American diplomats will start returning to Ukraine this week, first to the western city of Lviv and then eventually to the capital, Kyiv. The United States is also providing further foreign military financing to Ukraine to help the country obtain more advanced weapons and air defense systems to fend off Russian attacks, according to senior […]
Guinea’s deposed president Alpha Conde has been released from house arrest and can receive visitors, including family members, the ruling military government announced. A statement by the military released late on Friday said that coup leader and interim president Colonel Mamady Doumbouya “informs national and international opinion that the former president of the republic is finally free”. […]
Russia has deployed the Wagner Group in military operations across at least half a dozen African nations. When abuses were reported in recent weeks in Mali – fake graves designed to discredit French forces; a massacre of some 300 people, mostly civilians – all evidence pointed to the shadowy mercenaries of Russia’s Wagner Group. Even before […]
Emmanuel Macron has won five more years as France’s president after a convincing victory over rival Marine Le Pen, who nevertheless secured the far right’s highest share of the vote yet. He won by 58.55% to 41.45%, a greater margin than expected. The centrist leader told jubilant supporters at the foot of the Eiffel Tower […]
Nigeria’s air force is investigating the crash this week of a training aircraft that killed two officers in northern Kaduna state. It was the fourth fatal air crash in the past year for Nigeria’s military, which has been struggling to fight terrorists and bandits and to acquire better aircraft. Nigerian air force spokesperson Edward Gabkwet […]
South Africa has recorded a sharp increase in COVID-19 infections, the highest rate in three months, raising concerns about a possible larger surge in the disease. South Africa’s National Health Department reported 4,406 new COVID-19 cases in a 24-hour period ending Thursday. The number represents a considerable jump from the 2,846 cases reported the day […]
U.S. President Joe Biden authorized another $800 million in U.S. military assistance to Ukraine on Thursday, declaring it was necessary to help Kyiv’s forces repel Russian fighters in the critical battles unfolding in the eastern region of the country. “This package includes heavy artillery weapons, dozens of howitzers and 144,000 rounds of ammunition,” Biden said […]
The British government is facing strong backlash from opposition parties and human rights groups after announcing plans earlier this month to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda for processing, in a bid to deter migrants from crossing the English Channel in small boats. The British government says the prospect of being sent to Rwanda will deter migrants […]
The Somali government and a U.S. company are locked in a dispute over the validity of an oil exploration agreement reached in February in Istanbul. Abdirashid Mohamed Ahmed, Somalia’s minister of petroleum and mineral resources, and Richard Anderson, chief executive officer of Coastline Exploration Ltd., signed the agreement. But in separate statements, Somali President Mohamed […]
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a state of disaster late Monday following deadly floods in the country’s eastern KwaZulu-Natal province. Record floods have left more than 440 people dead, an estimated 40,000 people homeless and damaged critical infrastructure and hundreds of schools. The declaration is expected to speed up much-needed aid to the flood-hit […]
