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United States of America

Antony Blinken

Date of Birth: 16 April 1962
Place of Birth: Yonkers, New York


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Weah and Boakai brace for second round

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reckoned with that possibility when on 27 September he threatened visa restrictions for those 'believed to be…undermining democracy in Liberia...


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Clashes mar run-up to national elections

In late September United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned that Washington would impose travel bans on those believed to be responsible for 'undermining democracy in Liberia' including manipulation or rigging of the electoral process the use of violence to prevent people from campaigning and voting and interference with media coverage...

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Post-elections sanctions mark setback to US ties

In a statement last week US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the visa restrictions target 'those believed to be responsible for or complicit in undermining democracy in Sierra Leone including through the manipulation or rigging of the electoral process' and without naming names were aimed at 'specific individuals and not directed at the Sierra Leonean people'...

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Kenyan cops vs Haitian gangs

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called President William Ruto on 29 July with discussions reported to cover Kenya's deployments to Congo-Kinshasa and Haiti...


As economic polycrisis deepens, business lends a hand

On 9 June a bipartisan group of US lawmakers – including Republican senator Jim Risch of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Democrat representative Gregory Meeks and Republican representative Michael McCaul both of the House Foreign Affairs Committee – wrote to Secretary of State Antony Blinken asking to move November's scheduled annual meeting of AGOA member countries away from South Africa...


A ceasefire with monitors this time

That was evident in a phone call by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to General Abdel Fattah al Burhan a few hours before the signing of the latest agreement...

Little discussed are the tensions within the State Department between the Bureau of African Affairs and the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs with the latter given more importance by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the senior Department leadership...


Regional states hold back, for now

Secretary of State Antony Blinken hopes that by working on a regionally brokered deal Washington could improve relations with Riyadh and Abu Dhabi...


A battle for regional control

As West Africa's governments look to further reinforce their strategy with the support of France and the US – whose Antony Blinken became the first Secretary of State to visit Niger on 16-17 March – they are confronted with a regional security picture of increasing complexity...


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