South Sudan: 100 days to alleviate the suffering of millions

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Many South Sudanese fear the current fragile stability could be short-lived and that conflict could break out once again JUBA, South Sudan, November 8, 2019/...

Bosco Ntaganda Sentenced to 30 Years’ Imprisonment

Bosco Ntaganda during the delivery of the sentence in Courtroom 1 of the International Criminal Court on 7 November 2019
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To make its decision, the Chamber received submissions from the parties and participants regarding the possible sentence, heard witnesses and admitted evidence THE HAGUE, Netherlands,...

How Kagame and Museveni became the best of frenemies

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The presidents of Rwanda and Uganda, Paul Kagame (L) and Yoweri Museveni / Village Urugwiro Once great allies, presidents Kagame and Museveni are becoming more...

How likely is conflict between the US and Iran?

This week’s attack on Saudi oil facilities appears to be the latest effort by Iran to escalate tensions in the Persian Gulf to push back on the US ‘maximum pressure’ sanctions campaign. Pavel Golovkin/EPA
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This week’s attack on Saudi oil facilities appears to be the latest effort by Iran to escalate tensions in the Persian Gulf to push...

Somaliland: State Condemns Saudi Arabia Attacks

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By Goth Mohamed Goth Republic of Somaliland strongly condemns the terrible attack on critical energy infrastructure in Abqaiq and Khurais. The government of Somaliland and people...

U.S. Blames Iran for Attack on Saudi Oil Facilities

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Smoke billowing after a fire at a Saudi Aramco factory in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday. PHOTO: VIDEOS OBTAINED BY REUTERS/REUTERS Secretary of State Mike...

Former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe dies aged 95

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Former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has died, according to reports. He was 95. According to ZimLive, the news was confirmed by two sources. He reportedly died...

Provoking Iran over tanker can blow a hole in global oil flows

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By Julian Lee THE CAPTURE of the Stena Impero shows just how easy it is for Iran to hamper shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. At the moment,...

Economic ‘game changer’? African leaders launch free-trade zone

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari signs an agreement ahead of the lauching of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), during African Union summit in Niamey, Niger July 7, 2019. Nigeria Presidency/Handout via Reuters
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NIAMEY - African leaders launched a continental free-trade zone on Sunday that if successful would unite 1.3 billion people, create a $3.4 trillion economic...

How Museveni has twisted Uganda’s constitution to cling to power

President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has engineered constitutional changes that could see him rule for life. Daniel Irungu/EPA-EFE
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For a period of time between 1986 and the early 2000s Uganda was considered to be a country committed to democratic reform. But in...