Libya’s interior minister survived unscathed Sunday an attack by gunmen on his motorcade, according to sources from his office.The gunmen fired on Fathi Bashagha’s convoy as he drove across the capital of Tripoli Sunday following a visit to the Nationa…
Read MoreIsrael Unveils Real-world Pfizer Data, ‘Green Badge’
Israelis who have received both doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine saw their risk of illness from the coronavirus drop 98.5% and their risk of hospitalization drop 98.9%, the country’s Health Ministry said Saturday.The ministry’s findings came from d…
Read MoreUN Report Finds Trump Ally Violated Libya Arms Embargo, US Media Says
WASHINGTON – Private security contractor and ally of former U.S. President Donald Trump Erik Prince violated a United Nations arms embargo on Libya, U.N. investigators have found in a report detailed by U.S. media on Friday.The confidential report to t…
Read MoreUN Alarmed by Atrocities by Armed Groups in Eastern DRC
GENEVA – The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR says it is alarmed by atrocities committed by armed groups against civilians in Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu provinces in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The agency is reporting killings …
Read MoreAmid Clashes in Mogadishu, Analysts Warn Somalia Could Slip Back into Civil War
Politicians and analysts warn that clashes in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital, between the federal government and supporters of opposition presidential candidates could escalate the country’s political crisis into a full-blown conflict.Tension has been si…
Read MoreAfrica’s Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 100,000
The coronavirus death toll on the African continent surpassed 100,000 on Friday, as African countries struggled to obtain vaccines to counteract the pandemic.South Africa alone accounts for nearly half of the confirmed deaths in Africa with 48,859, acc…
Read MoreStaggering Level of Violence in South Sudan Threatens to Spiral Out of Control, UN Warns
U.N. investigators warn that unprecedented levels of ethnically based violence in South Sudan threaten to spiral out of control because of lack of justice and accountability. The report issued Friday will be submitted to the U.N. Human Rights Council,…
Read MoreClandestine Training of Somali Forces in Eritrea Stirs Families’ Concern
Somalia’s government sent thousands of recruits to Eritrea for military training in a clandestine operation, as the country faces al-Shabab threats, the recent withdrawal of U.S. military personnel and the projected drawdown of African Union peacekeepi…
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