claimed responsibility after a car loaded with explosives rammed into the United Nations' building in the capital, killing about 20, a...
wo people were killed when Hurricane Irene passed off the north coast of Haiti, drenching the island with heavy rains that flooded houses, cut roads, unleashed...
CHILMARK, Mass. (AP) - "I cannot stress this highly enough, if you are in the projected path of this hurricane you have to take precautions now,"...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - The U.N. has urged African leaders to "encourage new leadership" in Libya...
ABUJA, Nigeria — Rescue official: At least 7 dead in car bomb attack on UN building in Nigeria’s capital. Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — African leaders pledged nearly $380 million to help famine-hit families in the Horn of Africa during a donor conference held Thursday. The...
KINSHASA, Congo — A judge in eastern Congo says he has sentenced a United Nations driver to three years in prison for attempting to traffic cassiterite,...
In the name of business a blind eye was often turned to his predatory behavior. For all practical purposes, the rule of Muammar Gaddafi has ended....
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The Guyana Government says societies can’t be held ransom by criminals.
For the last few months, some African states have dominated international news: Côte d’Ivoire, Sudan, Tunisia, Egypt and now Libya. Tunisia which has been governed with...
MIAMI (AP) - The mounting frustration over jobs is beginning to have political repercussions in the black community...
NAIROBI, Kenya — Odette Kayirere’s life was turned upside down when a militia captured and killed her husband during Rwanda’s 1994 genocide. One year later, Kayirere...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The site was set to open without fanfare around 11 a.m. to kick off a week of celebrations ahead of Sunday's official dedication...
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Hundreds of students in Burkina Faso crowded into a courtroom to watch a trial over a student’s death that sparked months of...
The new code, which should be in place by next year, will be vigorously enforced, says the State Minister with responsibility for Local Government.
The Prime Minister announces the limited state of emergency in hotspots to fight crime.
Sammy Maina says the ten years he spent in the US would have been more profitable at home in Africa (Courtesy: BBC) The American dream is...
theGRIO REPORT - Parents and students who decide to leave traditional schools behind find common benefits, and support in each other...
KINSHASA, Congo — An official in Congo’s east says authorities have stopped a U.N.-registered vehicle carrying more than 2,600 pounds (1,200 kilograms) of minerals near the...
The president next month plans to unveil a job creation package, looking to address the top concern on Americans’ minds. Though details remain scarce, some of...
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali rapper K’naan has brought his waving flag back home to help his countrymen as they struggle with a devastating famine. The Somali-Canadian...
The president of Malawi has dissolved his Cabinet of more than 40 ministers and deputies without giving any reason.
Caribbean nationals, including Jamaicans who are illegal immigrants living in the United States (US), are to benefit from a new immigration policy by the Obama administration...
Laurent Gbagbo and his wife charged with crimes ranging from armed robbery to looting.
On August 8 Jamaica made history by participating in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Amateur Radio in International Space Station (ARISS) programme.A total of...
President Obama on Thursday for the first time told Syrian President Bashar al-Assad he must step down. “We have consistently said that President Assad must lead...
Irwin LaRocque pledges to fuel hope in regional integration as he takes up the post of new CARICOM Secretary General.
ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria has launched two observation satellites into orbit, eight years after launching its first satellite. President Goodluck Jonathan said Wednesday on the state-run...
Recent high-profile events, like hostage rescue operations carried out by France and the attempted hijacking of the MAERSK Alabama and the dramatic rescue of her Captain...
OPINION - What we need is inclusive, creative political action and an increased investment in new strategies to develop skills, opportunities and resources in all communities...
CONAKRY, Guinea — Ten political prisoners have left a prison in Guinea’s capital a day after the president pardoned them and less than a month after...
KANO, Nigeria — Gunmen attacked two separate police stations across northern Nigeria, killing four police officers and two civilians in one attack while bombing a station...
A U.S. appeals court on Monday reinstated a suit against the City of New Haven by an African-American firefighter who claimed the city’s firefighter promotion exams...
Dominican Irwin LaRocque takes up the job as the seventh Secretary General of the regional grouping.
But government seeks to assure that law and order will be maintained with soldiers drafted to keep people safe.
NAIROBI, Kenya — An international aid group says it has launched an initiative to get Africans and their governments to donate to famine relief efforts in...
