Moroccan & Spanish FMs

Sudan’s paramilitary RSF threatens to attack northern states amid reports of Khartoum executions

The deputy leader of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Abdel Rahim Hamdan Daglo, has threatened to invade two northern states following significant losses to the Sudanese army. In a video statement filmed in Darfur, Daglo vowed to attack the Northern State and River Nile State, claiming his forces, bolstered by 2,000 vehicles, would soon strike. […]

The Fed Up, the ECB Down: Time to Endow the ECB with a Level Playing Field

After years of loose monetary policy, with 0.5 percent interest rate and three consecutive waves of quantitative easing (QE), including buying US$ 85 billion per month of Treasury bonds (T-bonds), Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Fed’s board of governors, announced in May the Fed’s intention to commence tapering its asset purchase program. The Fed’s […]

France-Mali tensions escalate over arrest of diplomat accused in alleged coup plot

A diplomatic crisis has erupted between France and Mali following the arrest of Yann Vezilier, a French embassy employee accused by Mali’s military government of plotting to “destabilize” the Sahel country. Malian authorities allege Vezilier, whom they claim is linked to French intelligence, was recruiting military and civil society figures to orchestrate a coup. The […]