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Blinken stresses partnership with Africa as China looms large over US-Africa Leaders summit

With the annual US-Africa Leaders Summit kicking off in Washington, D.C., this Tuesday Dec.13, the Biden administration will try to offer its African partners a better alternative to the economic competition from China on the continent. Deputy Commerce Secretary Don Graves acknowledged that the United States has fallen behind as China has surged past American […]

Morocco, Switzerland meet with High Commissioner for Human Rights

Morocco’s Permanent Representative the UN, Omar Hilale, and the Swiss Ambassador Pascale Baeriswyl on Friday held a working session in Geneva with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, and her team. The meeting, held as part of the two diplomats’ mandate to facilitate the process of strengthening the UN Human Rights […]

Cameroon opposition loses seats in parliament

In Cameroon, the opposition has lost 23 seats in the National Assembly following the results of the 9 February legislative elections. The ruling party of long-serving leader Paul Biya has secured a landslide victory, according to results announced by the constitutional council on Friday. The ruling People’s Democratic Movement party (RDPC) took 139 out of […]