Two Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) were launched by Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists from Yemen toward the USS Gravely in the Red Sea. The US Armed Forces said on Thursday that they destroyed two drones and a
Ghana to raise cocoa farmgate price by up to 50%, Cocobod says
Ghana will raise the fixed farmgate price paid to cocoa farmers by up to 50% in an effort to share profits from rising global prices and deter farmers from bean smuggling, a spokesperson at the
Ivory Coast regulator postpones main crop cocoa contracts
Ivory Coast contracts for the 2023/24 main cocoa crop between exporters and the Coffee and Cocoa Council (CCC) that could not be completed due to a bean shortage will be postponed to prevent exporters from
Senegal’s new president announces oil, gas and mining sector audit
Senegal will conduct an audit of the oil, gas and mining sectors, newly elected President Bassirou Diomaye Faye told the nation in a televised speech on Wednesday, while also reassuring investors they were welcome in
Somalia expels Ethiopian envoy amid naval base dispute
Somalia said on Thursday it was expelling Ethiopia’s ambassador, closing two Ethiopian consulates and recalling its own ambassador to Addis Ababa amid a dispute over Ethiopia’s plan to build a naval base in the breakaway
En Libye, l’assise du premier ministre Dbeibah fragilisée
La stabilité relative qui prévaut depuis 2020 est mise à mal par le tarissement budgétaire, un « pacte sécuritaire » sous pression en Tripolitaine et un dialogue avec le maréchal Haftar dans l’impasse. Des roquettes
Ethiopia – Military Executes Dozens in Amhara Region
(Nairobi) – The Ethiopian military summarily executed several dozen civilians and committed other war crimes on January 29, 2024, in the town of Merawi in Ethiopia’s northwestern Amhara region, Human Rights Watch said today. The
Nigerian military kills 2,351 terrorists, apprehends 2,308 others – DHQ
DHQ said the military also rescued kidnapped hostages in different operations nationwide between January and March. The Defence Headquarters says troops neutralised no fewer than 2,352 terrorists, apprehended 2,308 and rescued 1,241 kidnapped hostages in
Jihadists’ Rivalry In The Sahel Is Good News For Counterinsurgency Efforts
The recent clashes between the two terrorist groups — JNIM and ISGS — stem from a disagreement in 2019 over operations and, to some extent, extremist ideology. Members of two prominent jihadist groups in Africa’s
Eritrea: With Indefinite Conscription, It Is the Most Repressive Regime on Earth
Eritrea is Africa’s strictest dictatorship with no freedom of speech or expression. Along with a totalitarian government, Eritrea is known for its hellish conscription. The Eritrean national conscription is considered to eclipse North Korea in