Africa
Somali central gov't bars planes carrying security personnel from semi-autonomous regions from landing
Arrival of Jubaland and Puntland security personnel at Mogadishu’s Aden Adde International Airport poses serious threat to national security amid new political tensions between central government and several regional leaders, says defense minister
Somali central gov't bars planes carrying security personnel from semi-autonomous regions from landing
Arrival of Jubaland and Puntland security personnel at Mogadishu’s Aden Adde International Airport poses serious threat to national security amid new political tensions between central government and several regional leaders, says defense minister
South Africa expels top Israeli diplomat over sovereignty concerns
Ariel Seidman accused of repeatedly using official Israeli social media platforms to launch insulting attacks against President Cyril Ramaphosa
6 Iranians withdraw guilty pleas in $63.5m meth trafficking case in Kenya
Suspects accused of smuggling over 1 ton of drugs aboard stateless vessel off the Kenyan coast
African Union chief expresses deep concern over rising tensions in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
Mahmoud Ali Youssouf urges restraint, warns against undermining 2022 Pretoria peace deal amid growing calls in Tigray to avert return to conflict
Burkina Faso's government dissolves all political parties
Official decree transfers assets of dissolved parties to the state
Nigerien military kills 20 gunmen involved in assault on air force base in capital
President Abdourahamane Tiani names French, Beninese and Ivorian presidents as ‘sponsors’ of attackers, warning ‘they should now prepare to listen to us roar’
