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Ethiopia’s government said Monday it had recaptured two strategic towns from rebel fighters, the latest in a rapid series of battlefield victories claimed by forces loyal to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.  Ethiopian government soldiers on a truck on a road near Agula, north of Mekele, in Tigray, on May 8, 2021. © Ben Curtis, AP (file […]

 TEHRAN — Speaking at his weekly press briefing on Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said that the Islamic Republic has a strong will to reach a good agreement in Vienna. “What I am saying is an Iranian narrative. We arrived in Vienna with a strong will and the team was sent to reach […]

 The CSO Coalition on Elections has described The Gambia’s presidential election as free, fair and transparent despite the rejection of the results by three parties. “The elections were conducted generally in an atmosphere of transparency and fairness as observed by domestic and international observers,” Tango chairman John Njie told journalists yesterday at the Coco Ocean […]

Urgent solutions needed for refugees as camps set to close Thousands of refugees face uncertainty and insecurity as camps in Kenya are set to close, warns Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). A surgical team operate on a child in the operation theatre at Dagahaley hospital. Kenya, November 2021. © CHALI FLANI PRODUCTIONS FOR MSF In a […]

A $531-billion business: The new SIPRI report shows that the world’s top 100 arms producers have continued to increase sales — even in the pandemic year of 2020 and despite the global economy contracting.      Arms sales by German companies went up 1.3% in 2020, says SIPRI Lockdowns, crumbling supply chains, jittery consumers: The COVID-19 […]

Vaccines are arriving in African countries, yet a lack of funds, staff and community outreach have slowed down the campaigns that are expected to also be impacted by the new omicron variant People stand in line to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, at the Narok County Referral Hospital, in Narok, Kenya, Dec. 1, 2021. (Reuters Photo) […]

Junta jailed ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday for four years for incitement against the military and breaching Covid rules, a government spokesman told AFP, the first of a series of possible sentences that could see the Nobel laureate imprisoned for decades. Former leader Aung San Suu Kyi still faces a catalogue of […]

US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin are scheduled to speak in a video call Tuesday as tensions between the US and Russia escalate, and observers noted that while the main focus would be Ukraine, it would be hard for Russia and the US to reach a consensus on one occasion. Biden Putin […]

The United States on Saturday led a group of Western nations and allies in condemnation of the Taliban over the “summary killings” of former members of the Afghan security forces reported by rights groups, demanding quick investigations. People watch a Taliban military parade of the Al-Badr unit in Kandahar on November 8, 2021. © Javed Tanveer, […]

WASHINGTON—You may have heard this year that Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia is, strangely, the most powerful man in Washington. From voting rights to infrastructure funding, the senate filibuster and the president’s economic agenda, he is the one person whose thumbs-up or thumbs-down can decide what becomes law and what doesn’t, as a result of […]