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Mandera’s uneasy morning: Allegations of Jubaland training on Kenyan soil test a fragile border On a normal school day, the dusty yard of Border Point 1 Primary in Mandera Town would fill with children in blue uniforms and plastic sandals, their chalkboards listing multiplication tables and Swahili proverbs. Instead, the gates are shut. And this week, the school became the unexpected center of a regional security storm when Mandera County officials alleged that Jubaland regional forces from Somalia are training there—inside…

Pursuing enhanced security across the western Indian Ocean, a collaborative maritime exercise unfolded between the EU and Kenya. Image credit: Operation Atalanta.This week, the Kenya Navy and Coast Guard took significant strides in maritime safety through joint drills with the European Union's naval task force.During the final week of October, a simulated search and rescue (SAR) operation was conducted, featuring the ESPS Santa Maria (F81), currently serving as Operation Atalanta’s flagship. Alongside Kenyan naval assets and…

Somali Security Forces and African Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) officers banded together for a five-day course designed to up their game in coordinating joint efforts against Al-Shabaab. The training zeroed in on bettering communication, strategic planning, and info-swapping at the Joint Operations Centres (JOCs), which are key to smashing mission goals. CREDIT/ ATMISMogadishu (AX) — Twenty-six officers from Somali Security Forces (SSF) and ATMIS wrapped up a five-day training last week, polishing their skills to…

BELGRADE, Serbia (AX) — A freshly minted group of Somali detectives from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is honing their skills in Serbia. At the renowned Goć Training Centre in Serbia, these officers are delving into advanced policing techniques. They will be immersed in rigorous routines, encompassing practical enforcement strategies, physical conditioning, intelligence gathering, and high-stakes simulations of complex scenarios. "Serbia's support is invaluable for enhancing the Somali Police Force's skills,"…

After the scholars on the Ecole Supérieure Polytechnique took to the streets in the midst of the week, it's now as much as them on the University of Ankatsode to assert 4 months' unpaid scholarships. A downside that arises yearly. The digitization of knowledge…

"Take your sheets" is the app that just won the Challenge App Africa competition from RFI and France 24. It is an application that allows students to revise their lessons and test themselves before exams. In a country where education is sometimes criticized and…

The "We Supported Too Much" movement (OTS), which launched the "dead chalk" operation on February 21, has still not lifted its strike slogan. Other teachers, especially those in primary school who had been relatively behind until then, have also joined the…

In Cameroon, after three long weeks of strikes in many public and secondary schools in the public sector, the authorities and trade unions have managed to agree and set a timetable, in particular for full pay from the end of March 2022.…

The Ségou region, in southern Mali, hosts many displaced families. For its children, Unicef ​​distributed 3,000 solar-powered radios in four regions of the country to provide educational programs to more than 18,000 students, to prevent school dropouts. From our correspondent in Bamako,Eight young girls gathered around Aïssata.…

Originally scheduled for July 2, the end of the year can only occur on September 8, which is about two months late. as reported from Kinshasa, Patient LigodiThis end of the year was disrupted by the shutdowns due to measures to combat the spread of Covid-19.But despite this extension, the program is not over. Thus, students get…