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30.03.2021 - 22:58 [ Antiwar.com ]

AFRICOM-Led 33-Nation Naval Exercise in Oil-Rich Gulf of Guinea

The African counties participating were Angola, Benin, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, the Republic of Congo, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.

With their former colonial masters and those who had mandate and protectorates over them in parenthesis, they are again Angola (Portugal), Benin (France), Cabo Verde (Portugal), Cameroon (Britain, France and Germany), Cote d’Ivoire (France), Democratic Republic of Congo (Belgium), Equatorial Guinea (Spain), Gabon (France), the Gambia (Britain), Ghana (Britain), Guinea-Bissau (Portugal), Guinea-Conakry (France), Liberia (semi-colony of the US), Morocco (France and Spain), Namibia (Germany), Nigeria (Britain), Republic of Congo (France), Sao Tome & Principe (Portugal), Senegal (France), Sierra Leone (Britain) and Togo (Germany and France).

27.09.2020 - 13:24 [ Reuters ]

Yemen‘s warring parties agree largest prisoner swap

The two sides will now free 1,081 detainees and prisoners, U.N. envoy Martin Griffiths said in a joint news briefing with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) after a nearly 10-day meeting of the prisoners’ exchange committee held in the Swiss village of Glion above Lake Geneva.

06.09.2020 - 17:15 [ Xinhuanet ]

Pakistan celebrates 55th Defense Day amid tensions with India

Pakistan celebrated the country‘s 55th Defense Day on Sunday to pay homage to the soldiers and civilians who lost their lives in the war with India in 1965.

The defense day was celebrated amid escalating tensions between Pakistan and India over the latter‘s decision to revoke the Indian-controlled Kashmir‘s special status in August last year.

19.08.2020 - 09:55 [ Yonhap ]

U.S. bombers fly simultaneously near Korean Peninsula on eve of joint exercises with S. Korea

Meanwhile, the U.S. navy‘s EP-3E spy plane was spotted in the skies over South Korea‘s capital areas Wednesday, No Callsign, a civilian aviation tracker, tweeted.