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U.S. Deploys Small Military Team to Nigeria to Strengthen Fight Against Jihadists US-Military-Deploys-Team-To-Nigeria-Amid-Counter-Terrorism-Cooperation

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U.S. Deploys Small Military Team to Nigeria to Strengthen Fight Against Jihadists

SWT News Desk February 4, 2026

The United States has sent a small team of military personnel to Nigeria to bolster cooperation in...

Epstein Files Reference Kenya and Tanzania in Expanding International Network Tanzania and Kenyan Flags on a wall | SWT Images

Epstein Files Reference Kenya and Tanzania in Expanding International Network

SWT News Desk February 3, 2026

Kenya and Tanzania appear in the latest tranche of the Jeffrey Epstein files released by the U.S....

Kenya’s Transport Sector Crisis Eases as Nationwide Matatu Strike Suspended After Talks Nationwide transport strike Kenya over vehicle torchings.

Nationwide transport strike Kenya over vehicle torchings.

Kenya’s Transport Sector Crisis Eases as Nationwide Matatu Strike Suspended After Talks

Anna Faraja February 2, 2026

Commuters in Kenya breathed relief after matatu operators called off a planned nationwide strike, agreeing to continued...

More Than 200 Killed in Catastrophic Mine Collapse in Eastern DR Congo An aerial view of a coltan mine in Rubaya, North Kivu. More than 200 people were killed this week in a collapse at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said. Photograph: Sylvain Liechti/MONUSCO/wiki commons

An aerial view of a coltan mine in Rubaya, North Kivu. More than 200 people were killed this week in a collapse at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said. Photograph: Sylvain Liechti/MONUSCO/wiki commons

More Than 200 Killed in Catastrophic Mine Collapse in Eastern DR Congo

Anna Faraja January 31, 2026

A devastating collapse at a coltan mine in Rubaya in eastern DR Congo has killed more than...

City of Johannesburg Adviser Alleges Irregularities in Shadrack Sibiya Appointment, Calls for Accountability Suspended deputy national police commissioner Lt-Gen Shadrack Sibiya at the parliamentary ad hoc committee inquiry into alleged corruption and political interference in the criminal justice system in Cape Town on October 13 2025. (Gallo Images/Brenton Geach)

Suspended deputy national police commissioner Lt-Gen Shadrack Sibiya at the parliamentary ad hoc committee inquiry into alleged corruption and political interference in the criminal justice system in Cape Town on October 13 2025. (Gallo Images/Brenton Geach)

City of Johannesburg Adviser Alleges Irregularities in Shadrack Sibiya Appointment, Calls for Accountability

Anna Faraja January 31, 2026

New testimony before a South African parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee has spotlighted serious alleged irregularities in the...

Key Events in the Muhoozi–Bobi Wine Political Standoff Bobi Wine (left), leader of Uganda’s National Unity Platform (NUP), and Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba (right), son of President Museveni

Bobi Wine (left), leader of Uganda’s National Unity Platform (NUP), and Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba (right), son of President Museveni

Key Events in the Muhoozi–Bobi Wine Political Standoff

Anna Faraja January 31, 2026

January 15, 2026 – Ugandan Presidential Election HeldUganda conducts its presidential election. Incumbent President Yoweri Museveni is...

US Rejects Muhoozi’s Apology After Army Chief Accused Embassy of Helping Bobi Wine Hide Yoweri Museveni (left) with his son Muhoozi Kainerugaba (right) who is a military officer, Chief of Defence Forces of the Uganda People's Defence Force and is the chairman of the Patriotic League of Uganda

Yoweri Museveni (left) with his son Muhoozi Kainerugaba (right) who is a military officer, Chief of Defence Forces of the Uganda People's Defence Force and is the chairman of the Patriotic League of Uganda

US Rejects Muhoozi’s Apology After Army Chief Accused Embassy of Helping Bobi Wine Hide

Anna Faraja January 31, 2026

The United States has publicly rebuffed an apology from Uganda’s army chief, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, after he...

Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré Dissolves All Political Parties, Scraps Multiparty System Ibrahim Traore - Burkina Faso's Transional President

Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré Dissolves All Political Parties, Scraps Multiparty System

Anna Faraja January 31, 2026

Burkina Faso’s military-led government has issued a sweeping decree. It dissolves all political parties and political formations...

U.S. Deploys Small Military Team to Nigeria to Strengthen Fight Against Jihadists

Epstein Files Reference Kenya and Tanzania in Expanding International Network

Kenya’s Transport Sector Crisis Eases as Nationwide Matatu Strike Suspended After Talks

More Than 200 Killed in Catastrophic Mine Collapse in Eastern DR Congo

City of Johannesburg Adviser Alleges Irregularities in Shadrack Sibiya Appointment, Calls for Accountability

Key Events in the Muhoozi–Bobi Wine Political Standoff

US Rejects Muhoozi’s Apology After Army Chief Accused Embassy of Helping Bobi Wine Hide

Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré Dissolves All Political Parties, Scraps Multiparty System

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