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People gather at the General Assembly, prior to a vote, Dec. 21, 2017, at United Nations headquarters in New York. JOHANNESBURG —  Three African nations singled out for their track record of voting against the U.S. at the United Nations say they stand by their votes — even if those choices may result in the U.S. cutting back on aid. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley made the threat to cut aid in a written statement last week after the State Department released its annual r...
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Outre une catastrophe humanitaire dans l’un des pays les plus pauvres du monde, l’engagement militaire enlisé de l’Arabie saoudite et des Émirats arabes unis au Yémen réussit à développer une fracture sunnite-chiite et une influence iranienne là où elles n’existaient pas. Il révèle aussi les ambitions géopolitiques des Émirats arabes unis qui, en opposition avec les objectifs de cette intervention, minent profondément le futur de l’unité du pays. Trois ans après le début de son intervention m...
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 A Rohingya refugee at Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh’s Ukhia district on 5 April, 2018. Photograph: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images The home affairs minister, Peter Dutton, says “like-minded” countries should come together to review the relevance of the 1951 United Nations refugee convention, arguing the document is outdated and does not account for the modern movement of people. In a wide-ranging interview with Guardian Australia conducted on Tuesday, Dutton flagged a reluctance to ...
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The priority now is not only a ceasefire, but also the articulation of strong political incentives for the breakaway regions to finally begin disarmament and reintegration. This is first and foremost a task for the Ukrainian authorities, who will have to overcome the taboo and establish a legal framework for reintegration. The fate of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics and how to reintegrate the breakaway territories into Ukraine came up repeatedly during the Minsk t...
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Saudi Arabia has warned that it will develop its own nuclear weapon if regional rival Iran acquires one. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told US network CBS News his country did not want to acquire nuclear weapons. "But without a doubt, if Iran developed a nuclear bomb, we would follow suit as soon as possible," he added. Iran limited its nuclear programme under a 2015 deal with several world powers - but US President Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw from it. Saudi Arabia and...
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Federiga BindiSenior fellow at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, Jean Monnet chair at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, and D. German distinguished visiting chair at Appalachian State University No, it is not. Times have changed since the Cold War, when the Soviet Union was indeed Europe’s biggest threat. Today, Europe’s main threats come from elsewhere: primarily, the fear of immigration and the lack of economic recovery, especially in southern and ...
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Maldivian Police officers push back the opposition supporters NEW DELHI: India is working with its international partners to ask United Nations to send a fact-finding mission to Maldives so that impartial observers can assess the situation on the ground and nudge the Abdulla Yameen government into restoring democracy. The move is part of hectic back-channel maneuvers New Delhi is currently engaged in to exercise diplomatic options to deal with the crisis in the island nation following Presiden...
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Addis-Abeba accueille depuis hier la deuxième conférence sur la politique foncière en Afrique axée sur le thème : “L’Afrique que nous voulons : Réaliser la transformation socio-économique à travers un accès inclusif et équitable de la jeunesse à la terre », a-t-on appris, ce lundi, des organisateurs dans la capitale éthiopienne. Organisée par l’initiative de politique foncière (Land Policy Initiative - LPI), une initiative conjointe de la Commission de l’Union africaine (CUA), de la Commissio...
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Le Congo Brazzaville au bord de la cessation de paiement. Lettre ouverte à Christine Lagarde, directrice générale du Fonds monétaire international mardi 3 octobre 2017 - 17H40 Madame la Directrice générale, Madame Christine Lagarde, Les administrateurs du Fonds monétaire international négocient actuellement avec les dirigeants du Congo Brazzaville des mesures pour assurer la soutenabilité de la dette du Congo à moyen terme. Il y a urgence pour le pouvoir car il ne peut plus tenir se...
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