Monitoring Defense and security from Jan. 18 to 25, 2021-CC
Monitoring Defense and security from Jan. 18 to 25, 2021-CC
New Zealand’s first new COVID-19 case in two months is SA variant
The latest COVID-19 case is New Zealand’s first since mid-November and has been classified as a strain said to be more transmissible. New Zealand’s first case of COVID-19 in the community for more than two months has been identified as the more contagious South African variant, prompting Australia to suspend quarantine-free travel from the neighbouring country…
Heavy fighting erupts in Somali town near Kenyan border
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Heavy fighting has broken out in a Somali town near the Kenyan border between Somali forces and those from the state of Jubbaland as Somalia’s election troubles spill over into violence. Somalia’s information ministry in a statement early Monday accused Kenya-funded rebels of crossing into the town of Bulo Hawo and attacking…
Mahamat Said Abdel Kani : CAR hands war crimes suspect to ICC
ICC arrests alleged commander of Seleka militia on charges of war crimes committed during violence in Bangui in 2013. The International Criminal Court (ICC) has taken into custody a former Central African Republic (CAR) militia commander suspected of war crimes and crimes against humanity. In a statement on Sunday, the court said authorities in CAR…