Tag: Africa

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.

Alleged financier of Rwandan genocide arrested after more than two decades in hiding, will face tribunal

Zach Halaschak · May 16, 2020 5:06 pm

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 11, 2021 - Men in camouflage uniforms line up during the drills of the Territorial Defence units in Kharkiv Region, northeastern Ukraine.

National Security

Russian presence in Libya more dangerous than ISIS, says US Africa Command

Abraham Mahshie · April 29, 2020 12:01 am

World Health Organization puts politics above the coronavirus fight in the Horn of Africa

Ali-Guban Mohamed · April 26, 2020 4:00 am

An armed member of the militant group al Shabaab attends a rally on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia. (AP Image)

National Security

Airstrikes in Somalia degrade one of the ‘most capable of the terrorist organizations,’ but is stability possible?

Abraham Mahshie · April 20, 2020 12:43 pm

Swarms of desert locusts fly up into the air from crops in Katitika village, Kitui county, Kenya Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. Desert locusts have swarmed into Kenya by the hundreds of millions from Somalia and Ethiopia, countries that haven't seen such numbers in a quarter-century, destroying farmland and threatening an already vulnerable region.

Unless canceled, Africa’s debt burden will cause COVID-19 to kill millions

Dayo Israel · April 16, 2020 4:00 am

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general de la OrganizaciÃ³n Mundial de la Salud, habla durante una conferencia en Ginebra, Suiza, el lunes 9 de marzo de 2020.

Flashback: WHO’s Tedros was accused of covering up cholera outbreaks in Ethiopia

Carly Ortiz-Lytle · April 15, 2020 7:10 pm

Ferry commuters walk through an automated disinfecting machine installed this week that sprays disinfectant onto all passengers boarding or disembarking ferries that cross the harbor of Mombasa, on the south coast of Kenya Wednesday, April 8, 2020. Kenya this week increased its restrictions to combat the coronavirus, announcing travel bans into and out of the capital city, Nairobi, the port of Mombasa and two counties.

African country says those not wearing masks during coronavirus pandemic will be arrested

Zach Halaschak · April 15, 2020 5:09 pm

Chinese President Xi Jinping waves to students and audience after his lecture at Seoul National University in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 4, 2014. With a single meeting Thursday, the leaders of China and South Korea simultaneously snubbed North Korea, bolstered their already booming trade relationship and gave the U.S. and Japan a look at Beijing's growing influence south of the Korean Demilitarized Zone. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Beltway Confidential

We’re all in this together. Well, unless you’re African

Tom Rogan · April 14, 2020 5:55 pm

Chinese inroads into Africa jeopardized over charges of racist coronavirus response

Joel Gehrke · April 14, 2020 5:12 pm

Swarms of desert locusts fly up into the air from crops in Katitika village, Kitui county, Kenya Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. Desert locusts have swarmed into Kenya by the hundreds of millions from Somalia and Ethiopia, countries that haven't seen such numbers in a quarter-century, destroying farmland and threatening an already vulnerable region.

‘Unprecedented threat’: New locust outbreak threatens millions in eastern Africa

Mike Brest · April 11, 2020 4:40 pm

Former vice president and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks on Wednesday, June 5, 2019, beside Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, right, and renderings of a park in being constructed in Boston in honor of Martin Richard, the youngest victim of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings.

Beltway Confidential

What would President Joe Biden’s foreign policy look like?

Tom Rogan · April 8, 2020 8:10 pm

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

Magazine - Washington Briefing

US Africa Command misses opportunity to show value amid canceled exercises

Abraham Mahshie · March 20, 2020 3:00 am