Scores of educational facilities in Portland, St Thomas, St James, and St Ann are failing to meet public-health standards for the safety of their students and...
Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart (pictured), will be officially appointed President of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) at it’s Annual General Conference next Saturday. General Secretary, George...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Authorities in Nigeria say a radical Muslim sect operating in the northeast has shot dead another prominent cleric from the region, the latest...
Uganda‘s Security Minister Wilson Muruli Mukasa has accused the opposition of using social media in a “grand plan” to topple the government. His comments came as...
KANO, Nigeria — Drug maker Pfizer Inc. says it has begun paying victims and their families affected by its fatal 1996 meningitis study in northern Nigeria....
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopian officials say they will not heed the U.N.’s recommendation to halt construction on a dam that the world body says endangers...
Andrew Andasi (L) met WFP representative Ismail Omer to ask for advice – Courtesy: BBC An 11-year-old Ghanaian schoolboy has so far raised more than $500...
It has now been four months since the conclusion of the two-round presidential and legislative national election in Haiti. The presidential winner, Michel Martelly (pictured), has...
OPINION - The 800 lb elephant in the room, however, is the issue of her race and status and how that may impact the prosecution's decision...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Authorities say two suspected members of a radical Muslim sect in northeastern Nigeria shot and killed a senior prison official and a school...
OPINION - London -- and England -- is now dealing with black kids, white kids and indeed most likely children from other ethnicities who all have...
LUSAKA, Zambia — A Zambian judge has dismissed a petition from the main opposition party trying to block President Rupiah Banda from running for re-election next...
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - He insisted sanctions by Western nations have stalled training and modernization programs in the military...
Black lawmakers are embarking on a month-long campaign Monday to address the staggering unemployment rate among African Americans, an issue that has become a growing source...
A mother and her childen wait for assistance at a makeshift medical camp in the Hawlwadag district of Mogadishu, Somalia. Photo: EPA The season of “giving”...
ATLANTA (AP) - Hundreds turned out Saturday for the Atlanta funeral of the Rev. Creecy, a third-generation Baptist preacher...
The man chosen to replace Sir Edwin Carrington as CARICOM Secretary General will begin his work next week.
The country has to reduce expenditure in order to meet targets under its IMF loan arrangement.
The tremor was a moderate one that was felt in at least two other Caribbean islands.
Tragedy: Mark Duggan and Simone Wilson at the grave of their daughter in Enfield cemetery Massive riots gripped London late Saturday, leading to the injury of...
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about military veterans entering the workforce at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, August 5, 2011.Credit: Reuters/Larry Downing With every gloomy...
The debt crises in Europe and the United States could tempt African countries to throw fiscal caution to the wind, threatening hard-won economic gains just as...
WASHINGTON (AP) - An American official says the helicopter appears to have been shot down Saturday in eastern Afghanistan in the deadliest single combat incident of...
Street literature, officially recognized as urban fiction, has evolved into a permanent part of American literature. With the success of street literature, many African-American authors have...
Media around the world have been reporting on a recent African Development Bank study claiming that Africa has a new middle class of 313 million, a...
JOHANNESBURG — South African officials say they will build a dedicated museum honoring Nelson Mandela’s struggle against apartheid, on the site where he was arrested 49...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hiring picked up slightly in the U.S. in July and the unemployment rate dipped to 9.1 percent, an optimistic sign after the worst...
JOHANNESBURG — A new report predicts a sub-Saharan banking boom, with bankers reaching out to the majority of Africans who do not have accounts and increasing...
LUSAKA, Zambia — Zambia’s main opposition party says President Rupiah Banda is ineligible for re-election because both his parents were allegedly born outside the country. The...
The Jamaican official says he wants to investigate whether it was a legitimate move by the government to scrap the industry altogether.
Heavy rains continue as the storm continues to take aim at Hispaniola.
Following the latest murders in Barbados – the killing of 79-year-old retired engineer Arthur Chaderton and his 42-year-old son-in-law, Metamara Stock, Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite (pictured),...
China and India, Asia’s two emerging powerhouses, have made no secret of their desire to engage with resource-rich Africa as they seek new economic partnerships to...
The African Union said in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Thursday it has postponed by two weeks a donor conference to raise money for Somalis and other Horn...
