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Blinken raises concerns over Hotel Rwanda dissident trial with Kagame
US secretary of state on last stop of African tour has been clear about US misgivings related to Paul Rusesabagina’s conviction
Jason Burke Africa correspondent
11, Aug, 2022 @3:14 PM
Blinken makes case for democracy at start of sub-Saharan Africa tour
Secretary of state tells reporters in South Africa that US ‘not trying to outdo anyone’ amid growing influence of Russia and China
Jason Burke Africa correspondent
08, Aug, 2022 @5:41 PM
Death toll reaches 36 in eastern DRC as protesters turn on UN peacekeepers
With elections due next year, analysts fear political motives could be driving the rising violence and tensions in the region
Jason Burke Africa correspondent
05, Aug, 2022 @8:27 AM
Al-Qaida chief’s killing comes as group gains ground in African conflict zones
UN says terror organisation, whose affiliate recently attacked Mali’s most important military base, ‘is once again the leader of global jihad’
Jason Burke
05, Aug, 2022 @5:00 AM
Nancy Pelosi tells President Tsai US will not abandon Taiwan – as it happened
House speaker meets Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei during visit described as ‘extremely egregious’ by China’s vice foreign minister
Virginia Harrison, Vivian Ho, Chris Stein, Martin Belam and Oliver Holmes
03, Aug, 2022 @6:12 AM
Ayman al-Zawahiri: al-Qaida leader killed in US drone strike in Afghanistan, Joe Biden says
President ordered strike on Kabul safe house last month during a high-level meeting, administration says
David Smith in Washington, Joanna Walters in New York, and Jason Burke
02, Aug, 2022 @11:07 AM
Zawahiri’s killing unlikely to weaken al-Qaida significantly
Analysis: The terrorist leader had been ill and key tasks are likely to have been handled by others for several years
Jason Burke
02, Aug, 2022 @8:20 AM
Lavrov’s African tour another front in struggle between west and Moscow
Analysis: Foreign minister seeks to win friends and influence people in countries where closeness can be traced back to USSR
Jason Burke Africa correspondent
25, Jul, 2022 @1:28 PM
Why ‘Farmgate’ threatens Cyril Ramaphosa’s bid to clean up South African politics
Cash found stuffed in the president’s sofas is damaging his chances in the country’s upcoming elections
Jason Burke in Johannesburg
24, Jul, 2022 @8:15 AM
Traces of methanol found in teenagers who died at South African nightclub
Cause of death of 21 young people at Enyobeni tavern last month still yet to be determined
Jason Burke Africa correspondent
19, Jul, 2022 @3:25 PM
How the Rajapaksa family fell after 15 years at the top in Sri Lanka
Analysis: Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s authoritarianism and incompetence ended the family’s political reign
Jason Burke
13, Jul, 2022 @6:05 PM
A moment of mounting chaos: the Somalia of Mo Farah’s childhood
Farah grew up at a time of deep poverty and instability in the Horn of Africa, where criminal networks smuggling resources and people flourished
Jason Burke Africa correspondent
12, Jul, 2022 @4:25 PM
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