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On 11 June President Donald Trump signed an executive order authorising the possible imposition of economic sanctions and visa restrictions on certain persons associated with the International Criminal Court (ICC), …
Read MoreThe Southern African Development Community (SADC) Council of Ministers Meeting was held virtually on 29th May, 2020 and was chaired by Hon. Prof. Palamagamba John Kabudi, Minister of Foreign Affairs and …
Read MoreOn 20 May, Chad adopted a new anti-terrorism law, which no longer includes the death penalty for terrorism-related crimes, establishing life imprisonment as the hardest penalty instead. With this law, …
Read MoreSunday is World Press Freedom Day and a global human rights group has marked the observance by publishing an overview of Egypt’s assault on journalists and other media workers. Amnesty International said in its report …
Read MoreThe Council today decided that current sanctions in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine should be extended for a further six months until 15 September 2020.These restrictive m…
Read MoreKAMPALA – Ugandan poet Stella Nyanzi was released in February after spending more than a year in prison for a post she made on Facebook that insulted President Yoweri Museveni. Defiant, Nyanzi used her time behind bars to write a book and is inspiring…
Read MoreOn the occasion of the 16th European Remembrance Day for Victims of Terrorism, the Commission has issued the following statement:“Today, we remember and honour all victims of terrorist atrocities, and we stand by those who grieve and those who endure t…
Read MoreThe text of the following statement was agreed by Special Envoys and Special Representatives of the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, the United Kingdom, the United Nations and the United States of America on the occasion of the signing o…
Read MoreHigh Representative/VicePresident Josep Borrell and Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarcic concluded their twoday visit to Ankara on Wednesday, where they discussed with Turkish partners the situation in NorthWest Syria and refugee flows to …
Read MoreHigh Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell and Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarcic will travel to Ankara from Tuesday, 3 March to Wednesday, 4 March 2020. They will hold talks on the ongoing escalation in the northwestern Syrian pr…
Read MoreWHITE HOUSE – Ethiopia rejected a U.S.-brokered agreement on the Grand Ethiopian Dam (GERD) and said it would commence first filling of the structure, one day after the Trump administration concluded two days of what is supposed to be the final round…
Read MoreYAOUNDE – Cameroon is protesting criticism from French President Emmanuel Macron over how the central African state is handling the conflict in its English-speaking regions. On Monday, over 100 youth rallied at the French Embassy, demanding Macron apo…
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