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Security Council urges de-escalation in Red Sea
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The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting on Wednesday to discuss heightened tensions in the Red Sea following a series of attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. UN Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari warned that a military escalation would have adverse political
Jordan’s foreign minister Ayman Hussein says Israel aiming to empty Gaza
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Jordan Foreign Minister Ayman Hussein Safadi has accused Israel of aiming to cleanse Gaza of its people through an “indiscriminate and brutal offensive” in response to the October 7 Hamas attack. Speaking at the Doha Forum held in the Qatari capital
All you need to know about Doha Forum 2023
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The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani gives welcome remarks, addresses deeper concerns in Gaza and security in the Middle East. The Doha Forum 2023 under the slogan “Building Shared Futures”. The opening ceremony was attended by President of the
Sibos 2023: Cross-border payments dominate day one of Sibos with Swift-Wise partnership announced
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Swift’s has partnered with UK-based fintech Wise to offer more cross-border payment options to financial institutions and their customers. The partnership was announced during the opening day of the annual Sibos conference, which is currently underway at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Canada
GEF-hosted GBF Fund Receives First Contributions, GEF to Serve High Seas Treaty
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The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Assembly endorsed the June 2023 decision of the GEF Council creating the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF). The Fund will support implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) by providing a new source of funding for protecting endangered
Ugandan premier holds imperialists responsible for Africa’s woes
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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has placed the blame on imperialist powers for the state the African continent finds itself in. Speaking at the second Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg last Friday, Museveni said that centuries of taking slaves from Africa provoked the colonized
African leaders leave Russia summit without grain deal or a path to end the war in Ukraine?
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African leaders have left two days of meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin with little to show for their requests to resume a deal that kept grain flowing from Ukraine and to find a path to end the war there. Putin
Ghana, Portugal sign defence and economic PACTS
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President Akufo-Addo and his Portuguese counterpart, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, have signed bilateral instruments of co-operation in the areas of defence, political consultation and trade between the two countries. This latest form of engagement, President Akufo-Addo said, would go a