U.S. Department of Defense leaders attended the A-29 Super Tucano induction ceremony, hosted by Nigerian Minister of Defence Bashir Salihi Magashi and the Nigerian Air Force, here Aug. 31. U.S. Department of Defense leaders attended the A-29 Super Tucano induction ceremony, hosted by Nigerian Minister of Defence Bashir Salihi Magashi and the Nigerian Air Force,…
The event marked the U.S. Navy’s first port call in Walvis Bay in nearly 10 years. The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) arrived in Walvis Bay, Namibia, for a regularly scheduled port visit Sept. 15, 2021. “We are hoping to use this current visit as an opportunity to continue to foster…
The farm that served as the nerve center of Nelson Mandela and other activists in their campaign to overturn South Africa’s apartheid regime risks permanent closure, according to British broadcaster Sky News. The secret base at Liliesleaf Farm was used by leading figures of the country’s liberation struggle, including Walter Sisulu, Ahmed Kathrada, Joe Slovo,…
Algeria on Sunday buried Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the North African country’s longest-serving president, at a cemetery for its independence heroes, but without the honours accorded to his predecessors. Bouteflika died on Friday aged 84, after a career which took him from being the world’s youngest foreign minister to one of its oldest heads of state, but…
Schools re-opened in Burundi on Thursday after being closed due to the pandemic and summer holidays, as the Burundian Health Ministry issued mandatory testing for all returning students. Schoolchildren, many accompanied by their parents, attended several screening centers across the country in order to get their test certificates allowing them to return to their classes.…
Kinshasa wants to review its relationship with Beijing, as only a few projects have been launched ever since the two capitals signed their 2008 cooperation agreement, which provided for the construction of public buildings and roads worth $9bn. 13 years after Kinshasa and Beijing signed their cooperation agreement, “the DRC’s infrastructure deficit is still hindering…
Leaders of West Africa regional bloc Ecowas have imposed travel bans and a freeze of the financial assets of Guinea’s coup leaders and their families. The sanctions are expected to put more pressure on the military junta to restore constitutional rule. The decisions were announced after an extraordinary summit in Accra, Ghana, on Wednesday. The…
Congolese opposition leader Martin Fayulu has demanded an investigation after security forces brutally dispersed a rally he called over election reforms. Police fired in the air in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo capital on Wednesday to disperse Fayulu’s supporters, injuring some in the process. “We had more than 30 arrests, more than 20 injured.…
The head of Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, who was wanted for deadly attacks on US soldiers and foreign aid workers, has been killed in an operation by French troops. Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi was “neutralised by French forces”, President Emmanuel Macron tweeted early Thursday. “This is another major success in our fight against terrorist groups…
One million Nigerian children will likely stay away from school because of the threat of violence after a series of mass kidnappings and attacks targeting students this year, the UN said on Wednesday. More than 1,000 pupils have been snatched in mass abductions for ransom by criminal gangs in Nigeria‘s northwest and central states since December…