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December 28, 2020 The aircraft carrier Nimitz (CVN 68) steams ahead of the guided-missile cruiser Princeton (CG 59) while participating in Malabar 2020 in the north Arabian Sea on Nov. 17. (MC3 Elliot Schaudt/Navy) The aircraft carrier Nimitz and its carrier strike group are providing operational and close-air support off the coast of Somalia as part of Joint Task Force-Quartz and Operation Octave Quartz as U.S. troops are relocated from Somalia to other areas of Africa. Embarked on the Nimitz is Carrier Air Wing 17, which AFRICOM said hosts more than 80 combat aircraft. Likewise, guide...

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The East African Wednesday December 23 2020 Uganda police disperse crowds in Kayunga town as they gather to welcome Ugandan musician-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, on December 1, 2020. Lawyer claims there is a political motive to dissuade investigations on police action during protests. PHOTO | AFP Summary Robert Amsterdam, Wine’s international lawyer, said the US must punish the rogue police to stop what he argued was ‘thuggish’ treatment of opposition figures and activists. Advertisement Activists have asked the US to impose targeted sanctions on senior ...

“This is a great example of how the United States can rapidly aggregate combat power to respond to emerging issues. We will look to leverage this inherent flexibility of the U.S. military in support of our future engagements in East Africa,” said U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Dagvin Anderson, commander of Joint Task Force Quartz, which is overseeing the redeployment of about 700 U.S. ground troops from Somalia. President Trump ordered those forces to leave Somalia earlier this month. Pentagon leaders say they will be deployed to other locations in east Africa, and they stressed that t...

Text size Ugandan police said they arrested leading human rights lawyer and activist Nicholas Opiyo over allegations of money laundering on Tuesday, just weeks before the East African country holds a tense presidential election. Opiyo has previously represented opposition leader Bobi Wine, who is seen as the main challenger to President Yoweri Museveni's bid to extend his 35 years in power. The Ugandan police force tweeted that Opiyo was arrested "by a Joint Task team of Security and Financial Intelligence on allegations of money laundering and related malicious acts." It added late Tue...