Despite local resistance, America has set up a sophisticated military telecoms system covering more than three-quarters of the globe in the Mediterranean island of Sicily. The facility enables control of Read More..
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Meet Ilhan Omar, the First Somali-American Woman Running for Public Office in the U.S.
It’s not often that an East African woman gets elected to public office in the U.S. But that is likely to happen after activist Ilhan Omar made history on August Read More..
Hunger, Shortages, and Hyperinflation
South Sudan’s leaders stand accused of industrial-scale embezzlement, ripping off public money to fund property and business investments across the region. That opulence is in sharp contrast to what the Read More..
Tanzania: Earthquake Survivors Face Task of Rebuilding
When the earthquake struck, the brick walls simply crumbled at the orphanage in Tanzania’s far northwestern Kagera region. Clutching one of the youngest children, Saada Suleiman said she tried to Read More..
With John Obi Mikel’s Help Nigeria’s “Dream Team” Made it to Rio and Won a Bronze Medal
John Obi Mikel is a 29-year-old Nigerian professional footballer known as “Chelsea’s man”— a midfielder for English club Chelsea and the Nigeria national team. Since the recent Rio Olympics, a Read More..
Once a Somali refugee, she is now running as Somalia’s first female president
Some Ugandans have decided to show their support for Somali Presidential candidate Fadumo Dayib on Twitter using the harsh tag #Dayib4President and push for Somalia to elect its first female Read More..