Then-U.N. Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman Nov. 15, 2017.
The Biden administration this month brought Jeffrey Feltman, a seasoned former senior U.S. and United Nations diplomat, out of semi-retirement to assume the newly created role of special envoy for the Horn of Africa, where multiple crises threaten to unravel the entire region.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday formally named Feltman to the post, where he will become Washington’s lead troubleshooter for a deadly conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia that has sparked a massive humanitarian crisis and widespread allegations of war crimes.
Feltman, in his first interview since being tapped for the post, told
Somali PM arrives in Jeddah to perform Umrah May 07, 2021
Prime Minister of Somalia Mohamed Hussein Roble arrived in Jeddah on Friday to perform Umrah rituals.
JEDDAH Prime Minister of Somalia Mohamed Hussein Roble arrived in Jeddah on Friday to perform Umrah rituals, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
He was received by Makkah Governor Prince Khalid Al-Faisal, who is also an adviser to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, and a number of top officials at King Abdulaziz International Airport. SG
The two big moves in early US Middle East policy
Three months is a very short time, especially in the life of a new administration scrambling to fill positions, review policy, and launch initiatives. And although the incoming administration’s priorities are largely domestic and in the foreign policy arena, their priorities are on global issues like climate change and fighting COVID or otherwise on China and Asia Middle East policy has seen important movement, particularly on Iran and Afghanistan.
The decision to find a pathway back into the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran was signaled loudly during the campaign, and it has translated into indirect talks in Vienna. Predictably, Iran has been testing the new administration with limited escalations in various theaters, partly to take the measure of the new president, and partly as a way to gain leverage in the negotiations. Despite their wide differences, the American and Iranian “administrations” both h
May 6, 2021
Democratic US Senators Chris Coons of Delaware and Chris Van Hollen of Maryland met with Sudan’s interim leaders in Khartoum on Tuesday as the administration of US President Joe Biden seeks to forge lasting ties with the east African country’s new government.
The two senators met with Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and head of the transitional government’s sovereignty council, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, as well as with Finance Minister Gabriel Ibrahim.
The lawmakers discussed US economic support for Sudan’s recovery amid its ongoing transition to democratic governance following the popular ouster of longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir in 2019, according to a statement by Sudan’s Finance Ministry.