The German government supports Morocco’s plans for the Western Sahara, a disputed territory on the northwest coast and in the Maghreb region of North and West Africa. About 20% of the Western Sahara’s territory is controlled by the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, while the remaining 80% of the territory is occupied and administered by […]
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The United States have warned Turkey against working with sanctioned Russians or Russian banks, in a letter from the U.S. Treasury to Turkish business associations. In a letter, US Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo (picture) warned Turkish banks and companies that they may face secondary sanctions. He wrote: “Any individuals or entities providing
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By Pieter Cleppe French President Emmanuel Macron will prioritise increasing cooperation and support in the field of food and security to West-African countries, Euractiv reports. It notes that he has pushed this for this during his four-day trip to the region last month, when he visited Cameroon, Benin and Guinea-Bissau. In particular, he wants France
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By Pieter Cleppe The latest 24 hours have seen a lot of movement on the possible reactivation of the Iran nuclear deal, dubbed JCPOA. Last week, the EU sent Iran the “final text” of a revived deal, aimed at restricing Iran’s nuclear programme, in exchange for relieving sanctions. In response to the events, the United
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Writing for the Council on Foreign Relations, academic Michelle Gavin, a senior fellow for Africa Studies and the former United States Ambassador to Botswana, highlights Russia’s growing influence in Africa, writing: “Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s four-country Africa swing attracted a great deal of attention in Western media outlets, which framed his trip as a
In a parliamentary question, issued together with a number of other MEPs, German ECR MEP Lars Patrick Berg asks the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy about the deterioration of the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh: The MEPs warn: “While the world’s attention is on Russia’s criminal invasion of Ukraine, the situation in Nagorno‑Karabakh
In OpinioJuris, Hans Gutbrod, an Associate Professor at Ilia State University in Tbilisi and Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, Seton Hall University, comments on the “just war theory”: “Four key conflicts of recent years – Afghanistan, Iraq, Karabakh and the recent Russian attack on Ukraine – illustrate how illuminating the framework remains,
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Russian company Gazprom has announced that gas supplies through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany would be reduced to only 20 percent of the capacity. This happens right after Siemens finally delivered transport documents for the Nord Stream turbine that had been stuck in Canada for weeks. Gazprom will now halt one more Nord
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By Pieter Cleppe A referendum in Tunesia is causing concern for democracy in the country. According to the country’s President, Kais Saied (picture), it is needed to advance political reforms. Opponents have retorted that it will however enshrine the powers the President seized one year ago, claiming that this amounts to essentially one-man rule. Saied
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This week, the EU and Azerbaijan agreed to strengthen the existing cooperation, signing a new Memorandum of Understanding on a Strategic Partnership in the Field of Energy, in a bid to secure alternative gas supplies for Europe. Both sides are also negotiating a new comprehensive agreement, to allow for enhanced cooperation in a wide range
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