Former Gabon president Ali Bongo, who was ousted in a 2023 coup, has left the country for Angola accompanied by his wife and son, Angola’s presidency announced in a Facebook statement. The departure follows last week’s transfer of Sylvia Bongo, 62, and Noureddin Bongo, 33, from prison to house arrest. Both had been in custody […]
When Susan Rice withdrew her name from the consideration for nomination for Secretary of State, she did so largely to save the White House from a costly political fight. Over the previous weeks, Senators John McCain, Kelly Ayotte, and Lindsay Graham had attacked her vigorously for not calling the attack on the US consulate in […]
Each year, the Global Firepower specialist site draws up its global ranking of conventional armies, which does not take into account the stockpiles of nuclear weapons. In its 2017 military strength ranking, seven African countries are in the top 55. These are Egypt, Algeria, Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Africa, Angola and Morocco. As usual, the list […]
