CAIRO—A boat carrying Europe-bound migrants capsized off Libya, killing at least eight people, while 58 others were still missing, the country’s Red Crescent said Wednesday. Tawfik al-Shukri, spokesman for the Libyan Red Crescent, said the shipwreck took place Tuesday off the Mediterranean town of Garabulli, around 60 kilometers (37 miles) east of the capital of…
US Board Says Boeing Max Likely Hit a Bird Before 2019 Crash
U.S. accident investigators disagree with Ethiopian authorities over the cause of a sensor malfunction that preceded the March 2019 crash of a Boeing 737 Max shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa. The National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that it determined that the bad sensor reading was caused by impact with an object, most likely…
Terrorists Storm Government Office in Somalia’s Capital; 5 Dead
MOGADISHU, Somalia—Al-Qaeda-linked terrorists stormed a regional government office in Somalia’s capital Sunday, and five civilians were killed, the government said. The founder of the Aamin ambulance service, Abdulkadir Adan, told The Associated Press his team collected 16 wounded people from the scene. The al-Shabab terrorist group claimed responsibility for the assault on the Banadir Regional…
Human Trafficking, Modern Slavery; A Booming Global Business
January 24, 2023
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UNICEF reports “human trafficking, modern slavery” is the second largest criminal industry in the world, raking in over $32 billion a year. Hundreds of thousands are coming through the open U.S.-Mexico border. Children are abandoned, used as drug mules, and trafficked. In China, religious minorities are jailed and tortured, used as forced labor, and robbed…
South Africa Defends Planned Military Drills With ‘Friends’ Russia and China
January 24, 2023
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South Africa’s foreign minister on Monday deflected criticism of joint military drills planned with Russia and China, saying that hosting such exercises with “friends” was the “natural course of relations.” Naledi Pandor made her comments during a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who was visiting South Africa 11 months after Russia’s invasion of…
Yellen Voices US Support Amid 10-Day Africa Trip
The United States is signaling plans for a more active economic presence in several African countries as the Chinese regime’s Belt and Road Initiative stakes its influence there. The Chinese infrastructure plan has also been dubbed “debt trap diplomacy.” Under it, over $100 billion have flooded into African countries over the years. But why is…
Global Criminal Masterminds Finding Plenty of Shelter in South Africa
When police special forces teams, backed by Interpol agents, smashed into a luxury house in the affluent Johannesburg suburb of Bryanston at 4 a.m. on Nov. 17, 2022, they soon realized their intelligence was wrong. The intel had understated what they would find behind the mansion’s facade, framed by manicured lawns, rosebushes, and fountains—all perfect…
Terrorists Suspected of Killing About 20 People in Eastern Congo Raid
BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo—Suspected terrorists killed about 20 people in a raid on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday night, a local chief and a military official said on Monday. Both blamed the killings on the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan armed group based in eastern Congo that has…
US Military Says Somalia Strike Killed 30 al-Shabaab Terrorists
WASHINGTON—A U.S. military strike has killed approximately 30 Islamist al-Shabaab terrorists near the central Somali town of Galcad, where Somalia’s military was engaged in heavy fighting, U.S. Africa Command said in a statement. The operation, which the U.S. military described as a “collective self-defense strike,” occurred on Friday about 162 miles (260 kilometers) north of…
Djibouti Signs Deal With Hong Kong Company to Build Rocket Launch Site
The Republic of Djibouti has signed a preliminary $1 billion deal with a Hong Kong company to build a facility to launch satellites and rockets in the African nation where the Chinese Communist regime has established a military base. Djibouti’s President Ismail Omar Guelleh signed the partnership agreement with Hong Kong Aerospace Technology on Jan….
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