Why Turkey took advantage of wars in Ukraine and Gaza to forge firm military, economic alliance with Somalia
The opening of a training facility in Mogadishu has increased Turkey’s strategic depth in the Horn of Africa, projecting the country towards both sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian Ocean. And the use of Turkish drones in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict has shown Turkish defence arrangements have become a factor in local dynamics.
How world’s richest man Elon Musk became US’ top security risk, tests role of money in US politics
Over the summer, America PAC struggled to reach its voter contact goals. Musk brought in a new team of political consultants, Generra Peck and Phil Cox, who worked on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ’ losing Republican presidential primary bid.
Trump stirs panic: Washington state activates National Guard in case of election violence
Early voting is available to those in Washington and more than two million have already cast their ballots, according to the Election Lab at the University of Florida.
Elon Musk’s US citizenship hangs in balance after 1,300 posts on X about immigration and voter fraud, bribing voters
Stephen Yale-Loehr, a professor at Cornell Law School and faculty director of its Immigration Law and Policy Program, says that it’s not clear that if Musk worked in the US without authorisation and attested he hadn’t, that would be considered important enough to denaturalise him.
UK Conservatives elect African woman, Kemi Badenoch, to replace former PM Rishi Sunak
Kemi Badenoch becomes the Conservatives’ fifth leader since mid-2016 after winning 57 per cent of party members’ votes in the final stage of a months-long contest that saw a field of six whittled down to two. She beat a former immigration minister, Robert Jenrick, who won 43 per cent of votes.
African infrastructure experts meet in Addis Ababa to review project implementation
As a move toward regional integration road, railway and air interlink are high on Agenda 2063 to raise intra-Africa trade and lower tariffs as a way of lowering the cost of doing business and deceleration o abject poverty.
Nigerian authorities sue 29 children for treason; they now risk death sentence if convicted
Frustration over the cost-of-living crisis has led to several mass protests in recent months. In August, at least 20 people were shot dead and hundreds more were arrested at a protest demanding better opportunities and jobs for young people.
With East Africa more vulnerable to climate swings, governments should now give priority environmental security
If the right to the 10 types of justice they mentioned exist, the right to natural justice, climate justice, environmental justice, environmental cooperation, environmental peace and environmental diplomacy also exists.
Botswana main opposition party end BDP’s 58 year reign in landslide triumph diamond-rich nation
President Mokgweetsi Masisi conceded defeat even before final results were announced, with his Botswana Democratic Party trailing in fourth place in the parliamentary elections in what appeared to be a humbling rejection by voters and a landslide victory for the main opposition party.
New York marathon pulls in 2024 Olympians as top Paris runners flock to US for the year ender
Tola is joined by Paris runner-up Bashir Abdi of Belgium, who is seeking his first major title after a trio of podium finishes, and the fastest in the field Evans Chebet, who won two years ago and triumphed for Kenya in Boston twice.
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