Strangely absent for three weeks as speculation soared that internal dissent within the ruling ANC might be the proximate cause, South Africa's preside Cyril Ramaphosa is scheduled to FINALLY make a national address this evening at 2030 local time in Pretoria. Today, May 13th, 2020, 48 days into a lockdown and three weeks since Ramaphosa disappeared from national broadcasts, much like Punxsutawney Phil the groundhog, Ramaphosa is set to reappear. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kyp8fckCtsg
Armed kidnappers abducted American Phillip #Walton (27) from his home in #Niger on October 26th, 2020. In a daring raid on 31 Oct 2020 the US #Navy #SEALs located and freed Walton from his captors.
The #Pentagon lauded the rescue mission in a statement.
“U.S. forces conducted a hostage rescue operation during the early hours of 31 October in Northern Nigeria to recover an American citizen held hostage by a group of armed men," said Pentagon chief spokesperson Jonathan Hoffman. "This American citizen is safe and is now in the care of the U.S. Department of State. No U.S military personnel were injured during the operation. We appreciate the support of our international partners in conducting this operation."
This operation occurred in the US Africa Command (#AFRICOM) area of responsibility.
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An #MFO #helicopter has crashed in the Sinai peninsular near the resort town of #Sharm el-#Sheikh. Eight soldiers perished in the crash, including six American service members, a French and Czech soldiers.
"The international force that monitors the Israeli-Egyptian peace agreement said that eight peacekeepers, including six Americans, were killed when one of its helicopters crashed during a routine mission in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. A ninth peacekeeper was badly injured. The Multinational Force and Observers said a French peacekeeper and Czech member of the force were also killed in the crash on Thursday, which it said appeared to be an accident." -- Source: Aljazeera (12 Nov 2020)
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