Claims and denialsOn 14 December during talks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington President Akufo-Addo infuriated Burkina by claiming it had already agreed terms to hire Wagner fighters who were now deployed by the border with his own country supposedly paid through the award of a mine concession...
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In December US lawmakers tacked on provisions to the State Department's appropriations bill urging secretary of state Antony Blinken to brief them on Kigali's 'abuse of the judicial system' and attempts to 'silence critics' of its government and role in the conflict in Congo-K...
Equally President Joe Biden and his Secretary of State Antony Blinken are aware of how counterproductive public criticism of South Africa's stance could prove amid the heightened geopolitical rivalries (AC Vol 63 No 11 Diplomacy on ice)...
Rwanda's riskUnited States Secretary of State Antony Blinken referred to the UN findings when he visited Kinshasa a few days after they were leaked in August...
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It follows US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's launching of the Joe Biden administration's Africa strategy paper in South Africa in August which attempted to redraw Africa policy to recognise the continent's growing economic and demographic weight...
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South Africa's foreign minister Naledi Pandor who spoke to United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken on 23 October about the organisation of the talks is working closely with Washington's special envoy to the Horn Mike Hammer on the format for the negotiations...
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INTERVIEW WITH US AMBASSADOR TO THE UN LINDA THOMAS-GREENFIELD AC: The United States' latest statement on its Africa strategy was launched when you and Secretary of State Antony Blinken were touring Africa...
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had been under pressure from human rights advocacy groups to suspend at least $300 million...
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On 9 March the US Congress passed a bill calling on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to report to the Appropriations Committee on Tunisia's progress on restoring 'constitutional order and democratic governance' respect for media and political freedoms maintenance of the 'independence of the judiciary and holding security forces who commit human rights abuses accountable'...
Over 26-27 March Bourita attended the Negev summit alongside the United Arab Emirates Egypt and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to discuss regional issues including Iran...