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TILLERSON confirms that Trump was joking when he called Africa SHITHOLE

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, flanked by his chief of staff Margaret Peterlin (L), meets with Ethiopia Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 8, 2018. Tillerson Reaffirms US Commitment to Africa ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (VOA)  — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has re-affirmed the U.S. commitment to Africa, two months after President Donald Trump’s reported derogatory comments about the continent. “I think the United States commitment to Africa is quite clear in terms of the importance we place on the relationship,” said Tillerson at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. “The president himself wroteRead More

SOMALIA: UAE can’t help if Somalia seeks to self-destruct

By Mohammed Al-Hammadi, AL ARABIYA What the UAE has provided to Somalia over the decades and since a civil war and famine ravaged the latter has not been provided by anyRead More

SOMALIA: Mission accomplished! AMISOM not withdrawing troops

Al-Qaeda Raids in Somalia Scuttle Africa’s Plan to Withdraw BLOOMBERG – Islamist attacks, political quarrels undermining stability. African Union forces remain ‘only realistic option’: analyst. African troops battling an al-QaedaRead More

SOMALIA: What’s triggering tension between Somalia and the UAE? – VIDEO

The United Arab Emirates is ending a military training programme in Somalia and closing a hospital it ran in Mogadishu. Somalia has been in conflict for much of the past 25Read More

SOMALIA: UAE disbands military training program

UAE Disbands Somalia Training Program VOA – In the aftermath of the Somali security force’s recent seizure of a UAE-registered civil aircraft at the Mogadishu airport that contained $9.6 million,Read More

AFRICA: UK’s Armed Forces Minister visits East Africa, skips Uganda

Armed Forces State Minister Mark Lancaster has reiterated the UK’s commitment to Africa following his East Africa visit. ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 16, 2018/ — Rt Hon Mark Lancaster MP,Read More

SOMALIA: Al-Shabab defector ‘given $15,000 reward’

AFP The militants are also known to give money to entice government soldiers to defect NAIROBI (BBC) – Somalia’s south-western regional administration has given $15,000 (£          Read More

SOMALIA – UAE tensions escalate after plane stopped in Puntland – VIDEO

AL JAZEERA – Local media says Emirati military instructors refused to have their heavy baggage checked at Bosaso airport in Puntland. Somali officials reportedly grounded a United Arab Emirates planeRead More

UGANDA: Museveni is “the godfather in Central Africa”

AMERICAN AUTHOR CALLS UGANDA’S U.S.-BACKED GEN. MUSEVENI “THE GODFATHER OF MAYHEM” IN CENTRAL AFRICA VINCENT MAGOMBE, BLACKSTAR NEWS, APRIL 13,2018 Museveni–called “godfather of mayhem” by author of new book. RecentlyRead More

UGANDA: UN delegates visit their air base in Entebbe

United Nations 5th Committee Delegates Visit Regional Service Center Entebbe The Fifth Committee which is the final decision-making body on administrative and budgetary issues is on an annual field visitRead More

ISRAEL: Uganda regime states will take refugees deported by Netanyahu

Uganda considering Israeli request to take African migrants: minister KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda is considering a request from Israel to take in 500 migrants from Eritrea and Sudan, a ministerRead More

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