‘Trump used trade as leverage for Indo-Pak conflict to an end’: White House

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday (local time) repeated the claims made by US President Donald Trump on brokering peace in the India-Pakistan conflict after Operation Sindoor. Leavitt, during her press briefing, said that...

White House reiterates Trump used trade as leverage to end India-Pakistan conflict

Despite India’s repeated fact checks, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday reiterated President Donald Trump’s claim that he helped resolve the India-Pakistan conflict earlier this year by using trade as leverage. Speaking at a...

FIBA, NBA to host 21st grassroots camp in Rwanda

The 21st edition of Basketball Without Borders Africa will make its East African debut when 60 of the continent’s top high-school-age players converge on Kigali, Rwanda, from August 23 to 26 at the Petit Stade. The National Basketball Association...

“Trump used trade as leverage for Indo-Pak conflict to an end”: White House claims

Washington DC [US], August 20 (ANI): White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday (local time) repeated the false claim made by US President Donald Trump on brokering peace in the India-Pakistan conflict after Operation Sindoor....

African Teachers Gather in South Africa for Holocaust Education Training Amid Rising Antisemitism

A weeklong training program in South Africa brought together teachers from across the African continent to learn how to teach World War II and the Holocaust, an initiative aimed at promoting understanding amid rising antisemitism and anti-Israel...

Africa’s AI Ambition Takes Shape with AfricAI Venture

Four technology firms from Australia, Nigeria, the UAE and the Netherlands have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to launch a joint venture named AfricAI, aimed at creating enterprise-grade artificial intelligence solutions specifically...

Rwanda agric exports fetch Rwf15bn in one week

Greenfield FDI 2025: Tunisia ranked 7th in Africa and 38th globally

fDi Intelligence, a division of the Financial Times, recently published the updated Greenfield Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Performance Index for 2025. This is a global ranking that evaluates how effectively countries attract Greenfield FDI...

St. Eudes, the news, and soapboxes

Hey everybody, Today’s the second day of school, and I’ve already got a kid home sick with a fever. That didn’t take long at all. And, true to form, I was up all night with him, even though my kids are 13, 12, and eight, and I assumed my...

An appeal to President Trump: Help my mother’s fight for freedom…

After brokering a peace agreement between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in June, President Trump is expected to finalize the truce with Rwandan President Paul Kagame. I appeal to Trump to use this diplomatic moment, marking an...

As Congo peace deadline slips, Belgium's Prévot pushes for African role on visit to region

Belgian Foreign minister Maxime Prévot has urged stronger involvement from African nations and the African Union in efforts to end fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). His appeal came on Monday as he began a regional tour,...

Kenya’s Craydel Expands into Burundi, Tanzania, Strengthening Pan-African EdTech Footprint

Advertisements Kenyan edtech startup Craydel has extended its reach into Burundi and Tanzania, becoming the first education technology firm from Kenya to establish operations across seven African markets. Being its fourth expansion in less than a...

Mapping Her Way: African Women Reclaim their Landscape

August 19, 2025 Hour: 3:02 pm Across the sweeping landscapes of Africa—from the Sahara’s golden dunes to the lush canopies of the Congo Basin—maps have long served as instruments of power, identity, and survival. Yet for African women, whose roles...

The state of democratic governance in Commonwealth countries in Africa

- Advertisement - By Madi Jobarteh The National Assembly of The Gambia is currently hosting the 54th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Africa Regional Conference for the first time. It is indeed an achievement for the Assembly since the...

I&M Group reports 34% H1 2025 profit before tax growth amid mixed loan performance

I&M Group has reported an impressive 34% increase in profit before tax for the first half of 2025, posting gains of 11.7 billion Kenyan shillings. The group's profit after tax also surged by 36%, driven by robust growth across various markets and...

International News Briefs for Tuesday, August 19, 2025

HAVANA TIMES – We bring you some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Tuesday, August 19, 2025. As European Leaders Gather at White House, Trump Says He’ll Arrange Zelensky-Putin Meeting Aug 19, 2025 President Trump...

Rule of law is Africa’s new gold: African Development Bank Group's (AfDB’s) Adesina calls for bold..

“When Africa stands for the rule of law, the world will stand with Africa,” the President of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has told more than 1,200 lawyers, judges, and government officials attending the...

School Games: St Peter's Mumias crowned East Africa sevens rugby champions

Koyonzo Boys and St Peters Mumias Boys rugby players in action during last week’s national games in Kakamega. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard] St Peter’s Boys Mumias are the 2025 Federation of East Africa Secondary Schools Sports Associations (FEASSSA)...

RwandAir Launches Offline Office in Liberia to Boost Tourism and Business Prospects

Madam Gbomai L. Bestman, President and CEO of Easy Continental Travel Agency, described the milestone as a purposeful move inspired by a vision to expand Liberia’s aviation reach. Monrovia – The soft launch for the offline office of RwandAir has...

How the Legacy Media Lost Our Trust

As a conservative, I subscribe to the online Washington Post so I understand how the progressive establishment thinks. But I recently met with a Democrat-voting friend who said he hadn’t subscribed in a few years, as he found the paper’s left-wing...