Soldiers board a C-17 aircraft Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020 at Fort Bragg, N.C., to be deployed in Iraq. (Melissa Sue Gerrits/The Fayetteville Observer via AP) Charging that Iran was “fully responsible” for an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, President Donald Trump ordered about 750 U.S. soldiers deployed to the Middle East as about

FILE – In this March 14, 2019 file photo, relatives of crash victims mourn at the scene where an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 passenger jet crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all 157 on board, near Bishoftu, in Ethiopia. These African stories captured the world’s attention in 2019 – and look to influence events

Photo Credit Daily Nation Kenyans shop at Naivas supermarket in Nyeri on December 21, 2019 as they hope food prices will be more affordable come the year 2020. The Kenyans are cautiously optimistic 2020 will not be a tough year although projections point to a year of economic turbulence that will require families to trim

Hundreds of Iraqi militiamen and their supporters hurled stones at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad for a second day on Wednesday and security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades to drive them away. The protests, led by Iranian-backed militias, mark a new turn in the shadow war between Washington and Tehran playing out across

Medical personnel carry wounded children to be airlifted to the Turkish capital for treatment after they were injured in Saturday’s car bomb blast in Mogadishu, Somalia, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019. A truck bomb exploded at a busy security checkpoint in Somalia’s capital Saturday morning, killing at least 79 people including many students, authorities said. It

U.S. soldiers fire tear gas towards protesters who broke into the U.S. embassy compound, in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019. Dozens of angry Iraqi Shiite militia supporters broke into the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Tuesday after smashing a main door and setting fire to a reception area, prompting tear gas and sounds

President Uhuru Kenyatta (left), James Ndegwa (centre) and Equity Group chief-executive James Mwangi It has been a good year for tycoons owning bank shares like the Kenyattas, the family of former Central Bank of Kenya governor Philip Ndegwa and Equity Group chief executive James Mwangi after each added more than Sh1.4 billion to their wealth.

In this Sept. 23, 2019 photo, rescued migrants look at a map of Europe aboard the Ocean Viking humanitarian ship as it sails in the Mediterranean Sea. The misery of migrants in Libya has spawned a thriving and highly lucrative business, in part funded by the EU and enabled by the United Nations, an Associated

Photo Credit Reuters Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos and head of state energy giant Sonangol An Angolan court has ordered the freezing of assets held by former president Eduardo dos Santos’ daughter Isabel, state news agency Angop reported on Tuesday, the latest high-profile case in the government’s anti-corruption

Photo Credit Facebook Former Speaker of the National Assembly Farah Maalim According to Hivisasa Former Lagdera MP Farah Maalim has warned against any plans by Kenya to invade Somalia. This is after Prof Makau Mutua called for the dismemberment of Somalia following Saturday’s horrific car implosion that left at least 95 people dead in Mogadishu.