The Risk of a New Ethiopian-Eritrean War Is Growing
By Michael Woldemariam and A bel Abate Demissie People walk through an intersection in Mekele, in Ethiopia's Tigray region, on April 2. Ximena Borrazas/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images For more than a year, another catastrophic war between Eritrea and Ethiopia has appeared imminent. Seasoned experts and some political figures have repeatedly raised the alarm, citing the seemingly irreconcilable differences between the leaders of the two states, escalating rhetoric, an
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Wagner group’s troubled paramilitary legacy in Mali
A new report has cast a harsh light on the Wagner Group's three years in Mali, showing how the Russian mercenary group was a source of...
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NGOs challenge secret US-Eswatini deportee deal
COURT BATTLE Illustrative Image: Eswatini flag. (Photo: Freepik) | Handcuffed person (Photo: Istock) The Eswatini Litigation Centre, the...
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Serbian Officials and Protesters Trade Blame After Violence
For a fifth night in a row, protests in Serbia were marked by clashes between demonstrators and police – with each side accusing the...
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Eswatini opposition attacks US deal as ‘human trafficking disguised as deportation’
Men from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Yemen and Cuba to be temporarily held in kingdom Five men are reportedly being held at the Matsapha...
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Amnesty: Angola must investigate deadly strike crackdown
AFP via Getty Images By Amnesty International Responding to reports that at least 29 people were killed, hundreds more injured and more...
Thais Mount 2nd Protest Against Leader
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra of Thailand had already been suspended after a leaked phone call that many say showed her selling...
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Arrests, raids, beaten Azerbaijanis in Russia
Relations between Russia and Azerbaijan, once considered close, have sharply deteriorated amid a series of high-profile confrontations...
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Al Jazeera
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Wagner's Secret Prisons in Mali: Torture and Abuses
By Guillaume Vénétitay (Forbidden Stories) France 24 Aerial map of Malian military base and prison with Wagner torture center. credit...
Jihadists invade countries on West African coast
A New Frontline Emerges as Jihadists Eye West Africa Coast The New York Times June 16, 2025 By Elian Peltier Photographs by Arlette...
