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AU to Sanction Members Defaulting on Payment of Financial Contributions

The African Union on Wednesday called for a sanction regime against member states that would fail to make their annual financial contributions. African Union Commission chair Moussa Faki Mahamat announced the new measure in a speech at the 20th Extraordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union, focused on the continental reform agenda, […]

Russia’s Lavrov surfs on anti-western rhetoric while on Africa tour

Russian foreign minister Segy Lavrov is on an African tour leading him to some of the countries that have distanced themselves from Western capitals. Lavrov began his tour with Guinea, which together with some African nations abstained from voting in favor of a UN resolution that calls for a withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine. […]

Monitoring illegal migration flows ‘impossible’ without Morocco’s collaboration, Spanish FM says

Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, stated, Tuesday, that ”without the collaboration” of Morocco, it would be ”impossible” to control illegal migration flows. Without the collaboration of the Moroccan security forces and the excellent work of the Spanish security forces, it would be impossible to control the illegal migration phenomenon,” Albares said in […]