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U.S. Mulls Setting Up Spy Drone Base in Northwest Africa

The Pentagon is planning a drone base in northwest Africa to counter the growing terror threat posed by the Islamist extremists linked to Al Qaeda, says the New York Times on its web site. The base will be most probably established in Niger or Burkina Faso, sharing borders with Mali where French and Malian troops […]

US unveils new multinational naval protection force to stop Houthi attacks in Red Sea

The United States and a host of other nations are creating a new global security force ‘Operation Prosperity Guardian’ to help protect and defend ships transiting the Red Sea that have come under attack by drones and ballistic missiles fired by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced Tuesday (19 December) […]

Liberians head to polls in tightly contested presidential run-off between football legend and ex-VP

Liberians headed to the polls this Tuesday (14 November) to cast their vote in a presidential run-off after the two leading candidates — George Weah, a former footballer and incumbent president and political veteran Joseph Boakai — came neck to neck, separated by just over 7,000 votes in the first round a month ago. Liberian […]