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We hear that in South Sudan – which had a US visa ban on its nationals imposed after Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused Juba of ‘taking advantage' of the US – a potential deal giving US companies access to oil and minerals could also be on the cards with Boulos once again involved...
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Vol 66 No 11 |
- SOUTH SUDAN
In April US Secretary of State Marco Rubio revoked the visas of all South Sudanese passport-holders in the United States with immediate effect accusing Juba of ‘taking advantage of the United States' by failing to comply with US repatriation efforts for rejected asylum and migration applicants...
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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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