Tag: United States of America
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Three Killed, Several Injured in Shooting at Idaho In-N-Out Burger
Twin Falls, Idaho — A tragic shooting at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in Twin Falls, Idaho, left at least three people dead and several others injured on Saturday afternoon, according to local authorities. Police responded to reports of gunfire at the popular fast-food restaurant, where chaos erupted as customers and staff scrambled for safety. Emergency…
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🇮🇱 Targeting Dimona: inside Israel’s secret nuclear fortress
Iran has threatened to strike Israel’s nuclear reactor in Dimona if Tel Aviv moves to overthrow its government, according to Iranian state media. Officially, the Dimona facility is a “research center” for peaceful scientific purposes. But internationally, it’s long been suspected as the covert heart of Israel’s undeclared nuclear arms program. Here’s what you need…
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Three West African juntas have turned to Russia. Now the US wants to engage them
The US has declared a stark policy shift towards three West African countries which are battling Islamist insurgents and whose military governments have broken defence ties with France and turned towards Russia. The state department announced that Nick Checker, head of its Bureau of African Affairs, would visit Mali’s capital Bamako to convey the United…
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🇺🇸 U.S. Abandons WHO: A New Era of Uncertainty and Opportunity for African Health Security
On January 22, 2026, the United States formally completed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO). The move, initiated by President Donald Trump a year prior, marks a seismic shift in global health governance. For Africa, a continent that has long relied on multilateral cooperation to combat infectious diseases, this rupture presents profound challenges…
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🇳🇬🇺🇸 Strategic Shift and Kinetic Action: The U.S. Approach Against the Islamic State in Nigeria
Nigeria’s domestic insecurity has increasingly been instrumentalized within U.S. foreign policy discourse. In November last year, President Donald Trump threatened direct kinetic intervention to counter a so-called “Christian genocide” in Nigeria. Despite these claims, insecurity is driven by overlapping and long-standing land disputes, herder-farmer tensions, communal violence, and organized crime, with the vast majority of…
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🇵🇦 Operation Just Cause, Colonial Logic: How the Panama Invasion Previewed the Weaponization of “Drug Wars” in the Global South
The 1989 US ouster of Manuel Noriega was less a noble drug bust and more a blueprint for how Washington would replace Cold War demons with new justifications for intervention, sovereignty violation, and political control. In the final days of 1989, as the Berlin Wall crumbled and the world heralded the end of the Cold…
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🇱🇷Monrovia’s New U.S. Embassy: A Symbol of Strengthened Partnership and Regional Promise
Monrovia, Liberia — In recent years, the diplomatic landscape between Liberia and the United States has taken on a new dimension with sustained investments in infrastructure, policy engagement, and strategic cooperation. At the heart of this renewed relationship is the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia — a modern diplomatic mission that reflects both countries’ deep historical…
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🇬🇱 Greenlanders voice concern as US renews push to acquire Arctic island
Residents of Greenland have expressed concern over renewed U.S. interest in acquiring the island, fearing it could be viewed as a strategic asset rather than respecting its people and autonomy. Lawmakers and local business owners stress the importance of Greenlandic independence and worry about the future if sovereignty is threatened. While the Trump administration is…
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🇬🇭 Ghana’s Anti-Corruption Battle Reaches Former Finance Minister: A Test for the Rule of Law
A red notice from Interpol and an extradition request to the United States mark a dramatic turn in Ghana’s pursuit of a former finance minister accused of masterminding a multimillion-dollar scheme that allegedly defrauded the state. Ghana’s former Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has been formally charged with 78 counts of corruption. The charges stem from…
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Mali and Burkina Faso impose travel ban on US citizens in tit-for-tat move
Mali and Burkina Faso say they will bar US citizens from entering their countries in response to a similar move by the Trump administration. The two West African states were recently placed under full entry restrictions under US President Donald Trump’s expanded travel ban. In separate statements, they said they would apply the same measures…