Tag: Africa

A police vehicle drives past wreckage after a suicide car bomb attack on a government building in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, March 23, 2019.

Extremists attack Somalia government office, minister among 5 dead

Associated Press · March 23, 2019 11:45 pm

Migrants, money, and the Mafia

Jamie Dettmer · March 22, 2019 4:00 am

In this photo taken Wednesday, Oct ,13. 2010, gymnasts perform at a trade fair in Hargeisa, Somaliland. Somaliland officials say the U.S. and the international community have wasted too much time and money on Mogadishu instead of supporting a struggling but democratically elected government in Somaliland in northern Somalia.

Beltway Confidential

The world can learn from how Somaliland overcame militias

Michael Rubin · March 21, 2019 2:11 pm

Rescuers work at the scene of an Ethiopian Airlines flight crash near Bishoftu, or Debre Zeit, south of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday, March 11, 2019.

Pilot of downed Boeing plane reported flight-control problems

Pete Kasperowicz · March 13, 2019 11:24 am

The Ward County Highway Department acquired an Unmanned Aerial System device primarily for use in measuring stockpiled road materials, such as gravel and millings.

South Africa looking at drones to ‘win the war against porous borders’

Anna Giaritelli · March 11, 2019 5:18 pm

No survivors on crashed Ethiopian Airlines flight

Associated Press · March 10, 2019 12:27 pm

The shadow of a helicopter carrying park officials and media is cast on an area of forest that was burned to the ground by forest fires on the slopes of Mount Kenya, the second-highest peak in Africa at 5,199 meters (17,057 feet), in Kenya Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Fires that have been raging across Mount Kenya may have been set by poachers trying to create a diversion from their illegal attacks on animals, a wildlife official said Tuesday.

Four Americans killed in Kenya helicopter crash

John Gage · March 4, 2019 3:49 pm

Rescuers search for people trapped under the rubble after a blast in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia Monday, Feb. 4, 2019.

US has killed 181 suspected terrorists in Somalia in 2019

Jamie McIntyre · February 25, 2019 7:11 pm

Nigerians line up to vote in Kaduna, Nigeria.

Explosions, delays mark Nigeria's presidential election

Associated Press · February 23, 2019 2:11 pm

President Trump appears at an event.

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s Taliban dealing is already destabilizing Africa

Michael Rubin · February 21, 2019 9:39 pm

Marine Gen. Thomas Waldhauser takes his seat before testifying at a hearing.

US Africa commander says Somalia airstrikes won’t defeat al Shabab

Jamie McIntyre · February 7, 2019 6:50 pm

Supporters of President John Dramani Mahama celebrate in the streets after he was declared the winner of Ghana's presidential election, in Accra, Ghana, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012. President Mahama on Sunday was declared the winner despite widespread technical glitches with the machines used to identify voters and protests by the country's opposition which claims the vote was rigged. (AP Photo/Christian Thompson)

US stops issuing visas after Ghana refuses to take back deportees

Anna Giaritelli · February 1, 2019 4:28 am