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Under the terms of a peace process agreed with the United States the governments of Congo-Kinshasa and Rwanda are due to submit separate draft peace agreements ahead of a foreign ministers' meeting hosted by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in mid-May...
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Vol 66 No 8 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
US President Donald Trump's administration with Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the forefront has also offered asylum to Afrikaner farmers citing unfair land redistribution policies as the reason (AC Vol 66 No 2 America first but Africa where...
Vol 66 No 8 |
- SOUTH SUDAN
Diaspora dismayed as Washington ‘unfriends' Juba The priorities of the Donald Trump administration appeared skewed to many observers of United States's Africa policy when Secretary of State Marco Rubio on 5 April cancelled visas for all South Sudanese nationals in retaliation for Juba's failure to accept the return of a person the US planned to deport...
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio referred to Morocco's ‘Autonomy Proposal as the only framework' as he urged the parties to ‘negotiate a mutually acceptable solution...
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When US Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared Ebrahim Rasool Pretoria's ambassador to Washington DC persona non grata on 14 March for criticising Donald Trump and his ‘Make America Great Again' movement Ramaphosa's office described the move as ‘regrettable' – with no obvious hint of retaliation...
South Africa is likely to face a US boycott of its G20 presidency after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he would not attend a G20 foreign ministers meeting on 20 and 21 February accusing Pretoria of an ‘anti-American' agenda...
Barbs against Ramaphosa's policies from President Donald Trump and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio were diplomatically glossed over in the hour-long speech and neither man was mentioned by name in his lengthy statement...
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The long-term status of the Kenya-led police mission to combat gang warfare in Haiti remains under threat despite President William Ruto and United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirming that it ‘remains fully operational'...
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However officials say privately that the directive issued by Secretary of State Marco Rubio interpreting Trump's order is far more radical than they had anticipated (AC Vol 66 No 2 America first but Africa where...
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Trump's initial diplomatic choices including Secretary of State nominee Marco Rubio and the firebrand New York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik as United Nations ambassador have taken a tough line against South Africa for its referral of Israel to the International Court of Justice and its ties with China and Russia...