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U.S. Government Turns Somalia Into Failed State to Steal Its Oil for Shell and Exxon-Mobil

Posted on March 17, 2021March 17, 2021By Editor

United States foreign policy in Somalia has always sided with the wrong side.” That’s how Mohamed Haji Ingiriis, a young Somali historian studying for his doctorate at Oxford, summarized Washington’s legacy there in an interview with CovertAction Magazine. … Read More >U.S. Government Turns Somalia Into Failed State to Steal Its Oil for Shell and Exxon-Mobil

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Gunmen abduct 30 students in Nigeria, police confirm, in ongoing spate of kidnappings

Posted on March 13, 2021March 13, 2021By Editor

Nigerian police have said that 30 students remain unaccounted for after gunmen targeted a technical college in the northwest of the country late Thursday night, as the shocking trend of student kidnapping continues. … Read More >Gunmen abduct 30 students in Nigeria, police confirm, in ongoing spate of kidnappings

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At least eight killed in week-long Senegal unrest after president imprisons opposition leader (VIDEOS)

Posted on March 11, 2021March 11, 2021By Editor

Despite the release of Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko Monday, violent protests which have so far claimed the lives of eight people continued across the country. … Read More >At least eight killed in week-long Senegal unrest after president imprisons opposition leader (VIDEOS)

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500 injured, at least 15 killed after multiple explosions level military base in Equatorial Guinea’s largest city (VIDEOS)

Posted on March 8, 2021March 8, 2021By Editor

Four explosions have rocked a military base in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, killing at least 15 people. Videos show the devastation, and civilians fleeing, as local media report hospitals are overwhelmed with hundreds of injured. … Read More >500 injured, at least 15 killed after multiple explosions level military base in Equatorial Guinea’s largest city (VIDEOS)

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20 killed in Somali capital after suicide car bomb detonates outside restaurant

Posted on March 7, 2021March 7, 2021By Editor

At least 20 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a suicide car bombing in Mogadishu. The incident occured on the same day Somali Islamist militants stormed a jail in the semi-atonomus Puntland state. … Read More >20 killed in Somali capital after suicide car bomb detonates outside restaurant

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All kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls released by gunmen in Zamfara state

Posted on March 3, 2021March 3, 2021By Editor

The governor of Zamfara state has said that all 279 girls who were abducted from the Government Girls’ Science Secondary School (GGSS) in Jangebe last Friday have been released by their captors, largely unharmed. … Read More >All kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls released by gunmen in Zamfara state

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Gunmen kidnap 317 schoolgirls in northwest Nigeria, police confirm, the 2nd major raid in as many weeks

Posted on March 1, 2021March 1, 2021By Editor

Police in Nigeria’s Zamfara State have said that 317 schoolgirls were abducted in an armed raid on Friday morning, just one week after 42 people were kidnapped from a boys’ school in neighboring Niger State last week. … Read More >Gunmen kidnap 317 schoolgirls in northwest Nigeria, police confirm, the 2nd major raid in as many weeks

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Africa abandoned as richer countries buy up coronavirus vaccines (Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor)

Posted on February 22, 2021February 22, 2021By Editor

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor, senior Atlantic fellow for health equity at George Washington University. He discusses the recent Ebola outbreak in Congo (DRC) and Guinea, and how Africa has been left out of the global coronavirus vaccination drive with South Africa receiving only 80,000 doses, while Nigeria has yet to see any in-country vaccinations. … Read More >Africa abandoned as richer countries buy up coronavirus vaccines (Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor)

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31 people die after BUBONIC PLAGUE outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo

Posted on February 20, 2021By Editor

A bubonic plague outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has seen several dozen people succumb to the long-feared disease, which caused Europe’s Black Death pandemic in the 14th century. … Read More >31 people die after BUBONIC PLAGUE outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo

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Gun battles raging, explosions heard across Mogadishu as Somali govt forces seal off streets (VIDEOS)

Posted on February 19, 2021February 19, 2021By Editor

Terrified civilians have been sheltering in place as government troops engaged opposition forces in prolonged gun battles across the Somali capital Mogadishu. There have been no reports of casualties as the fighting is ongoing. … Read More >Gun battles raging, explosions heard across Mogadishu as Somali govt forces seal off streets (VIDEOS)