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How Russian Organized Crime Group Wagner Gained Dominance in Africa

Russian officers from the wagner group are seen around Central African president Faustin-Archange Touadera, as they are part of the presidential security system during the referendum campaign to change the constitution and remove term limits, in Bangui, Central African Republic July 16, 2023. Credit Photo to Reuters By The African Exponent The Wagner Group is

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MPs say Ethiopian Airlines should be banned from Somalia’s airspace and business

MPs from the Somalia People’s Assembly issued a statement about issues related to the tension between Somalia and Ethiopia as a result of the maritime agreement in Addis Ababa. The MPs suggested the federal government to take action against Ethiopian Airlines, which is still operating in the cities of Mogadishu and Hargeisa. Read: Somalia’s president

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South Korea passes bill to ban consumption of dog meat

Dogs look on from their cages at a dog meat farm in Hwaseong, South Korea, November 21, 2023. Photographer Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo By Reuters South Korea’s parliament passed a bill on Tuesday to ban the eating and selling of dog meat, a move that will end the controversial centuries-old practice amid growing support for animal

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The US and UK say Bangladesh’s elections extending Hasina’s rule were not credible

In this photograph released by Bangladesh Prime Minister’s office, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, addresses a press conference following her election victory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Jan.8, 2024. (Bangladesh Prime Minister’s office via AP) By The Associated Press The United States and the United Kingdom said the elections that extended Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s rule

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Italian opposition demands investigation after hundreds give fascist salute at Rome rally

People gather during a rally to commemorate the slaying in 1978 of two members of a neo-fascist youth group in an attack later claimed by extreme-left militants, in Rome, Sunday Jan. 7, 2024. Opposition politicians in Italy demanded on Monday that Italy’s government explain how hundreds of demonstrators were able to give a banned fascist

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Kenya fourth-largest borrower of World Bank low-interest loans

Signage of the World Bank. File Photo/Pool By Business Daily Africa Kenya has become the fourth-largest borrower from the International Development Association (IDA), the soft loan affiliate of the World Bank, which helps the world’s poorest countries, with a total borrowing of $2.01 billion (Sh316.78 billion at current exchange rates). Latest data from the World

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Uproar as Nigerian man, 54, ‘marries’ four-year-old girl to ‘save her from death’

A 54-year-old Nigerian man is said to have married a four-year-old girl o December 26, 2023. By The East African The marriage between a four-year-old ‘bride’ and a 54-year-old man in Nigeria’s oil-rich Bayelsa community is a traditional rite to save the child’s life, the girl’s parents have said. After hearing from the child’s parents,

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Somalia’s parliament tablet motion security agreements between Ethiopia and UAE

File Photo Somali Times/President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh, both houses speakers Members of the People’s Assembly of the Parliament of the Federal Republic of Somalia have submitted a serious motion related to security agreements that the government has already entered into with Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates. Read: Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh history of

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As police lose the war on crime in South Africa, private security companies step in

Anton Koen, a former police officer who now runs a private security firm that specializes in tracking and recovering hijacked and stolen vehicles, prepares to go out on patrol east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. Experts have warned that the South African police are losing the battle against crime and that has

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Somalia president signed the law of the two houses annulled the agreement between Ethiopia and Hargeisa administration

Photo Somali Times/President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh, both houses speakers The President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, has signed the law of the two houses of Parliament that annulled the agreement between the governments of Ethiopia and Hargeisa administration, which was approved by the members of the two houses of the Federal Parliament of Somalia.

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