U.S. service member killed, four evacuated in Somali attack
An Islamic gunman in central Mogadishu in July 2006. The country is still wracked by violence, now at the hands of the Islamist Al Shabab group.
Category Archives: Africa
Nation’s 1st Somali-American lawmaker eyes seat in Congress Source: AP
Ilhan Omar escaped her war-torn homeland of Somalia as a child and grew up in a Kenyan refugee camp before immigrating to the United States as a preteen. She learned English by watching American television.
48 migrants die after boat sinks off Tunisian coast
The number of illegal immigrants killed after their boat sank off the southeastern coast of Tunisia on Sunday has risen to 48, according to the Ministry of Defense. A total of 75 people have been rescued people so far, including 60 Tunisians, five from Sub-Saharan Africa, two Moroccans and one Libyan, said Rachid Bouhawala, the press officer at the Ministry of Defense.
Trump’s Separation of Children and Families Is What You Voted For
Ms. L, as the American Civil Liberties Union identified her, is a Congolese woman who sought asylum in the United States last November. She feared imminent death amid the escalating violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, violence that has displaced millions of residents.
Trump Drones On
"George W. Bush launched the CIA's drone assassination program and that was just the beginning." They are like the camel's nose, lifting a corner of the tent.
Trevor Noah Compares Trump To African Dictators – While He Ignores South African Genocide
As the host of The Daily Show, Noah has lectured his audience on why it makes sense for South Africa to imprison a woman for racism. On Sunday, Noah said on CNN , "I've said from the very beginning that Donald Trump reminds me of an African dictator."
Catholic Church Clarifies For Kenyans: Polygamy ‘Is Against The Will Of God’
Kenya's Catholic bishops confronted the growing issue of polygamy among Christians in the country, saying that God forbids the practice even if it is legal. The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a statement saying that polygamy "is against the will of God and we must desist from it" and that "we should uphold human dignity, and especially the dignity of the woman," according to Crux Now .
23andMe Wants Its DNA Data to be Less White
The bigger its genetic database, the more insights 23andMe can glean from DNA. That, in turn, means the more it can tell customers about their ancestry and health and the more valuable the data it shares with academic scientists and sells to pharmaceutical companies for research.
Fashola would take over from Buhari in 2019, says Prophet Fakolade
By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA - An Abuja-based cleric, Prophet George Fakolade, the leader of Divine Intelligence Ministry, has prophesied that President Muhammadu Buhari would leave office as President in 2019, as Nigerians would elect the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, to replace him. Fakolade, who made this prophecy known in a statement issued to journalists during the weekend, also said Mr. Fashola would make his cabinet ready before assumption of office, step-up the fight against corruption, spare no sacred cows, and heal the nation of the many maladies plaguing it.
Flights grounded to US military base in Africa after two accidents
United States military officials announced Thursday that flights in Djibouti have been grounded until further notice after two separate aviation accidents this week. Further details about the dismissal were stated in a news release shared to the US Naval Forces Central Command website.
US air accidents lead to cancellation of exercise Source: AP
The U.S. military on Thursday canceled the remainder of a training exercise in the Horn of Africa, and the government of Djibouti called a halt to U.S. military air operations in its country, following two U.S. Marine aircraft accidents this week in Djibouti. Lt. Gen.
Attorney returns to Richmond after a year helping Kenyans establish public defender system
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Break your silence on Ghana-US Military pact – ” Ablakwa tells Akufo-Addo
The Minority Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has questioned President Nana Akufo-Addo's deafening silence on the controversial Ghana-US Military agreement. In an open letter to the President, the former Deputy Education Minister, said the President's silence on the matter was deplorable.
Namibia:Judge Orders Training for Home Affairs Officials
The Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration must design a training programme for its officials whose duties include the enforcement of the Immigration Control Act, Windhoek High Court judge Shafimana Ueitele has ordered. The ministry's permanent secretary and chief immigration officer must also design programmes that would help the ministry monitor the detention of alleged illegal immigrants in Namibia, and should have training programmes on the Immigration Control Act in place by no later than the end of September this year, judge Ueitele further ordered in a judgement delivered last Thursday.
not Real News: No court order for Obama to pay $400 million
An online story falsely claims a federal appeals court ordered former President Barack Obama to pay $400 million in "restitution" to the United States for money supposedly lost in a transaction with "hard-liners" in Iran. The Daily World Update article cites a nonexistent West Texas Federal Appeals Court for the 33rd District; there is no federal appeals court in Texas.
Time for Political Change and Social Unity in Ethiopia
Tadesse is a 28-year-old Ethiopian from the capital, Addis Ababa. Like thousands of others he took part in demonstrations over the last three years, and together with family members, refused to pledge support for the Ethiopian government.
China’s Xi joins Russia, Zimbabwe in global autocrat club
Chinese President Xi Jinping looks at a ballot for an amendment to China's constitution that will abolish term limits on the presidency and enable him to rule indefinitely, during a plenary session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sunday, March 11, 2018. Chinese President Xi Jinping looks at a ballot for an amendment to China's constitution that will abolish term limits on the presidency and enable him to rule indefinitely, during a plenary session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sunday, March 11, 2018.
Tillerson Heads to Africa With Security, Not Aid, as U.S. Focus
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson begins his first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa with a pledge to help shore up trade, civic freedom and good governance in countries that President Donald Trump has harshly criticized. Tillerson heads to the continent with the Trump administration advocating cuts of more than a third in aid to African countries and programs, along with deep reductions to global health initiatives.
Famine again a threat in South Sudan, new report says
Over 40 years after becoming the first city to walk away from an Olympic bid, Denver is considering whether to try to again to host the Winter Games. . A man signs a banner as people pay tribute at a memorial for the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018, in Parkland, Fla.
Changing of the Guard in South Africa: Jacob Zuma Was Drawing Too Much Attention
There are numerous other South Africans who are not as obscenely rich as Cyril Ramaphosa, quite capable of succeeding Jacob Zuma, but then they are not members of the plutocratic oligarchy. Just as Obama, the first black president of the U.S., was selected by 'deep state' factions of unaccountable neo-liberal capitalism, so too was Cyril Ramaphosa.