Niger security forces arrested ten soldiers for trying to overthrow the government last month, President Mahamadou Issoufou (pictured), said late on Tuesday, in his first public...
Libyan government forces fired a missile at an Italian warship in the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday in a rare attack on the NATO fleet offshore, a...
Three more regions of Somalia have now been struck by famine, including the capital, Mogadishu, the United Nations announced Wednesday.
It’s been acknowledged that the existing partnership isn’t the best way to coordinate UN activities in the region.
DESPITE SOME adverse findings, the commissions set up by the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the People's National Party (PNP) to investigate and clear candidates for...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate on Tuesday passed legislation that heads off an unprecedented U.S. financial default and begins the process of curbing the country's spiraling...
HARARE, Zimbabwe — The United Nations says the southern African country of Zimbabwe needs more than $480 million this year in food, health and humanitarian aid....
JOHANNESBURG — Union officials say South African gold miners will return to work this evening after ending a five-day strike. Spokesman Lesiba Seshoka says the mining...
MINISTER OF Youth, Sports and Culture Olivia Grange, has urged Jamaicans to use the period of Independence to renew their commitment to the country.Grange was speaking...
Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister says the accident could have repercussions for tourism-dependent economies in the region.
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Sierra Leone’s main opposition party has named retired Brig. Gen. Julius Maada Bio as its candidate for presidential elections next year. The...
President Goodluck Jonathan tasks committee to carry out negotiations with Islamist group and report back by mid-August.
Less than 48 hours after Caribbean Airlines celebrated the newest Boeing 737-800 to its fleet, their happiness turned to tragedy with the crash of one of...
Several people, including the pilot, have been injured but there are no fatalities.
Deal agreed with automakers requires cars and light trucks to average 54.5mpg by 2025 in bid to wean the country off oil imports. Barack Obama’s announcement...
As we approach D-day, no agreement is in sight to extend America’s credit line. A default in servicing US debt has moved from the unthinkable to...
JOHANNESBURG — A Malawian human rights activist said Friday he is in hiding after being threatened before last week’s violent protests in this southern African country....
WASHINGTON (AP) - He spoke at the White House as a bill by Republican House Speaker John Boehner to lift the debt ceiling and slash spending...
KANO, Nigeria — Officials in northern Nigeria say parents who do not allow their children to be vaccinated against polio now risk jail time for defying...
The agreements the OAS has signed with one Caribbean country will focus on public security for the wider region.
THE BAHAMAS has banned the export of scrap metal for at least three months as copper theft cases continue to increase.The government said in a statement...
The hotel maid who accused ex-IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexually assaulting her made an emotional public appeal on Thursday for people to believe her story...
Irwin LaRocque knows the next three years will not be easy for him and the Caribbean regional integration movement.
OPINION - Stalled immigration reform -- like several other high-profile Obama campaign promises has become a proxy for frustrated political ambitions...
LUSAKA, Zambia — Zambia’s president says the southern African country will hold national elections in September and that he will run for his first full five-year...
News reporting is fixated on the D.C. beltway scheming, beaming pictures of government officials zipping in and out of meetings with occasional public comment. Meanwhile, the...
President Michel Martelly's housing and education plans get backing from the regional grouping.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The NAACP's president is urging South Carolina's Gov. Nikki Haley to remove the Confederate flag that flies near her Statehouse office...
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) has taken over a second bank in Antigua and Barbuda to prevent it from collapse, after it failed to meet...
LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria’s president is proposing limiting the president and governors to one term. A spokesman for President Goodluck Jonathan says the term would be...
18-year-old Kymberly Wimberly is suing her McGehee, Arkansas public high school for barring her from being valedictorian because of her race...
MEMBERS OF the public are being urged to advise the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) of any instance in which persons are detained by the police...
Across the Middle East and North Africa, superficial political calm has been shattered by convulsions of rage. Idealistic young protesters have toppled some of the most...
theGRIO REPORT - However, many civil rights advocates still want the Justice Department to proceed, citing the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007...
The regional grouping says it's horrified by last Friday's twin terror attacks in Norway.
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — A bomb exploded in a busy neighborhood in Nigeria’s restive northeast, killing at least eight people, a witness said Sunday. Badigma Bukar, 45,...
OPINION - The White House is betting most American will tire of the bomb throwers (and that Wall Street will think twice about playing ball with...
