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...
We hear the State Department's Near Eastern Bureau which covers the Middle East and the Gulf States will take over the Sudan dossier from the Bureau of African Affairs under the incoming Trump administration and Secretary of State Marco Rubio...