Tag: Africa

Beltway Confidential

Rorke’s Drift: 140 years ago, Britain’s greatest last-stand victory

Tom Rogan · January 30, 2019 5:01 am

In this photo taken Sunday, Sept 9, 2018, a health worker sprays disinfectant on his colleague after working at an Ebola treatment centre in Beni, Eastern Congo. The current Ebola outbreak in northeastern Congo has become a testing ground with one aid group for the first time treating confirmed Ebola victims in individual biosecure units used in emergencies involving highly infectious diseases.

Beltway Confidential

Climate change doesn’t cause pandemics, poor governance does

Michael Rubin · January 28, 2019 3:05 pm

Fire and smoke rises from an explosion in Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. An upscale hotel complex in Kenya's capital came under attack on Tuesday, with a blast and heavy gunfire. The al-Shabab extremist group based in neighboring Somalia claimed responsibility and said its members were still fighting inside.

National Security

US stops touting how many al Shabaab terrorists it’s killed in Somalia

Jamie McIntyre · January 24, 2019 5:12 pm

Workers dry salted fish at a slum in the coastal area on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia.

Beltway Confidential

Don’t let climate change ‘solutions’ halt the miraculous progress against world poverty

Kathleen Hartnett White · January 24, 2019 1:30 pm

Al-Shabab fighters march with their weapons during military exercises on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia. In early April, a few dozen U.S. troops from the 101st Airborne Division were deployed to Somalia to advise that country in its fight against al-Shabab extremists. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor, File)

US airstrikes kill 52 Islamic militants in Somalia

Sean Higgins · January 19, 2019 11:45 pm

Family members including the mother of Abdalla, center, prepare to pray over the bodies of Abdalla Dahir and Feisal Ahmed, who were both killed in Tuesday's attack, at a mosque in Nairobi, Kenya.

In deadly Nairobi attack, stories of fear, bravery, and loss

Associated Press · January 19, 2019 6:04 pm

Force Master Chief Derrick Walters.

National Security

Navy SEAL named one of service’s four fleet master chiefs

Diana Stancy Correll · January 11, 2019 8:24 pm

Somali security forces walk past destroyed shops after a car bomb attack at a busy junction in the Wadajir district of the capital Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Heartless, but true: There’s no reason for US troops to be in Somalia

Daniel DePetris · January 8, 2019 1:30 pm

A man walks past destroyed buildings after a large blast in the capital city of Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018. Police say a suicide car bomb exploded near the presidential palace killing and injuring a number of people.

National Security

US airstrike kills 6 al-Shabaab militants in Somalia

Diana Stancy Correll · January 7, 2019 7:18 pm

Congolese voters who have been waiting at the St. Raphael school in the Limete district of Kinshasa.

US sends troops to Africa over Congo unrest

Allison Elyse Gualtieri · January 5, 2019 4:15 am

An ambulance carrying drives to the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Neb.

Doctor possibly exposed to Ebola being monitored in Nebraska

Daniel Chaitin · December 29, 2018 9:36 pm

Beltway Confidential

Africa is using America’s industrial farming techniques to get rich

Tim Worstall · December 27, 2018 8:22 pm