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With Arms Embargo Lifted, Somalia Urged to Secure Ports, Protect Depots
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Months after the United Nations Security Council voted to lift a weapons embargo on Somalia, experts are weighing the impact of the move.
For more than 30 years, Somalia was under the embargo that was created to prevent warlords…
Ghana Hones its Maritime Mettle at Exercise Sea Lion 2024
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The Ghana Armed Forces in March participated in Exercise Sea Lion 2024, a timely weeklong maritime security exercise designed to sharpen the nation’s maritime security skills.
Ghana’s Chief of the Defence Staff, Lt. Gen.…
In Sierra Leone, Addicts Rob Graves to Produce ‘Zombie Drug’
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Sierra Leonean President Julius Maadi Bio in early April declared a national emergency over rampant drug abuse, particularly of kush, a powerful, synthetic psychoactive drug that has killed hundreds of users.
Known for its…
M23 Offensive Sparks Fears of Regional War
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Intensifying gun battles and explosions drove Prudent Kahindo and her three children from their home in February. When they arrived at an informal camp for displaced people outside the city of Goma, they found their lives were no…
Russia Uses Grain Shipments to Exert Influence on African Nations
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine in early 2022 disrupted grain shipments to countries across Africa. In response, Russia has begun shipping free grain to six African countries, but those shipments come with strings attached.…
Violence in Eastern DRC Shutters Schools, Puts Students’ Future at Risk
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A few minutes after recess ended, gunmen emerged from the surrounding forest and began firing their weapons near the school in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
“I heard explosions and other loud noises,” a…