The satellite image shows IL-76 cargo plane parked on the tarmac at Amdjarass International Airport, Ouadi Koudjinli, Chad October 1, 2024. MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES/USG, Courtesy of Conflict Observatory/Handout via Reuters By Reuters Since civil war erupted in Sudan last year, dozens of cargo planes from the United Arab Emirates have landed at a small airstrip in

File Photo/Somali Times President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a joint press conference with Somali President Hassan Sheikh and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at the presidential palace. Read: Face-to-face talks will take place between Hassan Sheikh and Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed in Turkey The joint meeting came after a separate meeting with the two leaders

Jay-Z and Beyoncé. Credit Photo/Facebook By Face2Face Africa Tina Knowles has denied responding to the accusations against her son-in-law on social media. On Monday, December 9, Knowles’ verified Instagram account “liked” an Instagram post from ABC 7 Chicago featuring a picture of Jay-Z and Combs with the headline, “Breaking News: Jay-Z, Diddy Named in Lawsuit

By Kenyan foreign policy Leading human rights organizations have expressed concern over Kenya’s worsening score in civic freedoms under President William Ruto’s administration. The December report by Civicus, a global alliance of civil society organizations, highlights an alarming decline in civic freedoms across Sub-Saharan Africa. According to the People Power Under Attack 2024 report, Kenya’s

Credit Photo/Facebook By Anadolu Agency Syria’s deposed President Bashar al-Assad, and his family on Sunday arrived in Moscow, where Russia offered them asylum, Russian state news agency reported. “Assad and his family members arrived in Moscow. Being guided by humanitarian considerations, Russia has granted asylum for them,” TASS said, citing a Kremlin source. Read: Syrian

Sixty-one years of Baath Party rule in Syria collapsed on Sunday when the capital Damascus fell out of the hands of regime control. The Arab Socialist Baath Party had come to power in Syria in 1963, in a coup. In 1970, Hafez al-Assad – the father of Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s newly deposed ruler – seized

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu watch servicemen passing by as they visit the Hmeymim air base in Latakia Province, Syria December 11, 2017. Photographer Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik via Reuters/File Photo By Reuters Two strategically-important Russian military facilities in Syria and Moscow’s very presence in the Middle East are under serious threat

Lieutenant General Hassan Abdul Ghani, a member of the opposition’s military operations department, announced on Telegram today that “the forces are now less than 20 kilometers from the southern gate of the capital Damascus.” Abdul Ghani said on Telegram: “Our forces have entered the city of Al-Sanameyn, north of Daraa, and announced that they have

By Anadolu Agency Romania’s Constitutional Court annulled the presidential run-off scheduled for Dec. 8, and the results of the 1st round of the Nov. 24 election, local media reported on Friday. The electoral process will be resumed in its entirety, with the government setting a new date for the election of the president, said the

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, meets representatives when inspecting the information support force of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on Dec. 4, 2024. Photographer Li Gang By Xinhua News Agency Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for