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NATO congratulates Gokcen Firat over appointment as 1st Turkish female admiral

By Anadolu Agency NATO Allied Maritime Command (MARCOM) congratulated Gokcen Firat on Thursday after she was promoted to rear admiral, making her the first woman in the history of the Turkish Navy to hold the rank. Firat, who is currently serving with MARCOM in the UK as the assistant chief of staff for operations, has

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Barkhad Abdi was paid just $65,000 for his Oscar-nominated role in Captain Phillips

How much? Barkhad Abdi earned an Oscar nod for his performance in Captain Phillips, but only got paid $65,000 of the movie’s $55 million budget (pictured with Tom Hanks) Daily Mail By Matthew Cox Barkhad Abdi produced one of the most iconic lies of recent cinema when he uttered the words, ‘I’m the captain now,’

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More than 60 Senegalese migrants feared dead on monthlong voyage to Spain

Children play on fishing boats known as “pirogues” in Dakar, Senegal, on June 24, 2023. More than 60 migrants are feared dead after coast guards off the Atlantic island of Cape Verde rescued a boat that started with more than 100 aboard, authorities and migrant advocates said. The Spanish migration advocacy group Walking Borders said

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Defense CS Aden Duale says when KDF who were deployed in Somalia will return to Kenya

Defence Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has stated that the Kenya Defense Forces are in Somalia to protect Citizens of Somalia. In a report that has been shared by a reliable source of information, it has been reported that the Duale who was speaking on Citizen TV has also stated that the Kenya Defense Forces will

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Miraa farmers pay the price of a slump in exports, cartels

By Business Daily Africa Alexander Mwenda, a Miraa farmer in Gaciongo, Igembe North chopped down his earlier treasured trees three weeks ago sparking uproar, shock and disbelief among other growers and dealers in Meru county. Mr Mwenda has been in the miraa-growing venture for two decades but was irked by the low prices and hired

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Libya: 27 killed in Tripoli clashes

By Anadolu Agency At least 27 people have been killed in armed clashes in the Libyan capital that erupted late on Monday, according to medics. The Libyan government’s Emergency Medicine and Support Center stated on Tuesday that it recorded 27 fatalities and 106 injuries in Tripoli. “The center’s crews were able to evacuate 234 families

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Kenya launches an inquiry into alleged abuses by a British Army training unit — including a murder

Credit Twitter Kenya’s president William Ruto By The Associated Press A parliamentary committee in Kenya has launched an inquiry into alleged human rights violations and ethical breaches by a British army training unit that has been active for decades in the country the U.K. calls “our defense partner of choice in East Africa.” The British

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France has maintained power for certain African dictators

A photograph appear on the Internet By Dr Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad France has maintained close ties with certain African leaders in West Africa, frequently putting their interests ahead of democracy and human rights. They have backed Equatorial Guinea’s president since 1979, Cameroon’s president since 1983, and even approved Ivory Coast’s president altering the constitution to

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Ethiopian airstrike on a town square in the restive Amhara region kills 26, health official says

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, left, accompanied by House speaker Tagesse Chafo, right, addresses the parliament in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Nov. 15, 2022. Authorities in Ethiopia are carrying out mass arrests of hundreds, even thousands, of people in the capital after deadly unrest in the country’s Amhara region, lawyers and witnesses said.

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The East African Federation (EAF) And The Somali Republic – Analysis

Photographer Somali Times/Somalia shady president Hassan Sheikh Eurasia Review By Hamid Masheye The Federal Republic of Somalia (3) will soon join the East African Community (EAC) but the EAC is different from all other regional economic integrations by explicitly stating its intention to create a federal sovereign country called the East African Federation (EAF). (1)

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