Vol 60 No 25 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
In keeping with President Donald Trump's combative policy towards President Xi Jinping's government the US State and Energy Departments have been tentatively dipping their toes into Inga III seemingly pondering if they can loosen China's grip on the project...
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Vol 60 No 25 |
- SOUTH SUDAN
The Donald Trump administration's newfound interest in the peace deal also puzzles America's allies since the US had largely disengaged from the peace process...
Ever since Donald Trump's arrival in the White House Washington's response to the Libyan crisis has been minimal other than missile strikes by the United States Africa Command (Africom) on Da'ish fighters and other terrorists mainly in the south...
The meeting follows Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el Sisi's request to President Donald Trump to mediate in the dispute but Ethiopia's Foreign Ministry insists the talks cannot be called 'mediation' because Ethiopia will merely be reasserting its earlier position...
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Likewise on the political front there was a lengthy hiatus during which the Donald Trump administration took a back seat in international efforts to find a solution to the Libyan crisis...
Except that Karoui insists that he has no knowledge of the contract which promised to secure meetings with United States President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin ahead of the first round of Presidential elections on 15 September in which Karoui finished second as well as 'material support for the push for the Presidency' followed by 'full support and investments from US companies for your economy' after Karoui's election...
But President Donald Trump's trade war coupled with the search for scarce minerals for high-tech products has changed the stakes...
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They have hired Kobre & Kim DCI Group and Black Diamond Strategies lobbyists in Washington DC close to President Donald Trump's administration...
The LNA has drawn comfort from perceived support from France Russia and now from United States President Donald Trump while Italy and the United Kingdom firmly back the GNA...
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Long obsessed with thwarting the Muslim Brotherhood MBZ's influence was apparent in United States President Donald Trump's recent suggestions that the MB might be designated as a terrorist organisation...