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FILE PHOTO – U.S. Department of Homeland Security Under Secretary Chris Krebs speaks to reporters at the DHS Election Operations Center and National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) in Arlington, Virginia, U.S. November 6, 2018. © REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File PhotoM President Donald Trump on Tuesday fired the director of the federal agency that vouched for the […]

MAn Ethiopian refugee rests in the shade inside a hut at the Umm Rakubah camp in Sudan’s eastern Gedaref province on November 16, 2020. For Ethiopians who escaped intense fighting in their northern homeland of Tigray by fleeing into Sudan, they are now safe; but the terrifying nightmare of what they witnessed haunts them. “I […]

Mr Trump, who has been playing golf after his election defeat, had a more important meeting in the Oval Office last week (Picture: Getty/AP) President Donald Trump had to be talked down from a missile strike on Iran’s main nuclear site last week, according to reports in the US. The outgoing President asked for options […]

Ethiopian forces comprise about 140,000 personnel and are battle-hardened from conflicts with Somali fighters, rebels in border regions, and Eritrea in the past [File: Andrew Heavens via Reuters] Ethiopia’s leader warned “the final and crucial” military operation will soon be launched against the government of the country’s rebellious northern Tigray region. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed […]

Kenya’s Foreign Affairs CAS Ababu Namwamba with Somalia’s Foreign and International Cooperation Minister Ahmed Isse Awad during the reopening of the Somalia Embassy premises in Nairobi on November 14, 2020. PHOTO | COURTESY Somalia has reopened its Nairobi embassy premises, 10 years after Mogadishu won a court case against a private Kenyan businessman who had […]

In this file image, volunteers are given the Moderna vaccine in August in Detroit, Michigan Photo: AFP / Henry Ford Health System The results come hot on the heels of similar results from Pfizer, and add to growing confidence that vaccines can help end the pandemic. Both companies used a highly innovative and experimental approach to designing […]

The political conflict between the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) party and its former coalition allies in the Ethiopian government, which started in 2019, ultimately resulted in clashes between regional and federal military forces in September 2020. The conflict eventually started to spill over into neighbouring Eritrea. The use of heavy weapons and bombers has […]

M The number of US coronavirus cases passed 11 million on Sunday, one million more than a week ago [File: Dado Ruvic/Reuters] The US government’s top infectious disease expert is warning that a lack of coordination between outgoing and incoming administrations puts American lives at greater risk from the rapidly spreading coronavirus. President-elect Joe Biden’s […]

He will continue working from Downing Street (Picture: Getty) Boris Johnson has been told to self-isolate after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for Covid-19, Downing Street has said. The prime minister will continue working from Downing Street while in quarantine, a spokesman said. It is understood that Mr Johnson was advised to self-isolate by NHS Test […]

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (Yonhap) The South Korean government is seeking to make a breakthrough in its strained relations with Tokyo over a wartime labor dispute, with Seoul officials racing to Japan for talks with political leaders. A delegation of bipartisan lawmakers from the Korea-Japan Parliamentarians’ Union, led […]