US secretary of state to visit Kenya and Nigeria
By:State Department
The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make his first official trip to Africa next week, visiting Kenya, Nigeria and Senegal. During the visit, the Secretary will advance U.S.-Africa collaboration on shared global priorities, including ending the COVID-19 pandemic and building back to...
Greece has turned into a US military base: Erdoğan
By: Daily Sabah
Greece, as a whole, has turned into a U.S. military base," President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Thursday.
The Turkish leader was referring to United States' numerous military installations in Greece's Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç).
Greece is condemning irregular migrants at sea to death, Erdoğan also...
South Sudan President Says Soldiers Who Rape Should Be Shot
JUBA — The president of South Sudan said on Monday that soldiers who rape civilians should be shot, trying to mollify citizens outraged by abuses by security forces and quell growing international anger over attacks.
South Sudan was plunged into a sporadic civil war in...
Pakistan’s Imran Khan and associates shot and injured during protest march
By: Washington Post
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s top opposition leader, Imran Khan, was shot in the foot Thursday during a protest march and was lightly injured, party officials said.
A gunman opened fire on...
United Nations Support Mission in Libya Statement on the Return of Tawergha IDPs
TUNIS, Tunisia, February 5, 2018/ -- United Nations Support Mission in Libya Statement on the Return of Tawergha IDPs:
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) deeply regrets that families from the Tawergha community were prevented from returning to their homes by some extremist elements. Furthermore,...
90 Somalis deported from the US
By STELLA CHERONO
More than 90 Somali nationals and two Kenyans on Wednesday arrived at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport after being deported from the United States.
The deportees, believed to have been affected by US President Donald Trump’s implementation of his pledge to crack down on...
Nigerian president to ‘work from home’ after rat infestation
Nigeria's president will spend three months working from home after his office was damaged by rats.
Muhammadu Buhari has just returned from three months in the UK , amid widespread concerns over his health.
But government spokesman Garba Shehu said the office required renovation after damage...
Merkel says EU cannot ‘fully’ rely on the US or UK
'We Europeans must really take our destiny into our own hands' says the German chancellor, the day after a G7 summit.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday urged European Union nations to stick together in the face of emerging policy divisions with the US, Britain's...
Summer Olympics Begin With Uplifting Spectacle in Gritty Rio
By SIMON ROMERO
Horndiplomat-The Summer Olympics, fraught with financial and political difficulties, began at the Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Credit Doug Mills/The New York Times
RIO DE JANEIRO — If there was a nation in need of an uplifting spectacle at this moment, even...
Ugandan President appoints his son, a major-general, as senior advisor
Ugandan President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has appointed his son to the position of Senior Presidential Advisor for Special Operations.
The appointment is part of sweeping changes that the President in his capacity as Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces announced on Tuesday. The move has however...