The United States Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on Zimbabwe’s state security minister and the country’s ambassador to Tanzania over human rights abuses. Owen Ncube, Zimbabwe’s state security minister, was blacklisted over accusations that he ordered security services to abduct and mistreat members of the opposition group, the Treasury Department said in a statement. […]
Chinese and South Sudanese officials last weekend emphasized their commitment to resuming and increasing production at South Sudanese oilfields and protecting the environment. The commitments were made during meetings between executives of the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and visiting Minister of Petroleum of South Sudan, Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth. The meetings discussed issues ranging from […]
Former Head of Spanish News Agency EFE, Luis María Anson, has voiced concern over Washington’s growing preference of Morocco over Spain, saying such a tendency will weaken Madrid’s regional and international influence. The U.S. administration is suspicious of the Spanish government’s rapprochement with the communist party, but also of Pedro Sánchez’s open or undeclared ties […]
