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Washington trying to wreck Russia-Africa summit -Russia’s Lavrov

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Photographer Tiksa Negeri By Reuters The U.S. is trying to wreck Russia’s planned summit with African countries as part of efforts to isolate Moscow, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview published on Tuesday. Lavrov told the news site Argumenty i Fakty that Moscow was different from Western countries

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Finland set to join NATO, in blow to Putin

An empty flagpole stands between the national flags of France and Estonia outside NATO headquarters in Brussels, Monday, April 3, 2023. Finland awaits an official green light to become the 31st member of the world’s biggest security alliance as NATO foreign ministers prepare to meet in Brussels on Tuesday and Wednesday. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) By

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Trump arrives in New York for surrender, opposes TV court coverage

Dan Ray waves an American flag as plane carrying former U.S. President Donald Trump takes off from the Palm Beach International Airport, after Donald Trump was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury following a probe into hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., April 3, 2023. Reuters/Ricardo Arduengo By

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Egypt’s Sisi visits Saudi Arabia amid financial pressure, regional realignment

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman receives Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, April 03, 2023. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via Reuters By Reuters Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi visited Saudi Arabia on Sunday, Saudi state news agency SPA said, as Cairo seeks financial inflows to ease pressure on its currency and bolster

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Paris residents vote in favor of banning rental e-scooters

By Anadolu Agency Paris residents have voted for the prohibition of self-service electric scooters in the French capital, the mayor announced. On Sunday, a referendum has been held whether to ban the rental e-scooters which triggered a public row in the past months. Anne Hidalgo in a news conference said: “As of Sept. 1, there

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Why the national oil company of Kenya was locked out of UAE fuel deal

By Business Daily Africa Gulf oil companies rejected a proposal to use the National Oil Corporation of Kenya to import fuel on credit due to its poor cash position, forcing the State to allow them to nominate their preferred dealers. Industry sources privy to the talks, which started in September last year disclosed that Saudi

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Finland’s center-right party claims win amid tight election

National Coalition Chairman Petteri Orpo celebrates at the party’s parliament election wake after seeing the results of the advance votes in Helsinki, Finland, Sunday, April 2, 2023. A general election in Finland was expected to result in a close finish by three political parties Sunday, with Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s Social Democrats fighting to secure

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British interior minister Braverman says Rwanda is safe for migrants

British Secretary of State for the Home Department Suella Braverman makes a Statement on the Baroness Casey Review in London, Britain, March 21, 2023. UK Parliament/Andy Bailey/Handout via Reuters By Reuters Britain’s interior minister Suella Braverman said she was convinced Rwanda was a safe country to resettle migrants who had arrived in Britain illegally but

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South Africa party officials in Russia for talks on new ‘global order’

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R)shakes hands with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka on June 28, 2019. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AFP By AFP South Africa’s governing ANC party said Saturday that it had sent senior officials to Russia to discuss “recalibration of the global order” with

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We want Addis to join EAC after Somalia for better bargaining

EAC Secretary-General Peter Mathuki By The East African The EAC Secretary-General Peter Mathuki outlines to Jackson Mutinda on his plans for the Community. What keeps you awake at night as the EAC Secretary-General? I don’t sleep. It’s not easy. Looking at the issues facing the Community; I am always on my toes. And now we

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