In the volatile Horn of Africa, where borders have long been battlegrounds, Ethiopia and Eritrea are once again trading barbs that have raised alarms about a potential slide back into war. Landlocked Ethiopia’s persistent push for access to the Red Sea through Eritrean territory has ignited a fierce diplomatic standoff, with leaders on both sides…
Voters in coup-plagued Guinea-Bissau headed to the polls Sunday in a tightly contested presidential election, with incumbent Umaro Sissoco Embalo aiming to secure a second term — a feat no leader has achieved in three decades in this West African nation scarred by political turmoil and drug trafficking. Key contenders in the race Embalo, a…
A Nigerian court on Thursday sentenced Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra separatist group, to life imprisonment after convicting him on seven terrorism-related charges. Court rules Kanu’s broadcasts incited deadly violence Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja found that Kanu’s broadcasts from London-based Radio Biafra directly incited…
Kenyan-born officer Silvia Jemutai has been promoted to lieutenant colonel in the United States Army, becoming one of the highest-ranking Kenyan women in the American military. The promotion ceremony took place on 14 November at Fort Lee, Virginia, where a senior colonel pinned silver oak leaf clusters on Jemutai’s shoulders in front of family members…
