US Air Force stealth fighters arrive in Seoul as America and South Korea resume joint military exercises
US Air Force F-35A stealth fighters arrived in South Korea on Tuesday on their first publicly announced visit since 2017 as the allies and nuclear-armed North Korean engage in an escalating cycle of displays of weapons. Joint military drills had been publicly scaled back in recent years, first in 2018...
DR Congo and Rwanda keen to avert war after agreeing to meet in Angola to discuss rebel insurgencies
Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi will meet his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame, for talks in Angola this week, officials from both countries have announced. There were no details on what they would discuss, but the neighbours have been at diplomatic loggerheads since a surge of attacks in eastern...
Somalia opens doors to foreign investments as Egyptian, Turkish banks set up shop in Mogadishu
Somalia has granted licenses to two foreign banks, a move that has swung open the Horn of Africa country’s to international investment for the first time in more than 30 years. The Egyptian bank Banque Misr and the Turkish bank Ziraat Katilim are the first foreign banks to be allowed...
Ghana launches See Something, Say Something campaign to repulse rising threat of extremism
Facing the threat of extremist groups encroaching into its northern border regions, Ghana recently announced its “See Something, Say Something” campaign that urges citizens to report suspicious activity. “Launching this campaign is to ensure we have all-inclusive, society involvement,” government spokesman Palgrave Boakye-Danquah was quoted by Joy News television. “The...
