2018

DEFENCEWEB Germany has given five patrol boats to the Nigerian Navy, which will use them to patrol Lake Chad and coastal creeks and deltas. The boats will be used, in part, to combat Boko Haram terrorists who have staged attacks around…

DEFENCEWEB The Kenyan government has asked Parliament to pass a bill to establish the Kenya Coast Guard Service, a maritime security force that would operate on the high seas to prevent maritime crimes such as robbery, piracy and…

ADF STAFF A group of Chadians has founded a center dedicated to the study and prevention of violent extremism and the deradicalization of jihadists. This founders of the center in N’Djamena, Chad, hope it will become a research and…

DEFENCEWEB The South African National Defence Force is ready to assist in preparations for “Day Zero,” when the metropolitan water supply in Cape Town is projected to run dry. If this day does come, Soldiers could be deployed as sentries…

WORLD BANK A social safety net program in South Sudan that temporarily provides income to poor and vulnerable households in Juba is being expanded to six other areas of the country. The public works component of the World Bank's…

VOICE OF AMERICA Political parties in Cameroon have set an ambitious goal in 2018 — to put women in at least 30 percent of elected offices. Three hundred women selected from associations around Cameroon have been campaigning in…

VOICE OF AMERICA Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf has become the first Somali to lead the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands. “I am humbled by this election,” he said. “And I feel that it actually shows the trust…

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS As a student, Leah Wangari imagined a glamorous life as a globe-trotting flight attendant, not toiling in dirt and manure. Born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya’s skyscraper-filled capital, the 28-year-old said…

REUTERS Standing by a towering equatorial forest, Jean-Noel Kouame’s new breeze-block house may be beyond the reach of Côte d’Ivoire’s power grid, but it’s perfectly located for solar power. Buoyed by success in East Africa, off-grid…

SEYCHELLES NEWS AGENCY An environmental performance index has ranked the Seychelles first out of 180 countries in the climate and energy category, lauding its use of renewable energy. The Environmental Performance Index 2018 ranks…