United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin indicated Sunday September 24 that Washington and Djibouti share a longstanding security relationship as he met the President of the African country Ismail Oguelleh. Austin is on his first African tour. “It was great connecting with President Ismail Oguelleh during my first trip across as the Secretary of Defense. […]
Two police officers were killed early Monday at a checkpoint in Tamou, in Tillaberi region, South-East of Niger. Unidentified armed men walked up to the checkpoint where the officers were posted early in the morning and shot them, Actu Niger reports citing witnesses of the attack. The armed men reportedly hid their motorbikes in the […]
Qatar’s candidate in the race for the post of UNESCO Director General, Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kawar, Monday won the first round of elections ahead of Friday final decision. Kawar won 19 out of 58 votes outdoing French candidate Audrey Azoulay and Cairo’s candidate Moushira Khattab who got respectively 13 and 11 votes. The four […]
