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Russia takes wraps off new missile to try to save U.S. nuclear pact

Components of SSC-8/9M729 cruise missile system are on display during a news briefing, organized by Russian defence and foreign ministries, at Patriot Expocentre near Moscow, Russia January 23, 2019. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov Russia showed foreign military attaches on Wednesday a new cruise missile that the United States says breaches a landmark arms control pact, billing it

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Wetang’ula renews call for Kenyan troops to leave Somalia

Ford Kenya leader Moses Wetang’ula has reiterated his call for Kenyan Defence Forces troops to be recalled from Somalia. Addressing the press in his office on Tuesday, Wetang’ula said Kenya’s mission was stabilising Somalia through the creation of Juba land buffer zone, which was contested by both state and non-state actors. The Bungoma Senator was

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Uhuru orders all Kenyans given Huduma IDs

President Uhuru Kenyatta addresses senior security officers at State House, Mombasa on January 22, 2019. President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday ordered all Kenyans to be registered digitally and given Huduma identification numbers. Speaking at State House, Mombasa during a meeting with police commanders, regional coordinators and county commissioners, President Kenyatta said the database will also

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Taliban attack on Afghan security base kills over 100

Photo (Reuters) A Taliban attack in central Afghanistan on Monday killed scores of security personnel, officials said, with some estimates putting the death toll at more than 100, amid government silence about one of the most deadly insurgent attacks in months. Attackers rammed a captured military Humvee packed with explosives into a training center of

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Hundreds protest demonstrator’s death in Sudan: witnesses

Hundreds of people protested in Sudan’s city of Omdurman on Monday, chanting “the people want the fall of the regime”, witnesses said, after the family of a man shot at an anti-government protest last week said he had died of his wounds. Sudan has been shaken by near-daily demonstrations for over a month. They were

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French watchdog slaps Google with $57M fine under new EU law

France’s data privacy watchdog has fined Google 50 million euros ($57 million), the first penalty for a U.S. tech giant under new European data privacy rules that took effect last year. The National Data Protection Commission said Monday it fined the U.S. internet giant for “lack of transparency, inadequate information and lack of valid consent”

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U.S. calls on Russia to destroy new missile system

Photo (REUTERS) The United States called on Russia on Monday to destroy a new cruise missile system which it said was a “direct and continuing violation” of the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, and accused Moscow of destabilizing global security. Robert Wood, U.S. disarmament ambassador, said the system was capable of carrying both conventional and

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PHOTOS: Police reveal faces of terrorists who might be planning another attack in Kenya

The National Police Service on Sunday evening released photos of men believed to be planning a terror attack in Kenya. According to a statement seen by Ureport, there are individuals from Isiolo County who are being closely monitored and are suspected to be in Somalia at the moment. They include Dido Mohamed Fugicha alias Dingdong,

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Congo court declares Felix Tshisekedi is elected president

Congo’s Constitutional Court early Sunday declared the election of Felix Tshisekedi as president, rejecting challenges to the vote by runner-up Martin Fayulu, who had alleged fraud. Tshisekedi, son of the late, charismatic opposition leader Etienne, is now set to be inaugurated on Tuesday. The declaration came shortly after the African Union in an unprecedented move

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Widow knew of husband’s terror links in Somalia but kept mum

Suhaila Mwalim Bakari, was taken into police custody following the identification of her husband, Mahir Khalid Riziki, as the suicide bomber in the Tuesday attack. It is not clear whether Suhaila became radicalised, but investigators say she was a confidant of her husband, lending her ears to his trials and tribulations while in Somalia everytime

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