3,500 African Union Soldiers Killed in Somalia Since 2007

By Harun Maruf Thousands of African Union peacekeepers have been killed and hundreds more injured in Somalia since the forces began their work in that country in early 2007, the head of their mission told VOA Somali. The peacekeepers were deployed to help protect the government and installations from al-Qaida-affiliated al-Shabab militants. Mohamed El-Amine Souef,…

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SERIES- M7 NRA Child Soldiers, Names of the ‘Kadogos’

Today in our Special Series on the NRA War and child Soldiers, we bring you some of the names of these ‘Kadogos’ as released by Sgt Gitta Musoke a then child soldier who accounts events of the NRA war. Gitta says he and other colleagues still alive are suffering and forgotten. Read here In 1971,…

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Putin May Join South Africa’s BRICS Summit Virtually

By Andre van Wyk Cape Town — The South African government has elected to consider allowing Vladimir Putin’s remote attendance to the 2023 BRICS summit ion an effort to navigate the bureaucratic headache that the Russian leader’s presence risks due to the warrant of arrest issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his capture….

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Ethiopia’s Controversial Dam ‘a Potential Boon for All’

A view of a wall of Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam (file photo). ANALYSIS By Jennifer Holleis With 90% of the Grand Ethiopian Reservoir Dam completed, Sudan has now turned into a supporter. Though Egypt is critical of the project, experts have ruled out war and point to potential benefits for the whole region. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance…

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Korean People’s Life Seen through the Housing Law

Updated at 1543 on Tuesday 11th April 2023 by Earnest Kivumbi Benjamin Democratic People’s Republic of Korea The happy life of the people of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is guaranteed in part by the Law of the DPRK on Housing. The law, enacted in January 2009, stipulates that it is an essential requirement of its socialist…

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Pentagon documents leak a risk to US national security, officials say

By Bernd Debusmann Jr A leak of classified US Defence Department documents is a “very serious” risk to national security, the Pentagon has said.  The documents appear to include sensitive information regarding the war in Ukraine, as well as on China and US allies.  Officials say the files are in a format similar to documents…

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Concern as More Medical Practitioners Continue to Leave Nigeria

ABUJA By Patience Ivie Ihejirika While Nigeria’s population is expanding geometrically, the health care workforce is shrinking drastically, as doctors to patient ratio in the country drops to 1:10,000 as against the World Health Organisation’s recommendation of 1:1,000. The mass exodus of skilled medical practitioners from Nigeria is deepening the existing health care crisis, with…

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Ugandans Celebrate DPR of Korea Founding Leader Kim Il Sung Birthday

By E K Benj – updated at 1705 EAT on Sunday 09th April 2023 WAKISO- Several Ugandans including academicians, politicians and officials from State House on Saturday joined diplomats from the embassy of the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) to mark the 111th anniversary of the birth of H.E. Kim Il Sung, founding leader…

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