Africa

Military agreements, port investments, and competing positions on Somalia, Somaliland, and Sudan are drawing the African and Arabian shores of the Red Sea into a single geopolitical arena.

"It is still in the expansion phase, unfortunately. We would like to say it is stabilizing, but frankly we cannot say it yet," Dr Anne Ancia, WHO representative in the country, said.

In May, US and Nigerian forces conducted military operations in northeastern Nigeria that killed Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, the second-in-command of ISIS globally.

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Uganda’s military chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba ordered two leading media outlets closed, saying he does not believe in a free press and that journalists should be guided by government loyalists.

The operation changed the course of history as it was the impetus for US President Donald Trump to pull out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal shortly after the operation's results were revealed.

As someone who has carried the identity of being Ethiopian, Jewish, Israeli, and American, I have learned that nations are not strengthened by outsiders who define them only by their failures. 

Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin, a group affiliated with al-Qaeda, claimed the attack on a Niger airport that killed 11 security force members and two civilians.

A luxury kosher gin project turns collectible spirits into a funding source for Jewish life and legal support amid rising antisemitism in Spain.

The first flight to the Central African Republic is expected to take about 20 people, including two women facing the risk of torture and persecution if they are forced to go back to Iran.