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President Joe Biden's government is 'looking forward to continue the ongoing discussions with regard to our FTA ' Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday (27 April) in a virtual meeting with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta...
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'No special favours' for individual countries but instead 'broad engagement' with Africa was the message from Robert Godec the United States African Affairs Acting Assistant Secretary ahead of Secretary of State Antony Blinken's virtual trip to Kenya and Nigeria (AC Dispatches Washington's front bench on Africa takes shape)...
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been among the most vocal critics of Ethiopian premier Abiy Ahmed's handling of the ongoing civil war in Tigray (AC Vol 62 No 7 Abiy gives first ground)...
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Borrell and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken have been working in tandem for several months with the EU consistently taking the toughest stance against Addis Ababa in the international community...
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken has spoken to Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and other top officials several times over the last two months...
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has described essential first steps to a political solution as: 'cessation of hostilities the immediate withdrawal of Eritrean forces and an end to the Ethiopian government's deployment of Amhara regional forces in Tigray'...
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken has stated that 'acts of ethnic cleansing' have taken place though he has steered clear of attributing them directly to Abiy's government or Eritrea...
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The Biden administration made its first formal political contact with Egypt on 23 February with a telephone call from Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry...
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Abiy in early February urging humanitarian access to Tigray (AC Dispatches US and European officials step up pressure on Addis Ababa over reports of war crimes in Tigray)...
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In a letter to United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken on 4 March US Senators Cory Booker and James Risch gave Blinken a 31 March deadline to present a detailed analysis of US-Uganda relations and the risks it may pose to US interests...
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