WASHINGTON — The U.S. special envoy for the Horn of Africa will visit Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Ethiopia next week amid ongoing crises in the two African nations, the State Department announced Friday.David Satterfield and Assistant Secretary of State Mo…
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Exclusive-Tereos to exit malt business, eyes Romanian sugar unit closure
Published by Reuters UK By Sybille de La Hamaide PARIS (Reuters) – Tereos, the French sugar and ethanol group, has sealed an agreement with grain cooperative Axereal to sell its stake in their malt business and is consulting unions on a plan to close its sugar activities in Romania, it said in a document to […]
Read MoreIran, Venezuela and Sudan Lose UN Voting Rights With 5 More
UNITED NATIONS — Iran, Venezuela and Sudan are in arrears on paying dues to the United Nations’ operating budget and are among eight nations that will lose their voting rights in the 193-member General Assembly, the U.N. chief said in a letter circulat…
Read MoreSomalia Humanitarian Bulletin, December 2021
Humanitarian partners release the 2022 Somalia Humanitarian Response Plan. The plan seeks close to US$1.5 billion to assist 5.5 million of the most vulnerable people in the country.• Drought worsens in Somalia with the number of affected people increas…
Read MoreSomalia Humanitarian Bulletin, December 2021
Humanitarian partners release the 2022 Somalia Humanitarian Response Plan. The plan seeks close to US$1.5 billion to assist 5.5 million of the most vulnerable people in the country.• Drought worsens in Somalia with the number of affected people increas…
Read MoreSomalia Humanitarian Bulletin, December 2021
Humanitarian partners release the 2022 Somalia Humanitarian Response Plan. The plan seeks close to US$1.5 billion to assist 5.5 million of the most vulnerable people in the country.• Drought worsens in Somalia with the number of affected people increas…
Read MoreUS Names New Horn of Africa Envoy
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday named career diplomat David Satterfield as the new special envoy to the troubled Horn of Africa.Satterfield, 67, who has experience in the Persian Gulf states, Lebanon and Iraq, most recently has serve…
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Israeli ministry urges nixing travel ban amid omicron surge
Published by Al-Araby Travellers from the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries should be cleared for landing in Israel, the Health Ministry recommended on Thursday. The ministry said all countries should be removed from Israel’s “red” no-travel list, including the United Arab Emirates, the United States, Ethiopia, the United Kingdom, Tanzania, Mexico, Switzerland […]
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