Africa: Ethiopia’s Smaller Wars – Destitution, Conflict Escalation, and Military Abuses in Lower Omo

Africa: Ethiopia’s Smaller Wars – Destitution, Conflict Escalation, and Military Abuses in Lower Omo

With war looming in the north of the country, Ethiopia threatens to make headlines again, as it has in recent years due to the wars, insurgencies and intercommunal violence that have raged across its highland core – in the regions of Tigray, Oromia and Amhara. Amid such large-scale violence, conflicts affecting minority groups in peripheral…

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Trump won’t rule out ground troops in Iran as U.S. military confirms 4 troops killed in war

Trump won’t rule out ground troops in Iran as U.S. military confirms 4 troops killed in war

The head of the United Nations’s nuclear watchdog agency, the IAEA, said Monday that his agency had “no indication” that any of Iran’s nuclear installations had been damaged by the ongoing Israeli-U.S. strikes on the country. IAEA director general Rafael Grossi warned, however, that with missiles still flying a “possible radiological release with serious consequences”…

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Former “elite” Air Force pilot who allegedly trained Chinese military pilots arrested, DOJ says

Former “elite” Air Force pilot who allegedly trained Chinese military pilots arrested, DOJ says

The Justice Department announced the arrest Wednesday of a former Air Force fighter pilot who allegedly trained Chinese military personnel without authorization. Gerald Brown, 65, was arrested in Indiana after recently returning to the United States from China, where he’d been since December 2023, a Justice Department statement said. He is accused of having “conspired…

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Africa: Ethiopia’s Smaller Wars – Destitution, Conflict Escalation, and Military Abuses in Lower Omo

Africa: Could Africa’s Youth Bulge Help Fill Europe’s Military Ranks?

Military recruitment increasingly reflects the same demand-supply dynamics that shape global civilian migration. In November 2025, Ukraine’s foreign minister Andrii Sybiha said over 1 400 African nationals from around 36 countries were fighting with Russian forces in Ukraine, warning that foreign recruits faced extreme danger. While some, such as those from South Africa, may be…

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