In this image released by the Saudi Royal Palace, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, greets President Joe Biden. (Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP, File) By Reuters President Joe Biden pledged on Tuesday “there will be consequences” for U.S. relations with Saudi Arabia after OPEC+ announced last week that it would cut oil

By The African Exponent Here are the top 5 African countries with a better democratic score. Democracy in Africa is in a constant flux state, ever changing country to country and leader to leader. When it comes to democracy, the African continent has been subject to immense backlashes in the international fora. However, this stereotyping

Jeremy Fleming, head of the British Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), is photographed in London, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. In a rare public speech Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022 to the Royal United Services Institute think tank, Fleming accused China of using its economic and technological clout to clamp down at home and exert control abroad, saying

US special forces training along side Nigerian soldiers wikipedia.org/wiki/American_military_intervention_in_Niger#/media/File:US_and_Nigerien_soldiers_trining.jpg) Lawfare By Katherine Yon Ebright For nearly two decades, the Department of Defense has used 10 U.S.C. § 127e, an obscure counterterrorism funding authority, to create and command proxy forces across Africa and Asia. The full list of these proxy forces is highly classified and yet

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid makes an opening statement as he chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Oct. 2, 2022. Israel’s prime minister said Tuesday, Oct. 11, that the country has reached an “historic agreement” with neighboring Lebanon over their shared maritime border after months of U.S.-brokered negotiations.(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File) By The Associated

David Wakikona Ugandan MP By The East African Kenyan police on Tuesday said Ugandan MP David Wakikona went missing after boarding a taxi in the Kenyan capital Nairobi early morning. He was headed to Moi Avenue in the CBD, reports indicate. Mr David Wandendeya Wakikona, the Member of Parliament for Bududa in Uganda, was reported

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks following a tour of IBM in Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S., October 6, 2022. Photographer Tom Brenner/File Photo By Reuters U.S. President Joe Biden pledged to Ukraine President Volodomyr Zelenskiy on Monday that the United States will provide Ukraine with advanced air systems after a devastating missile barrage from Russia.

By Anadolu Agency Concerns are rising in Western countries amid energy and food crises, the Turkish president said on Monday, adding that Turkey “does not have such a problem.” “With the upcoming winter season, concerns regarding energy and food are increasing in the West. We have no such concerns,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at an

By Xinhua News The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) says it has opened Joint Operations Centres (JOCs) to enhance coordination and planning with Somali security forces in their war against Al-Shabaab. ATMIS Force Commander Diomede Ndegeya says the centres opened across the AU mission’s areas of responsibility will enable the allied forces to

By Anadolu Agency Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that targets in Ukraine were hit in response to the explosion on the Kerch Bridge and other “terrorist attacks” carried out by Ukraine’s intelligence. Speaking at a meeting with the members of the Russian Security Council, Putin said the evidence gathered by Russian investigators shows that