US Secretary of State Antony Blinken also spoke in the week-ending 15 January with Emirati Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (AC Vol 62 No 24 No jaw jaw – just war war)...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken declared that the release of Hamdok was a 'first step' towards agreement but other diplomats were less cautious in their support...
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Antony Blinken the US Secretary of State visited Nairobi in mid-November after talks in Addis Ababa with Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen...
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken the United States' top diplomat spent much of his three-stop tour of Africa last week fighting the headlines...
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Boosting democracies and resolving conflicts were being pushed as the main themes of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's Africa tour when he spoke in Nairobi on 17 November...
The US International Development Finance Corporation chaired by Secretary of State Antony Blinken is planning to freeze a $500m loan to the Safaricom consortium to help with acquisition and development costs of the telecommunications licence awarded in June one of the Abiy government's planned flagship privatisations (AC Dispatches 15/9/21 Safaricom and Vodafone get EU's green light for mammoth telecoms investment with Addis Ababa)...
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The Economic Community of West African states (Ecowas) has been joined by the African Union UN Secretary General António Guterres United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Ministry in condemning the coup and calling for Condé's release...
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After a telephone call with United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken last month a joint statement issued with President Hassan spoke of improving the business environment political freedoms and Covid-19...
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken has reassured Nairobi that the talks will be concluded but there can be no progress until a lengthy review of the Trump administration's trade policy agenda is finished...
Statements after a telephone meeting with United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke of improving the business environment, political freedoms, and Covid-19...