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U.S. Embassy employee charged with sexually abusing girls in Burkina Faso home
Washington Post· 4 days agoThe husband of a U.S. diplomat in Burkina Faso was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of...
Countering Russia’s African Strategy
The National Interest· 17 hours agoDespite the recent surge of Russian activity in the Sahel—the arrival of Russian troops in Niger in April, the presence of Africa Corps mercenaries in ...
Is it safe to go there? What State Department travel advisories mean for your vacation
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 6 days agoHe can be reached at Michael.Salerno@gannett.com. Follow him on X, formerly Twitter: @salerno_phx....
Ghana braces for three weeks of power cuts
BBC via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIt comes barely two months after President Nana Akufo-Addo curbed electricity exports to Togo, Burkina Faso and Benin following supply challenges. The...
Gateway - Quartz
Quartz· 3 hours agoThe lifting of a ban on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) by Kenya’s new government barely a month after president William Ruto was sworn in is causing jitters, with politicians, and pressure ...
Mali: Unfair Comparisons
Strategy Page· 3 days agoDecember 17, 2018: The UN and France do not agree on how the local G5 counterterrorism Force should be paid for and used. While the 15,300 UN peacekeepers (mainly from Senegal, Burkina ...
Ukraine stabilizes frontlines, posts notable firsts
The Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle· 7 days agoUkraine is trying to take the momentum on the battlefield, which means the country's armed forces saw several firsts in this war.
Mali: June 2024 Update
Strategy Page· 2 days agoJune 16, 2024: The landlocked Mali continues to stumble forward without an elected or effective government. Mali is in northwest Africa just south of the Sahara desert. Its northeastern neighbor ...
Mali: The North Is Lost
Strategy Page· 5 days agoSeptember 27, 2023: Islamic terrorist violence in the north has left nearly 200 dead in the last month. The military government of Mali was dismayed to discover that the expensive Russian mercenaries ...
Mali: Weaponizing Gold
Strategy Page· 5 days agoJuly 7, 2023: The military government recently appointed a new Minister of Mines after the previous one resigned because recent cuts in electrical power caused popular unrest and complaints ...
