Biden Team Downgrades Saudi Crown Prince to Recalibrate Ties msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
President Joe Biden intends to “recalibrate” the U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia and will emphasize outreach to King Salman as his counterpart, not Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, the White House press secretary said.
After Waltzing With Trump, Egypt Must Get In Step With Biden Supporters of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi dance and wave flags during a pro-government rally - Sayed Hassan/dpa via ZUMA Press
With Joe Biden, Cairo s relations with Washington are undergoing an uncomfortable reboot.
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CAIRO In the weeks leading up to and through Joe Biden s victory in the U.S. presidential elections in November, officials in Egypt s Foreign Ministry scrambled to prepare for one of the most consequential leadership changes in decades for Cairo s most important ally.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi struck a particularly close relationship with President Donald Trump over his four-year term, with the Trump administration offering vocal support for Sisi despite widespread documentation of human rights abuses and limited Egyptian foreign policy influence. Biden, on the other hand, has been critical of the cozy relationship and has vowed
In a Dangerous Game of Cat and Mouse, Iran Eyes New Targets in Africa
Fifteen people arrested in Ethiopia were part of what American and Israeli officials said was a foiled Iranian plot against diplomats from the United Arab Emirates.
The downtown business district in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, where 15 people were recently arrested in what Ethiopia said was a plot against the Emirati Embassy.Credit.Mulugeta Ayene for The New York Times
Published Feb. 15, 2021Updated Feb. 22, 2021
NAIROBI, Kenya When Ethiopia’s intelligence agency recently uncovered a cell of 15 people it said were casing the embassy of the United Arab Emirates, along with a cache of weapons and explosives, it claimed to have foiled a major attack with the potential to sow havoc in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
February 15, 2021
West Africa’s political elites have long been enamored with the UK’s leading education system. In the process, it has become a significant mechanism for illicit money flows, a report by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has found.
The recently published report by the institute’s Matthew Page was commissioned by the UK government, in partnership with its Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. It explores the decades-long affinity that Africa’s elites have had for the UK system, and highlights risks posed by the investment of funds into the UK education sector by “politically exposed persons” so-called PEPs, which includes individuals convicted of corruption or whose assets have been seized by the UK.