Republicans cast as flip-floppers on Trump sedition as they back him to be president
Trump’s persistent false claims that the election of 2020 was stolen — which has been rejected in at least 60 court cases, every state election certification and by the former president’s one-time attorney general — continue to animate the presidential race as he eyes a rematch with Biden.
Sudan’s military leader Burhan vows ‘no reconciliation’ with paramilitary RSF rivals
Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Friday vowed to continue a nine-month war between the military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), rejecting the latest peace efforts. RSF head Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo agreed earlier this week to a ceasefire proposed by civilian groups, contingent on the military agreeing...
Somalia, Al Shabaab in rare unity in condemning Ethiopia over Berbera seaport deal with Somaliland
Somalia fears that Ethiopia may have quietly recognised Somaliland as a sovereign state, which has also been a source of diplomatic tensions between Kenya and Somalia after Nairobi opened a consul office in Somaliland a few years.
SADC mission deploys to Congo and unlike UN and EAC forces, it has an offensive mandate
SAMIDRC’s deployment is in line with a decision taken last May at an extraordinary SADC Heads of State Summit in Windhoek, Namibia.
South Africa leads new military force in DRC, but faces heavy odds of neutralising M23 rebels
The SADC force is expected to attempt, in cooperation with the local security forces, to neutralise the main rebel groups operating in the eastern DRC. This is something that Monusco and the East African Community Regional Force have not been able to do for the last 20 years.
US Supreme Court takes up cases on whether Trump is eligible for 2024 presidential ballots
Three of the nine Supreme Court justices were appointed by Trump, although they have repeatedly ruled against him in 2020 election-related lawsuits, as well as his efforts to keep documents related to January 6 and his tax returns from being turned over to congressional committees.
With more records on Jeffrey Epstein, more sex predators including former US presidents named as pests
Epstein killed himself in 2019 while he was awaiting trial on sex- trafficking charges. The roughly 250 documents being unsealed, starting this week, mostly rehash what has long been known about a man who travelled in elite circles until his arrest.
US’ CIA uncovers how Islamic State’s Afghanistan branch planned and carried out Iran blasts
ISIS on Thursday claimed responsibility for the bombings, saying two operatives wearing explosive suicide belts staged the attack during a memorial service for Qassem Soleimani, a senior military commander assassinated in Iraq in a 2020 US drone strike.
