WHITE HOUSE — An executive order signed Friday by U.S. President Joe Biden seeks to slap harsh sanctions on all sides involved in the war in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region — including the governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea. In the order, Biden said the region had seen “widespread violence, atrocities, and serious human rights abuse, […]
Day: September 17, 2021
Leaders to Gather at UN Against COVID-19 Backdrop
UNITED NATIONS — Afghanistan, climate action and the COVID-19 pandemic will be front and center next week when large numbers of world leaders return to New York for their first in-person meetings at the United Nations in more than a year. The coronavirus pandemic has slowed in-person diplomacy at the United Nations, and last September […]
Why the push led by South Africa to revoke Israel’s AU observer status is misguided
The announcement in July that Israel had been formally granted observer status at the African Union drew a sharp reaction from some countries on the continent. These included Algeria and Djibouti as well as South Africa, which said it was “appalled”. Pretoria moved quickly to lobby other Southern African Development Community states against the decision. At a […]