Biden set to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan

By Reuters,

President Joe Biden plans to withdraw the remaining 2,500 U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021, 20 years to the day after the al Qaeda attac...

Afghanistan , AL QAEDA , President Joe Biden , U.S. troops

Capitol Police officer killed, another injured after suspect rams car into police barrier outside building

By CNN,

One US Capitol Police officer has died and another is injured after a suspect rammed a vehicle into a police barricade outside the Capitol building Fr...

US Capitol

U.S President Joe Biden says he plans to run for re-election in 2024

By Reuters,

President Joe Biden on Thursday said he expects to run for president again in 2024 and defended his policy to provide shelter to unaccompanied childre...

COVID-19 , Donald Trump , North Korea , President Joe Biden

North Korea missile launch tests Biden administration, Japan Olympics

By Reuters,

North Korea launched two ballistic missiles into the sea near Japan on Thursday, Japan’s prime minister said, fueling tension ahead of the Tokyo Oly...

North Korea

U.N. calls for stop to ‘horrific’ sexual violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray

By Reuters,

A dozen top United Nations officials on Monday called for a stop to indiscriminate and targeted attacks against civilians in Ethiopia’s northern Tig...

Abiy Ahmed , Ethiopia , tigray

United States and Kenya to strengthen security partnership: Rohling

By Citizen Reporter,

The United States stands with Kenya in the mutual objective to keep Kenyans and Americans safe through support and cooperation, a senior American Army...

KDF , Rohling

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris holds talks with AU Chair Tshisekedi

By Agencies,

Vice President Kamala Harris spoke with President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Friday. The Vice President congratula...

AFRICAN UNION , kamala harris , tigray , Tshisekedi

Britain’s Karim Khan elected International Criminal Court prosecutor

By Reuters,

Parties to the International Criminal Court on Friday elected Britain’s Karim Khan as the new prosecutor for a nine-year term starting on June 16. ...

Fatou Bensouda , Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab , International Criminal Court. , Karim Khan

Ugandan court rules Bobi Wine’s house arrest is illegal, orders police to vacate the compound

By Reuters,

A Ugandan court has ordered security forces to cease surrounding the home of opposition leader Bobi Wine, whose house arrest since a mid-month preside...

Bobi Wine , President Yoweri Museveni , Uganda High Court

Biden sworn in as U.S. president, takes helm of deeply divided nation

By Reuters,

Joe Biden arrived at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday morning for his presidential inauguration, ready to take over a country battered by the coronavirus...

Trump ends tumultuous term under cloud, faces uncertain future

By Reuters,

President Donald Trump leaves the presidency on Wednesday under a dark cloud of his own making, ending his single four-year term stained by two impeac...

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Bobi Wine, still under house arrest, says no food left for relative’s baby

By Citizen Reporter,

Besieged opposition leader Bobi Wine has revealed that he has been under house arrest with an 18 month-old-baby whose food has run out. Taking to T...

bobi , Museveni , uganda

U.S. military pulls last troops out of Somalia

By VOA,

The United States military has completed withdrawing troops from Somalia, according to the U.S. Africa Command. Also Read: US President Donald Trum...

Africom , Al Shabaab , somalia

Bobi Wine says troops raided party HQs as staff planned legal challenge

By Reuters,

Bobi Wine, leader of Uganda’s main opposition party, said troops raided its headquarters on Monday as staff tried to prepare a legal challenge to Pr...

bobi , Museveni , uganda

Pro-Trump protests quiet amid massive police presence across U.S.

By Reuters,

Law enforcement officers far outnumbered protesters at state capitol grounds on Sunday, as few Trump supporters who believe the president’s false cl...

Donald Trump

How the U.S. helped Museveni stay in power for over 3 decades

By CNN,

Ugandans go to the polls on January 14, with Bobi Wine and nine other candidates challenging incumbent President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in powe...

bobi , Museveni , uganda

15,000 troops set for Biden inauguration as U.S. braces for extremist violence

By CNN,

The National Guard has plans to have up to 15,000 National Guard troops to meet current and future requests for the inauguration, Gen. Daniel Hokanson...

Biden , Trump

FBI warns ‘armed protests’ being planned at all 50 state capitols and in Washington DC

By CNN,

The FBI has received information indicating "armed protests" are being planned at all 50 state capitols and the US Capitol in Washington, DC in the da...

George Blake, last in line of Cold War spies who betrayed Britain, dies at 98

By Reuters,

George Blake, who died in Russia on Saturday at the age of 98, was the last in a line of British spies whose secret work for the Soviet Union humiliat...

Cold War , George Blake , President Vladimir Putin

Massive ‘sea base’ ship joins effort to withdraw U.S. troops from Somalia

By Reuters,

The U.S. continues to remove troops from Somalia following President Donald Trump’s directive earlier this month. Also Read: US President Donald ...

shabaab , somalia