Tag: Africa

Several Twitter users Friday fell for a parody book excerpt posted online that reported President Trump demanded access to a 24/7 "gorilla channel" in the White House. (Will Wintercross/Bloomberg News)

Ugandan wildlife authorities detain four men who killed popular 25-year-old gorilla

Mica Soellner · June 12, 2020 7:40 pm

Beltway Confidential

Democracy imperiled in Africa by ‘reformers’ turned dictators

Michael Rubin · June 11, 2020 9:41 pm

Africaâs developing markets represent a huge opportunity for U.S. trade and economic growth.

African coronavirus cases double in 18 days

David Hogberg · June 11, 2020 8:47 pm

Chadian soldiers stand at a checkpoint in front of a Boko Haram flag the Nigerian city of Damasak, Nigeria, Wednesday March 18, 2015. Damasak was flushed of Boko Haram militants last week, and is now controlled by a joint Chadian and Nigerien force.

‘Children and women were not spared’: Boko Haram kills at least 81 in hourslong attack on Nigerian village

Zach Halaschak · June 10, 2020 11:24 pm

Militia leader accused of war crimes in Darfur arrested 13 years after warrant issued

Zach Halaschak · June 9, 2020 8:37 pm

‘Collective win’: Al Qaeda leader in North Africa killed

Zach Halaschak · June 6, 2020 3:45 pm

Ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols, left, is seen with Zimbabwean President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Zimbabwe summons US ambassador over Trump adviser’s ‘foreign adversaries’ list

Zach Halaschak · June 2, 2020 7:07 pm

Beltway Confidential

Egypt could face blowback from Somalia weapons deal

Michael Rubin · June 1, 2020 6:22 pm

In this Tuesday, July 16, 2019 photo, health workers dressed in protective gear begin their shift at an Ebola treatment center in Beni, Congo DRC.

Second Ebola outbreak confirmed in Congo

Cassidy Morrison · June 1, 2020 2:52 pm

FILE - In this Friday, April 4, 2014 file photo, the skulls and bones of some of those who were slaughtered as they sought refuge inside the church are laid out as a memorial to the thousands who were killed in and around the Catholic church during the 1994 genocide in Ntarama, Rwanda. Felicien Kabuga, one of the most wanted fugitives in Rwanda's 1994 genocide who had a $5 million bounty on his head, has been arrested in Paris, authorities said Saturday, May 16, 2020.

‘I have not killed any Tutsis’: Alleged financier of Rwandan genocide denies involvement after decades on the run

Zach Halaschak · May 27, 2020 10:54 pm

Beltway Confidential

To respond to Russian jets, give the Libyan government Patriot missile systems

Tom Rogan · May 26, 2020 9:05 pm

Russian fighter jets were recently deployed to Libya in order to support Russian state-sponsored private military contractors operating on the ground there. The Russian fighter aircraft arrived in Libya, from an airbase in Russia, after transiting Syria where it is assessed they were repainted to camouflage their Russian origin.

Russia secretly sends fighter jets to shore up Libyan strongman, says US Africa Command

Abraham Mahshie · May 26, 2020 5:12 pm