US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has described essential first steps to a political solution as: 'cessation of hostilities the immediate withdrawal of Eritrean forces and an end to the Ethiopian government's deployment of Amhara regional forces in Tigray'...
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken has stated that 'acts of ethnic cleansing' have taken place though he has steered clear of attributing them directly to Abiy's government or Eritrea...
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The Biden administration made its first formal political contact with Egypt on 23 February with a telephone call from Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry...
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Abiy in early February urging humanitarian access to Tigray (AC Dispatches US and European officials step up pressure on Addis Ababa over reports of war crimes in Tigray)...
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In a letter to United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken on 4 March US Senators Cory Booker and James Risch gave Blinken a 31 March deadline to present a detailed analysis of US-Uganda relations and the risks it may pose to US interests...
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Vol 62 No 1 |
- SAHEL
- SECURITY
Secretary of State-designate Antony Blinken was Biden's National Security Advisor when he was Vice-President under Barack Obama and both men supported the US invasion of Iraq...
Rabat's initial response to Antony Blinken being named Secretary of State was relief as his rival for the job Susan Rice had ruffled Moroccan feathers when she was Barack Obama's UN ambassador – another example of how in Morocco the Sahara trumps everything...