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By Addis Getachew ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia The self-declared republic of Somaliland has expressed an interest in hosting British and Russian naval bases, which would add to an already active military presence along the coast of the Red Sea – one of the world’s busiest and most strategically important maritime passages. Last weekend, British Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson paid an unannounced …

Violence has escalated in the area in recent weeks. A fire has ripped through a storage tank at the main oil refinery in Al-Buraika city in Yemen’s Aden on Friday evening. The fire erupted in a pipe line and leaked into one of the reservoir tanks in the refinery, the head of the fire brigade which rushed to deal with the blaze …

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By Joel Muinde Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) say they have killed 7 Al-Shabaab militants and wounded an unknown number in an operation in southern Somalia. The military seized 9 AK-47 rifles, 10 magazines, two rocket propelled grenade launchers and three grenades from the militants. “Today at around 11am, KDF soldiers operating under AMISOM engaged Al-Shabaab militants at a location along …

UN representatives of UAE, Saudi Arabia and Yemen set out rebel violations in joint letter to council president. Houthi rebels violated the UN-brokered ceasefire in Hodeidah more than 200 times in less than two weeks since it went into effect and do not show signs of preparing to abide by the truce, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Yemen have told …

President Trump ordered U.S. troops out of Syria and is weighing a possible drawdown in Afghanistan. Now Somalia could see a reduced role for U.S. forces. Jan. 4, 2019 / 10:02 PM GMT+2 By Dan De Luce and Courtney Kube WASHINGTON — The U.S. military plans to scale back its role in Somalia and curtail airstrikes against al-Shabab insurgents after …

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Scientists have found the most likely source of Yemen’s cholera epidemic, which is the worst in recorded history. Using genomic sequencing, researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and Institut Pasteur concluded the strain of cholera originated in eastern Africa and was carried to Yemen by migrants. They hope the data will help estimate the risk of future outbreaks and be used …

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Eromosele Abiodun One of the nation’s foremost warships, the NNS Thunder, has arrived Onne seaport in Rivers and set to begin a patrol of Nigerian waters, after being grounded since 2016 due to failure of its critical components and machinery. The warship, equipped with modern navigational technology and arsenal, according to the Commanding Officer, NNS Thunder, Capt. Shuaib Ahmed, it …

The year 2018 may be considered a banner year for the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), especially the Philippine Navy (PN), as it formally entered the missile age and demonstrated its capability to sail beyond its territorial waters during deployments to the United States, South Korea and Russia. This is aside from projected deliveries of new assets for 2019, …

2018-12-30 17:25:19 In a ceremony held Saturday, Houthi rebel forces formally handed control of the strategic Port of Hodeidah over to units of the government of Yemen. Local divisions of the pre-war Yemeni coast guard will take over the port’s administration, under supervision from the United Nations. However, the Saudi coalition backing the Yemeni government contested the legitimacy of the …

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