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Somalia's Minister of Defense has admitted that officers from the US-trained Danab Special Forces were involved in the sale of food rations that were donated by the US government. The theft was confirmed two weeks ago, and some officers were caught in the act a week ago. Multiple officers have been arrested in connection to the theft. The Minister did not disclose the exact number of people detained but confirmed that the rations were sold in the market. The government made a statement regarding the incident and promised to…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia's Minister of Defense, Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur, admitted that the Danab Special Forces had sold food rations donated by the United States government. This acknowledgment came a few days after the federal government of Somalia addressed the incident. Nur disclosed in an interview with Universal TV that the theft of Danab rations was confirmed two weeks ago, and some of the involved officers were apprehended about a week ago. Following the theft, several officers have been taken into custody.…

Mogadishu (HOL) – Somali Minister of Defense Abdikhadir Mohamed Noor has admitted that high-ranking officials of the U.S.-trained elite unit were involved in the misappropriation of rations donated by the United States, although their identities were not disclosed. During an interview with Universal Somali TV on Saturday, Minister Noor disclosed that the diversion of rations took place last month and that the officers linked to the incident have been under detention for five days. He mentioned that the food supplies were…

The freshly minted Senegalese president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, dropped a batch of appointments on Wednesday night. Key positions at the gendarmerie, public television, and even the port of Dakar were filled.

Guido Crosetto, the Defense Minister of Italy, visited Tunis on Tuesday, April 23. This visit comes as relations between the two countries have been improving recently. Discussions included military cooperation and border surveillance.

FRANCE 24 interviewed Abdalla Hamdok, who held the position of Sudan's prime minister twice following the ousting of Omar al-Bashir in 2019. Hamdok described the ongoing war in Sudan as "extremely catastrophic" and "the most serious, disastrous situation in the world today". Despite the grim situation, he expressed optimism that the war would eventually end, citing "some progress" in both regional and national efforts towards finding a political resolution.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Ahmed topped ruling social gathering chairman ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was topped because the de facto chief of the Prosperity Party on Saturday, an outfit he used for his re-election in 2021 because the nation battled inner divisions within the Tigray area. At its first congress, the Prosperity Party selected Abiy Ahmed as its president, a place…

Burkina Faso strongman Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba on Thursday appointed economist Albert Ouedraogo as the West African country's new prime minister. Aged 53, Ouedraogo, appointed by decree signed by…

Former Congolese Minister of Health Eteni Longondo, accused almost unanimously by the General Inspectorate of Finance (IGF) of embezzling funds set aside for the response to Covid-19 when he was in office in 2020, was placed under a temporary arrest warrant, Friday, August 27, 2021, in the end of a hearing at the prosecutor's office near the Court of Cassation in Kinshasa. He spent the night in Makala…

EDITORIAL | Somalia's Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble recently received an award from across Somalia for raising political figures in elections. . This week, the historic past of the elections has shifted to the House of Representatives, the key body of the bicameral federal parliament, which primarily issues legal advice in Somalia, as well as tax permits. But the consideration of this chamber, also known as the House of the People, is mainly due to the proven fact that the 275 elected members decide who will become…