Eurasia Press & News

OPINION. Les anciens colons ont encore la faiblesse de ne pas associer le continent aux grands enjeux mondiaux, estime Robert Dussey, ministre des affaires étrangères du Togo et l’un des diplomates africains les plus influents Le rôle assigné à l’Afrique depuis le début de la guerre en Ukraine est évocateur …

In a meeting with Israel’s Yair Lapid, Jordan’s King Abdullah says Palestinians should be included in United States-backed economic projects in the region. Jordan’s king has told Israel’s visiting prime minister that Palestinians should be part of US-sponsored regional economic projects to underpin stability in the Middle East. Jordanian officials …

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday warmly welcomed Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for talks in Paris, defying anger sparked by hosting the controversial strongman less than four years after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The meeting is the latest step in the diplomatic rehabilitation of the …

Countries in the Sahel need to collaborate to stem the tide of weapons flowing through Niger. Arms and ammunition seizures by security forces in Niger’s Agadez and Tahoua regions between January 2021 and February 2022 helped dismantle trafficking networks in the country. This is positive, but what do the seizures …

Demonstrators have accused international forces of failing to deter armed groups responsible for a wave of deadly attacks. At least 15 people, including three U.N. peacekeepers, have been killed and 60 others injured in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in an escalation of dayslong protests against the …

The official reason for the move appears to be that the three, among the wealthiest Jews in Ukraine, hold foreign citizenship — including in Israel. Three powerful and prominent Jews in Ukraine appear to have had their citizenship stripped as their long-simmering conflict with President Volodymyr Zelensky has reached a …

When I had the opportunity to tell acting Prime Minister Lapid just one thing about the country of my birth, this is what I chose to share with him “Tell me something I don’t know about Iran.” The question hit me hard, coming from Yair Lapid, the acting Prime Minister …

Three days after US President Joe Biden’s trip to the Middle East, Tehran hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on July 19. This tripartite meeting was held within the framework of the seventh summit of the heads of states of the Astana Peace Process for …

Sadrist protesters stormed parliament today, rejecting the formation of the government under the premiership of Muhammad Shia Sudani, who was nominated recently by a rival Shia colaition. Hundreds of protesters, many of them followers of influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, gathered in Tahrir Square early this evening and then moved …

Although the leaders of Arab and Gulf countries, as well as the United States, expressed support for a diplomatic solution to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, many don’t believe this statement will revive the negotiations or push Ethiopia to end its unilateral measures. The summit in Jeddah on July 16 …