Foreign Affairs

Apr
19
2024
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By Abia ThinkTank
Kenya’s Defense Chief, Nine Senior Officers Die In Air Crash

Kenya’s Defense Chief, Nine Senior Officers Die In Air Crash

Foreign Affairs, Mishap, News Flash, World News
Kenya’s Defence Chief, Nine Senior Officers Die In Air Crash Defence Forces Chief, Gen Francis Omondi Ogolla, and nine other senior military officers were killed in a helicopter crash on Thursday. The Kenyan police said there were 12 people in the highest military positions on board but only two survived the air crash. Kenyan President William Ruto convened an urgent meeting of the National Security Council in his office and made the announcement of the tragic news. The helicopter went down in Elgeyo Marakwet county, about 400 kilometres (250 miles) northwest of the capital Nairobi, according to AFP. “The helicopter…
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Apr
19
2024
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By Abia ThinkTank
Google Sacks 28 Workers Protesting Contract With Israel

Google Sacks 28 Workers Protesting Contract With Israel

Crime, Foreign Affairs, Labour, News Flash, World News
Google Sacks 28 Workers Protesting Contract With Israel Google fired 28 employees following a disruptive sit-down protest over the tech giant’s contract with the Israeli government, a Google spokesperson said Thursday. The Tuesday demonstration was organised by the group “No Tech for Apartheid,” which has long opposed “Project Nimbus,” Google’s joint $1.2 billion contract with Amazon to provide cloud services to the government of Israel. Video of the demonstration showed police arresting Google workers in Sunnyvale, California, in the office of Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian, according to a post by the advocacy group on X, formerly Twitter. Kurian’s office…
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Apr
16
2024
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By Abia ThinkTank
Israel Will Respond To Iran Missile Attack – IDF War Cabinet Declares

Israel Will Respond To Iran Missile Attack – IDF War Cabinet Declares

Crime, Foreign Affairs, News Flash, War
Israel Will Respond To Iran Missile Attack – IDF War Cabinet Declares Israel’s top general has said the country will respond to Iran’s missile and drone attack, but it remains unclear what form that response will take and whether it will be so forceful that it could tip a worsening spiral of violence into a full-scale regional war. US officials said on Monday that some form of counter to Iran’s attack, which involved more than 300 missiles and drones, was almost inevitable, but the Biden administration was still hoping it would be a limited counterstrike and not aimed at Iranian…
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Apr
14
2024
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By Abia ThinkTank
Surprise As Iran Launches Salvos Of Drones Attacks Against Israel, Not Through It’s Proxy

Surprise As Iran Launches Salvos Of Drones Attacks Against Israel, Not Through It’s Proxy

Foreign Affairs, International, News Flash, World News
For the first time, Iran is launching salvos of drones attacks against Israel, not through it's proxy asymmetric tactics, but directly. One can never be sure of the deceptive Persian military antics but it appears that the drone attacks are a first wave aimed at overwhelming Israel's Iron Dome defense system and paving the way for ballistic missile attacks. The UK has scrambled Typhoon fighter jets to mitigate as well as fierce Israeli allies, the US providing additional air force protection directly and by way of Intel. What is clear is that Israel and Iran are in a de facto…
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Apr
14
2024
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Saudi Arabia Reacts To Iranian Strikes On Israel

Saudi Arabia Reacts To Iranian Strikes On Israel

Foreign Affairs, News Flash
Saudi Arabia Reacts To Iranian Strikes On Israel The Saudi Foreign Ministry has expressed concerns over the “recent military escalations” in the region and their “potential severe repercussions” following Iranian drone and missile attacks directed at Israel. In a statement published by the Saudi’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on X Sunday, “The Ministry reaffirms the Kingdom’s position that stresses the need for the (UN) Security Council to take responsibility for maintaining international peace and security, especially in this highly sensitive region for global peace and security,” the Saudi ministry added. The ministry stressed the importance of “preventing any further exacerbation”…
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Apr
14
2024
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U.S President Biden Convenes Security Meeting Over Iranian Retaliatory Attack On Israel

U.S President Biden Convenes Security Meeting Over Iranian Retaliatory Attack On Israel

Foreign Affairs, News Flash
U.S. President Biden Convenes Security Meeting Over Iranian Retaliatory Attack On Israel The president cut short a weekend visit to his Delaware beach home, returning to the White House for consultations with his national security advisers, RT reports. The administration of US President Joe Biden has reacted to an Iranian drone attack against Israel by vowing steadfast support for West Jerusalem. The president cut short a weekend visit to his Delaware beach home, returning to the White House for consultations with his national security advisers, RT reports. “President Biden has been clear: Our support for Israel’s security is ironclad,” US…
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Apr
11
2024
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Israeli Airstrike Kills 3 Sons, 3 Grandchildren Of Hamas Leader, Haniyeh

Israeli Airstrike Kills 3 Sons, 3 Grandchildren Of Hamas Leader, Haniyeh

Foreign Affairs, International, News Flash, Obituary, War, World News
Israeli Airstrike Kills Three Sons, Three Grandchildren Of Hamas Leader, Haniyeh Three sons and three grandchildren of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a Gaza refugee camp, according to the Hamas-affiliated news agency, Shehab. Haniyeh told Al Jazeera his children were visiting relatives for Eid at the Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza when they were targeted. The Hamas chief decried what he described as Israel’s brutality, but he stressed that Palestinian leaders will not back down if their families and homes are targeted. The Hamas chief decried what he described as Israel’s brutality,…
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Apr
03
2024
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Tinubu In Senegal, Hails Successful Conduct Of Election

Tinubu In Senegal, Hails Successful Conduct Of Election

FGN, Foreign Affairs, News Flash, Politics, Presidency
Tinubu In Senegal, Hails Successful Conduct Of Election President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday congratulated President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on his inauguration in Dakar. As the Chairman of ECOWAS, President Tinubu said the successful conduct of the Senegal election is a boost to the sub-regional organization in its efforts to promote peace and constitutional order, as well as strengthen ties among member states. Tinubu also congratulated the people of Senegal and assured them of Nigeria’s best wishes and support.
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Mar
18
2024
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Russian Presidential Poll: Putin Wins, Secures Another 6 Year Term

Russian Presidential Poll: Putin Wins, Secures Another 6 Year Term

Foreign Affairs, News Flash, Politics, World News
Putin Wins Russian Presidential Poll, Secures Another Six-Year Term Vladimir Putin has secured another six-year term as Russian president, exit polls showed Sunday, paving the way for the hardline former spy to become the longest-serving Russian leader in more than 200 years. Victory for the 71-year-old was never in doubt, with all his major opponents dead, in prison or exiled, and authorities waging an unrelenting crackdown on those who publicly oppose the Kremlin or its military offensive on Ukraine. The government-run VTsIOM pollster projected that Putin had sailed to an easy victory with 87 percent of the vote after polls…
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Mar
16
2024
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Ghana’s High Commissioner To Nigeria Dies In FCT

Ghana’s High Commissioner To Nigeria Dies In FCT

Abuja, Foreign Affairs, News Flash, Obituary
Ghana’s High Commissioner To Nigeria Dies In Abuja Rashid Bawa, Ghana’s high commissioner to Nigeria, is dead. He was reported to have died in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, on Thursday. Bawa was appointed high commissioner to Nigeria in 2017 by President Nana Akufo-Addo. A Ghanaian politician, diplomat and a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bawa was Ghana’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia between 2005 and 2008. He was a member of the Ghanaian parliament for Akan constituency from 2001 to January 2005 as an independent candidate. Bawa’s death comes days after the passing of John Kumah, Ghana’s deputy minister…
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