Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Morocco has been preparing for the delivery of an advanced French-origin naval frigate. The Royal Moroccan Navy has been overseeing sea trials of the FREMM multi-mission frigate from France’s DCNS. Last month, DCNS completed a third series of trials to test the ships’s combat system. “This third series of sea […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United Nations has been urged to procure unmanned aerial vehicles to monitor the disputed border area between Sudan and South Sudan. UN special envoy to South Sudan Hilde Johnson said UAVs could help help international peacekeepers monitor the Sudanese border. Ms. Johnson told the Security Council that UN and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Sudan has been accused of renewing air strikes on its southern neighbor. South Sudan said the Khartoum regime has ordered Air Force and Army operations along their disputed border. The South Sudan military said the Sudanese Air Force bombed targets in the disputed area of Jau on July 5. “This […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The Al Qaida network in Somalia has killed its commanders. The Shebab movement said it killed two commanders. One of the commanders was identified as Ibrahim Mead, the founder of Shebab, linked to Al Qaida. “We have informed their widows of their deaths, as they must now wear the clothes […]