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First humanitarian aid plane lands in Sudan

A first plane loaded with “eight tons” of aid including “surgical equipment” landed on Sunday in Sudan where it should allow “to treat 1,500 patients” in the country where most hospitals are out of order because of the fighting between the two rival generals. The plane, which also carries humanitarian personnel, took off from Amman […]

Algeria, Polisario a destabilizing factor in Northwest Africa – congressman

U.S. Representative from South Carolina Joe Wilson warned of the threat posed by the Algeria-backed Polisario to north and west African security amid growing ties with Iran and Cuba. “Iranian regime and Cuban communist dictatorship are working to destabilize West Africa with the Polisario front, a murderous threat to the kingdom of Morocco, an American […]

Ugandan, South Sudanese troops join EAC force in DRC’s east as rebels ignore retreat deadline

About 1,000 Ugandan troops and a first batch of at least 45 South Sudanese soldiers have entered the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the weekend to join the seven-nation East African Community (EAC) military force trying to stem the violence in the country’s eastern region wracked by the M23 rebellion. Ugandan troops operating as […]