The U.S. military conducted about half as many airstrikes in 2021 as it did in 2020, a change that defense analysts say is due at least in part to the withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Biden administration’s emphasis on diplomacy over military force….
MOGADISHU — Somali leaders have agreed to conclude the long-delayed parliamentary and presidential elections by February 25. Somalia’s international partners on Monday welcomed the deal but a political stand-off between the president and prime minister…
NOUAKCHOTT, MAURITANIA — Mauritanian authorities have released former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on bail for medical reasons, the justice ministry said on Friday, amid an investigation into allegations of high-level corruption during his time in…
ADDIS ABABA — Aid workers and eyewitnesses are telling media an airstrike in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region has killed more than 50 people. The Reuters news agency reports at least 30 others have been wounded after a camp for the internally displace…
A bill that would have increased the punishment for homosexual acts in Senegal from 5 years to 10 years will not be voted on, after lawmakers in a parliament committee on Wednesday rejected approving it for a vote by the full legislative body.While pro…
BEIJING, Using Xinjiang-related issues as an excuse, to force multinational companies to pick a side between China and the United States, is out-and-out political coercion, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said, yesterday.Tadashi Yanai, founder …
Statement by Kambou Fofana, UNICEF acting Regional Director for the Middle East and North AfricaAMMAN, “In just the past four days – since the new year began – two children were killed and another five were injured in the northwest of Syria as violence…
CAPE TOWN — A fire at the South African parliament caused extensive damage on Sunday, collapsing the roof and gutting an entire floor in one building. A man in his 50s was arrested in connection with the blaze.The fire broke out in the early morning an…
Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has been in the post since 2020MOGADISHU, Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has suspended the prime minister, who is facing allegations of involvement in the theft of land.Mohamed Hussein Roble accused t…
NAIROBI — Kenyan lawmakers brawled Wednesday as they debated proposed changes to a law governing the conduct of political parties and the formation of coalitions ahead of the 2022 election.Video broadcast on television showed lawmakers engaged in a sho…