Ethiopia's PM Abiy Ahmed refuses to meet with USAID chief
Samantha Power, head of the US Agency for International Development, was on a four-day visit to Ethiopia and Sudan.
Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed snubs Samantha Power, head of the US Agency for International Development after she requested a meeting during her four-day visit to Ethiopia and Sudan.
Plus, there is growing controversy in Ghana over plans by President Nana Akufo-Addo to build a 200m dollar National Cathedral.
And our weekly letter, comes from the Algerian capital, Algiers, where battling Covid-19 is a daily issue for people.
Photo: USAID chief Samantha Power. Credit: Getty Images.
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