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The funding shortage is in large part the result of an impasse after US President Donald Trump's administration vetoed UN Security Council Resolution 2719 which would have allowed it to cover up to 75% of costs for AU-led peacekeeping operations with the remaining 25% coming from voluntary contributions such as the EU (AC Vol 66 No 14 Politicians seek a way out of the impasse)...
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After meeting Gen Burhan in Zurich on 11 August US President Donald Trump's Senior Africa Advisor Massad Boulos has not met any senior RSF representatives but he did meet with key Hemeti ally the UAE's Vice-President and National Security Advisor Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan shortly afterwards...
Some cite a recent New York Times investigation showing the UAE's extraordinary financial generosity towards US President Donald J Trump and his envoy at large real estate magnate Steve Witkoff...
The US under President Donald Trump has made critical mineral access a condition of investments and in some cases of diplomatic engagement with African states...
The UN tax convention project is anathema to the administration of United States President Donald Trump which took over on 20 January...
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President Cyril Ramaphosa faces crunch trade talks with United States President Donald Trump's administration next week with talks expected on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York that starts today...
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A trip has been made easier by President Salva Kiir's decision to accept United States deportees after President Donald Trump threatened to revoke all visas for South Sudanese...
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Trade Minister since the creation of the Government of National Unity (GNU) last June Tau has one of the toughest assignments in Ramaphosa's cabinet: reaching a compromise on trade with Donald Trump's administration in the United States...
Vol 66 No 18 |
- JAPAN
- AFRICA
Tokyo-Washington ties were weaker under Ishiba than they had been under his predecessor Shinzo Abe who as a golf-playing conservative and nationalist proved more adept at courting President Donald Trump...
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Vol 66 No 18 |
- SOUTH SUDAN
Despite facing sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine Moscow is formalising diplomatic relations and seeking to open an embassy – just as US President Donald Trump threatens to close the American mission (AC Vol 66 No 11 Salva's man to overturn US visa ban)...
In April US President Donald J Trump threatened 50% tariffs against Lesotho which produces jeans for the US market...