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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday pitched the United States as a better security partner for Africa in place of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, which he accused of exploiting coup-hit and conflict-hit nations in the continent’s Sahel region. Blinken, who is visiting Nigeria as part of an Africa tour to strengthen bilateral relations,…

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BOTTOM LINE The US Embassy in Harare has identified the potential for Zimbabwe to become a growth hub for Southern Africa. This is a curious conclusion to draw given the fact that Zimbabwe currently ranks near the bottom of the DHL Global Connectedness Index. The State Department’s Integrated Country Strategy for Zimbabwe neither conceptualizes what it…

THE WAR aims of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Gaza’s Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar look unattainable ...

The war aims of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Gaza's Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar look unattainable in 2024, and their fight may consign the Palestinian territory to yet more devastation and an open-ended Israeli occupation. Netanyahu seeks to obliterate Hamas for its attack on Oct 7, Israel's bloodiest day ever, seemingly willing to raze much of Gaza to the...

NAIROBI, KENYA — Africa worked in 2023 to become a focus of global power and draw the attention of influential nations seeking to build political and economic relations with the 54 countries on the continent. In the past 12 months, African leaders visited European Union headquarters in...

Israel’s army chief predicts the war will last for months. Even if the war ends early in the year, Israel is likely to maintain a military occupation.

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The war aims of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Gaza's Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar look unattainable in 2024, and their fight may consign the Palestinian territory to yet more devastation and an open-ended Israeli occupation. Netanyahu seeks to obliterate Hamas for its attack on Oct. 7, Israel's bloodiest day ever, seemingly willing to raze much of Gaza to the ground and risk reimposing a military occupation in the enclave Israel left in 2005.

The war aims of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Gazas Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar look unattainable in 2024, and their fight may consign the Palestinian territory to yet more... -December 28, 2023 at 06:03 am EST - MarketScreener