Unreported: Moscow fills vacuum of power in Sub-Saharan Africa as France fades from scene

Unreported: Moscow fills vacuum of power in Sub-Saharan Africa as France fades from scene

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, February 6, 2024 While the wars in Ukraine, Gaza/Israel, and the Red Sea have grabbed the headlines, there’s a dangerously developing security situation throughout large parts of the African continent. The systemic chaos which has befallen a string of countries in the Sub-Saharan Sahel region has gone largely […]

Death on the Nile: Americans trapped in Sudan are on their own as are poverty-stricken neighboring states

Death on the Nile: Americans trapped in Sudan are on their own as are poverty-stricken neighboring states

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, May 7, 2023 There’s blood in the Nile. The mighty river separating Sudan’s capital city Khartoum has seen fighting erupt between two rival factions of the Army. What could have been a quick internal flash up between the main military factions which have tenuously ruled this vast land […]

Key Republicans calling for National Security Adviser’s ouster over Russia hoax role

Key Republicans calling for National Security Adviser’s ouster over Russia hoax role

by WorldTribune Staff, February 17, 2022 Republicans are asking how Jake Sullivan can possibly carry out the task of being Joe Biden’s chief foreign policy adviser when he pushed the bogus Trump-Russia collusion narrative and then lied about it to Congress. Tennessee Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn called for Sullivan to resign or be fired if […]

Pro-West Chad President Déby killed by rebels

Pro-West Chad President Déby killed by rebels

Special to WorldTribune, April 22, 2021 One of the world’s longest-serving leaders died Tuesday. Chadian President Idriss Déby, 68, succumbed to wounds sustained while visiting troops fighting rebels in the northern region of Kanem. Fears of violence gripped the African nation as news of Déby’s death spread. The news came hours after Deby – who […]

Who’s who: Vote tally on UN resolution slamming U.S. on Jerusalem

Who’s who: Vote tally on UN resolution slamming U.S. on Jerusalem

Special to WorldTribune , December 21, 2017 Yes: 128 No: 9 Abstain: 35 Y  AFGHANISTAN Y  DOMINICA Y  LITHUANIA SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE Y  ALBANIA A  DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Y  LUXEMBOURG Y  SAUDI ARABIA Y  ALGERIA Y  ECUADOR Y  MADAGASCAR Y  SENEGAL Y  ANDORRA Y  EGYPT A  MALAWI Y  SERBIA Y  ANGOLA EL SALVADOR Y  MALAYSIA […]

Trump issues full travel ban for North Korea, pulls Sudan from list

Trump issues full travel ban for North Korea, pulls Sudan from list

by WorldTribune Staff, September 25, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump on Sept. 24 issued a full travel ban on nationals from North Korea. Pyongyang “does not cooperate with the United States government in any respect,” the order said. “Making America Safe is my number one priority. We will not admit those into our country we cannot […]