BROWN'S TOWN, St Ann:"CRIME IS under control in Brown's Town these days.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Friday's move was expected under the repeal law Congress passed in December. Before "don't ask, don't tell," the military did not allow gays...
DAKAR, Senegal — Chad’s government on Friday called on Senegal to extradite Chad’s ex-president to Belgium to face trial, a move that clears another hurdle in...
The 15-member regional grouping demands a halt to the passage of hazardous waste through the Caribbean Sea as another shipment is set to be transported.
Ambassador Irwin LaRocque is named the region’s top civil servant, replacing Sir Edwin Carrington who left the post at the end of last year.
Brazil’s Embraer sees Africa as a major growth market and targets doubling the number of its jets operating on the continent, a top executive at the...
MIAMI - Kendrick Meek has been nominated by President Barack Obama as a public delegate to the United Nations General Assembly...
Barack Obama may be the Kevlar President -- bad news can bruise him, but none can pierce his armor to cause any severe damage to his...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Tens of thousands of Somalis are feared dead in the world's worst famine in a generation...
Although making it clear she won’t be negotiating with the unions who want more money for public workers, Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar agrees to meet...
MANYANI, Kenya — Kenyan authorities have burned five tons of contraband elephant ivory in hopes of raising awareness about rising levels of poaching. President Mwai Kibaki...
President Obama meets this afternoon with business and non-profit groups dedicated to improving the nation's school systems...
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) - At least one member of his security detail was killed, several more were wounded and portions of his house were destroyed, said...
With Cameroon set to start exporting billion-dollar uranium deposits from next year, environmental concerns over the mining area are already rearing their head. Exploration by Canadian-registered...
David Cameron: Free trade in Africa shows a way out of poverty Fifty years ago, per capita gross domestic product (GDP) in South Korea was twice...
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is vowing to fight any efforts to block the work of a new consumer protection bureau head...
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Zimbabwe's electoral commission is not able to conduct the country's elections this year unless it gets cash injection from the government; a state-owned weekly newspaper reported...
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama and lawmakers pushed separate plans to avert an unprecedented default on America's national debt, with no signs of an immediate breakthrough...
NEWS ONE - Many programs are being created and funded to push young black males along a path to success before the ills of society corrupt...
NEWS ONE - The University of Connecticut denied the acceptance of 13-year-old girl. Although, she has an IQ test score of 149, it was declared she...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Administration officials and private economists say that if the U.S. fails to raise its borrowing limit by Aug. 2 and begins to stop...
MONROVIA, Liberia — Football star George Weah returned to Liberia to a hero’s welcome after receiving a degree in business administration from DeVry University in Miami....
Prime Minister Bruce Golding is urging Jamaicans to be patient even as they push for repairs to the infrastructure in their communities."I understand the anguish that...
ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s president has appointed most of the members of the new Cabinet. President Goodluck Jonathan told the newly appointed ministers at the presidential...
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations has a new member — South Sudan. The African nation, which gained independence Saturday, became the U.N.’s 193rd member by...
A majority of American would blame Republicans if the nation fails to raise it's debt ceiling. In addition, voters give a thumbs down to President Obama's...
Governor General Sir Patrick Allen said young men must be taught character traits such as responsibility, perseverance, discipline, honesty, courage, fairness, respect, integrity, citizenship and patriotism....
The giggles started when the seventh journalist in a row said that his question was for Egypt’s water and irrigation minister, Mohamed Nasreddin Allam. The non-Egyptian...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Kenya on Tuesday to step up its fight against graft to help lure investment from her country, which is seeking to...
Illegal immigrants in Grenada get an extra month to regularize their status.
The Auditor General reports poor management and political interference in the government’s procurement practices.
Africa optimism rising Africa offers among the world’s best investment prospects as emerging markets grow ever more important, although its economies risk being destabilized by the...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — A public university says it is closing indefinitely after receiving bomb threats from a radical Muslim sect in Nigeria’s restive northeast. University of...
Two months after Alassane Ouattara was at last sworn in as president, following a bitterly disputed election last November, the government is restoring order and Abidjan...
Fledgling nation forms cabinet and details plan for release of new money, two days after independence from North Sudan.
The two will sign an enhanced Bilateral Cooperation Agreement which covers a wide range of areas.