Politics

On a recent tour of Africa, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (UN) said “if a country decides to engage with Russia, where there are sanctions, then it break those sanctions.” “They’re violating our sanctions, and in some cases they’re violating UN sanctions with other countries. And …

More than 70 customers, mostly Russian or with Slavic names, filed a complaint in Paris for discrimination, denouncing the blockings of their accounts by certain French banks since the start of the war in Ukraine in February. Their lawyers called the blockages abusive and discriminatory. The 76 signatories of the …

The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has said during a visit to Algeria that the two countries should move beyond their painful shared history and look to the future. At a joint news conference with his Algerian counterpart, Mr Macron announced that a joint Franco-Algerian commission of historians would be set …

All new cars sold in California will have to be “zero emission” polluting, from 2035 at the latest, according to a text which must be adopted this week in this state at the forefront of efforts for an energy transition in the country. The measure, which is to be debated …

US President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday, nearly $3 billion in new military aid to Ukraine in its fight against the Russian invasion. This statement comes at a time when the country, which has been fighting the Russian invasion for six months, marks the day of its independence. According to …

US authorities appointed an ambassador to Sudan, a first since 1997 when they downgraded the representation in Sudan from ambassador to charge d’affaires and imposed economic sanctions. Ambassador John Godfrey arrived in the capital, Khartoum, on Wednesday and expressed his joy. He said “I look forward to deepening relations between …

Uganda’s former security minister, General Elly Tumwine, died in Kenya’s neighboring capital, Nairobi, two weeks after being flown there for treatment. General Tumwiine, 68, died after a long illness, local media reported. He was one of the founder members of the National Resistance Army (NRA), which fought a five-year war …

The UN and the US have urged Ethiopian troops and regional Tigrayan forces to restore a humanitarian truce after fresh fighting broke out for the first time in several months. The chair of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has also called for “immediate cessation of hostilities” and urged …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said at a press conference that the conditions were not met to negotiate a ceasefire with Moscow. Six months after the start of the war, peace is not on the agenda. “At the point where we are, we are not ready for a ceasefire. We have …

Cameroonian authorities sealed off at least 30 gold mines in the country due to the death of more than 30 young miners in landslides in August. In this period of heavy rainfall in Cameroon, the risk of landslides is high. This is what happened a few weeks ago with the …