Second iteration of US-led Somalia Train and Equip mission ends: Somali National Army soldiers stand in formation during a logistics course graduation ceremony, 28 August 2018. Photo by MC2 (SW/AW) Evan Parker. By Paul D. Williams Professor, Elliott School of International Affairs, the George Washington University The US has real but limited national security interests

Photo: Credit Reuters New satellite imagery shows the reservoir behind Ethiopia’s disputed hydroelectric dam beginning to fill, but an analyst says it’s likely due to seasonal rains instead of government action. The images emerge as Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan say the latest talks on the contentious project ended Monday with no agreement. Ethiopia has said

Chinese navy formation, including the aircraft carrier Liaoning (C), during military drills in the South China Sea. , Photographer: STR/AFP By Nick Wadhams The Trump administration rejected China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea, reversing a previous policy of not taking sides in territorial disputes in the region and escalating tensions with Beijing on

© Gareth Fuller Zindzi Mandela arriving for the Royal Film Performance of Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, at the Odeon Leicester Square in London (Gareth Fuller/PA) Zindzi Mandela, the daughter of South African anti-apartheid leaders Nelson and Winnie Mandela, has died at the age of 59. State television South African Broadcasting Corporation reported that Ms

Libyan gov’t ‘determined’ to resume offensive if Haftar stays in Sirte, Jufra, top Turkish diplomat tells Financial Times Libya’s UN-recognized government will agree to a cease-fire only if warlord Khalifa Haftar withdraws his forces from country’s central and western regions, the Turkish foreign minister said. Speaking to British daily the Financial Times (FT), Mevlut Cavusoglu

Ethiopia is gradually and steadily opening up doors and minds to international relations. Testament to this was when French President Macron sealed a deal with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed when they met in March 2019. The French signalled plans to invest 2.8 Billion Euros in hopes of awakening a sleeping African giant that Ethopia

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) UN Special Rapporteur Callamard said evidence suggests crime could not have taken place without the aid of Saudi prince A UN official has said that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) was a prime suspect in the case of the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in

Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia [Business Monthly/Facebook] Ethiopia’s “very strict” stance on some of the technical and legal points relating to the Renaissance Dam talks greatly reduces the chance of agreement, Egypt’s Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation announced on Thursday. Speaking to Egyptian TV DMC, Spokesman for the ministry Mohamed Al-Sebaei disclosed: “The Egyptian proposal

Photo: Credit AP Marcio Jose Sanchez, Congresswoman’s call, says one rights advocate, “is an important acknowledgment that civilians unlawfully harmed have a right to redress. Citing obligations under international law, Rep. Ilhan Omar is calling for monetary reparations for civilian victims of U.S. drone attacks in Somalia despite the Pentagon’s continued failure to acknowledge the

Somali pirates who were transferred to Seychelles by EU NAVFOR in April and charged in May The trial of five suspected Somali pirates who were transferred to the Seychelles by EU NAVFOR in April last year will start in the Seychelles Supreme Court on Aug. 30. The suspects appeared before Justice Gustave Dodin at the