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Vol 62 No 4 |
- ETHIOPIA
- SUDAN
Surveying these developments United States President Joe Biden's administration has been trying to dampen down regional tensions by dropping some of the more contentious positions adopted under Donald Trump's presidency (AC Vol 61 No 24 War resets the region)...
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Later in the day the United States trade representative office announced that President Joe Biden's administration would give its 'strong support' to Okonjo-Iweala as WTO director-general...
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There is one important light on the horizon the hope that US President Joe Biden will end US isolation and return to the WHO although Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has maintained a diplomatic silence...
He also has to keep on board United States President Joe Biden's new administration; reconnaissance and intelligence from the US bases in Niger and the region are critical for French forces...
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There will also be a bigger than usual contingent of foreign representatives at the AU summit from the new administration in the United States under President Joe Biden and from China which will outline its new economic engagement strategy with Africa...
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The advent of the Joe Biden administration will put the Egyptian authorities on the defensive over human rights even if President Abdel Fattah el Sisi would rather no one talked about his crackdown on dissent and Islamist groups which has seen tens of thousands arrested since he first came to power in a 2013 military coup (AC Vol 61 No 1 Polls poverty and protest)...
In foreign affairs Kenyatta will attempt to reinvent himself as a friend of incoming United States President Joe Biden following the exit of his old mate Donald Trump (AC Vol 61 No 17 Trading favours)...
Vol 62 No 1 |
- SAHEL
- SECURITY
The indications so far are that the incoming Joe Biden administration will abandon the non-interventionist policies of President Donald Trump...
The Joe Biden presidency in the United States is likely to keep that support in place while moderating Trump's shrill support for the Moroccan occupation which undermines United Nations and African Union resolutions and other efforts to resolve the conflict...
But president-elect Joe Biden – a longstanding friend of Israel who in previous incarnations has worked with Netanyahu (more usually known for his Republican affiliations) – is unlikely to torpedo the Abraham Accords...