How Russian Organized Crime Group Wagner Gained Dominance in Africa

Russian officers from the wagner group are seen around Central African president Faustin-Archange Touadera, as they are part of the presidential security system during the referendum campaign to change the constitution and remove term limits, in Bangui, Central African Republic July 16, 2023. Credit Photo to Reuters By The African Exponent The Wagner Group is

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MPs say Ethiopian Airlines should be banned from Somalia’s airspace and business

MPs from the Somalia People’s Assembly issued a statement about issues related to the tension between Somalia and Ethiopia as a result of the maritime agreement in Addis Ababa. The MPs suggested the federal government to take action against Ethiopian Airlines, which is still operating in the cities of Mogadishu and Hargeisa. Read: Somalia’s president

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South Korea passes bill to ban consumption of dog meat

Dogs look on from their cages at a dog meat farm in Hwaseong, South Korea, November 21, 2023. Photographer Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo By Reuters South Korea’s parliament passed a bill on Tuesday to ban the eating and selling of dog meat, a move that will end the controversial centuries-old practice amid growing support for animal

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The US and UK say Bangladesh’s elections extending Hasina’s rule were not credible

In this photograph released by Bangladesh Prime Minister’s office, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, addresses a press conference following her election victory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Jan.8, 2024. (Bangladesh Prime Minister’s office via AP) By The Associated Press The United States and the United Kingdom said the elections that extended Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s rule

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Italian opposition demands investigation after hundreds give fascist salute at Rome rally

People gather during a rally to commemorate the slaying in 1978 of two members of a neo-fascist youth group in an attack later claimed by extreme-left militants, in Rome, Sunday Jan. 7, 2024. Opposition politicians in Italy demanded on Monday that Italy’s government explain how hundreds of demonstrators were able to give a banned fascist

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Kenya fourth-largest borrower of World Bank low-interest loans

Signage of the World Bank. File Photo/Pool By Business Daily Africa Kenya has become the fourth-largest borrower from the International Development Association (IDA), the soft loan affiliate of the World Bank, which helps the world’s poorest countries, with a total borrowing of $2.01 billion (Sh316.78 billion at current exchange rates). Latest data from the World

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Somalia Said Deni become the first president to be re-elected in Puntland

Puntland’s presidential election that started this morning in Garowe has just ended. This election, which was very sensitive, has reached the third round, and there are two candidates, Said Deni and Dr. Guled Salah Barre. Deni, who was re-elected again, received 45 votes, while his rival, Dr. Guled Salah Barre, received 21 votes, according to

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Uproar as Nigerian man, 54, ‘marries’ four-year-old girl to ‘save her from death’

A 54-year-old Nigerian man is said to have married a four-year-old girl o December 26, 2023. By The East African The marriage between a four-year-old ‘bride’ and a 54-year-old man in Nigeria’s oil-rich Bayelsa community is a traditional rite to save the child’s life, the girl’s parents have said. After hearing from the child’s parents,

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Somalia’s parliament tablet motion security agreements between Ethiopia and UAE

File Photo Somali Times/President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh, both houses speakers Members of the People’s Assembly of the Parliament of the Federal Republic of Somalia have submitted a serious motion related to security agreements that the government has already entered into with Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates. Read: Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh history of

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NTSB says no passengers seated near Boeing 737 MAX 9 fuselage that failed

People sit on a plane next to a missing window and portion of a side wall of an Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, which had been bound for Ontario, California and suffered depressurization soon after departing, in Portland, Oregon, U.S., January 5, 2024 in this picture obtained from social media. Instagram/@strawberrvy via Reuters By Reuters The

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