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UK accused of defending corruption in Libya with election tweet

An electoral billboard in Tripoli reading in Arabic ‘register and vote before missing your chance’. Photograph: EPA The Guardian By Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor British ambassador faces claims of violating diplomatic norms and interfering in internal processes Libya’s political crisis has taken on an increasingly international dimension after the UK was accused of defending corruption

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Somali prime minister Roble is an informant for foreign actors-sources say

File Photo/Somali Times An emergency zooms conference is currently for Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble and members of the international community, to discuss the latest developments. Somali prime minister Roble is an informant for foreign actors, according Somali spy agency officials told Somali Times. The sensitive meeting comes Somali prime minister failed to deliver election

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The Modern-Day Scramble for Africa: Why Foreign Countries are Building Naval Bases in Africa

Naval Bases African Exponent By Nondumiso H. Khumalo The increasing rate of foreign countries with military bases in Africa has been a concern for the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council for a while now. However, many African states are still open to and are actively hosting foreign military bases. Recent reports have stated

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Body of missing Somali Imam leader in Columbus, Ohio found inside the vehicle

By The Columbus Dispatch The body of a man believed to be the leader of a popular Islamic mosque on the Northeast Side was found inside a vehicle in a wooded lot at a North Side business. As many as 200 people converged near the intersection of Joyce and Windsor avenues just after 3:30 p.m.

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Iran says war games in Gulf were warning to Israel

An explosion is seen on the water surface behind a member of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) during a joint military exercise called the ‘Great Prophet 17’ in the southwest of Iran, in this picture obtained on December 22, 2021. IRGC/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS By Reuters War games conducted this week

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The Somali government closes Aden Adde International Airport terminal used by foreign actors

The Somali government has closed the Movcon Terminal used by the United Nations, Amisom’s and Western embassies until further notice. The decision was announced in an official letter from the Somali Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which was posted online. All incoming and outgoing flights are directed to use domestic, international and VIP terminals. at this

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Kim Potter guilty of manslaughter in Daunte Wright’s death

In this screen grab from video, former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter stands with defense attorney Earl Gray, as the verdict is read Thursday, Dec.,23, 2021 at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. Jurors on Thursday convicted Potter of two manslaughter charges in the killing of Daunte Wright, a Black motorist she shot

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Somalia: Warlord Said Deni and Puntland security forces escalates in Bosaso city

Somalia’s donors are worried the main port city of Bosaso in Puntland state after local forces turned on one another in a brutal show of dispute. In the last couple for weeks, an armed clash in Bosaso port city, keepers mostly focused on one another, rather than guarding civilians. At midnight Thursday, skirmishes erupted again

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Deputy head teacher and partner who filmed themselves raping a young girl are jailed

Julie Morris, 44, and boyfriend David Morris, 52, filmed themselves raping a young girl. (Merseyside Police) Yahoo By Jimmy Nsubuga A deputy head teacher and her partner who filmed themselves raping a young girl have been jailed. Julie Morris, 44, the safeguarding lead at a school in Wigan, and boyfriend David Morris, 52, were jailed

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Sudan’s PM Hamdok intends to resign within hours -sources

Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok speaks during a Reuters interview in Khartoum, Sudan August 24, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah By Reuters Sudan Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has told a group of national political and intellectual figures that he intends to resign in the coming hours, two sources close to Hamdok told Reuters on Tuesday. Hamdok

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