Egyptian businessmen ordered more than 30,000 rocket-propelled grenades from US rival North Korea in a secret deal last year, the Washington Post reported on Sunday. The United Nations described it as the “largest seizure of ammunition in the history of sanctions against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea”. The UN revealed that the business executives sought to buy weapons for the… Read more »
Ubari, Libya – Since the popular uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, Libya has become bitterly divided into two governments, with their respective militias fighting over lucrative assets and power. One such battle is taking place in the oasis town of Ubari in Libya’s long-neglected southern Sahara, close to one of the country’s largest oil fields and smuggling routes. The Tuareg… Read more »
A year ago, Firommisa Darasa barely made it out of Ethiopia‘s Irreecha festival alive, managing to escape from a deep ditch where dozens perished. The tragedy happened after police fired tear gas at anti-government protesters, sparking a stampede. Last year’s bloodshed at the annual religious festival held by Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, the Oromo people, became a turning point in months… Read more »