The leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) industrialised nations meet in Cornwall, UK, this week for their first summit since the outbreak of COVID-19. They will focus on global challenges including the pandemic, climate change and threats to democracy, on top of economic concerns. After a period of friction among Western nations – largely due to the antics of former U.S. President Donald Trump, who was a disruptive presence in G7 meetings from 2017 to 2019 – leaders want to show a united front against China and Russia. U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit to Cornwall will be his first foreign travel since taking office, adding lustre to the occasion.
Khartoum has suggested that it could withdraw from a 1902 agreement transferring territory where the Great Renaissance Dam was built from Sudan to Ethiopia.
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The United Nations is disbursing $65 million for humanitarian needs in Ethiopia, $40 million of which will go to the aid operation in the northern Tigray region.
“Ethiopian lives and livelihoods are being destroyed by drought, and children are suffering from malnutrition,” U.N. humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock said in a statement Thursday while announcing the release of the funds. “And six months into the conflict in Tigray, civilians continue to bear the brunt. Women and girls are being targeted with horrific sexual violence, and millions are struggling to access essential services and food, especially in some rural areas that are completely cut off.”