The meeting was followed by a phone call on 14 October between Abiy and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio who urged restraint...

14 October: In a phone call with Abiy US Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged de-escalation...

In November 2025 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called for international action to cut weapons supplies to the RSF but there is no record of any sanctions against Shaulis and his companies which have earned over US$400 million from US government contracts...

It's easy to see why Saddam Haftar who was bizarrely feted by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington in June: likes the Boulos plan: he gets an official national executive role and a claim on revenues allocated to eastern development and security structures...

The pressure ratcheted up on 29 June when US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Khalifa Haftar's son Saddam Haftar in Washington DC to discuss plans to unify Libya's military economic and political bodies...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the sanctions against Mafwele were based on ‘credible information that he was involved in gross violations of human rights' (Dispatches 25/5/26 Washington's travel ban on police chief accused of assaulting activists may unleash tougher sanctions)...

Failure seemed inevitable: in March the New York Times leaked a memo drafted for US Secretary of State Marco Rubio which stated: ‘We will only secure our priorities by demonstrating willingness to publicly take support away from Zambia on a massive scale...

The Polisario Front Terrorist Designation Act requires Secretary of State Marco Rubio to designate the Polisario Front as a terrorist organisation if he confirms that Polisario is cooperating with Iranian groups already listed in the US as terrorist...