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Navigating Complex Tides: Kenya’s Foreign Relations Under the Microscope In an era where international partnerships are as dynamic as ever, Kenya finds itself at a crossroads, scrutinized by the United States for its evolving alliances and internal challenges. This spotlight emerges from recent amendments set forth by the U.S. Senate, which aim to reassess Kenya’s status as a major non-NATO ally, a designation it received in 2024. Understanding the Inquiry Senator James Risch’s proposition to review Kenya’s non-NATO ally…

Gasps echoed through Committee Room 14 as the results of the fourth leadership ballot were unveiled. All day, the buzz around Westminster revolved around a crucial question: Who would emerge victorious—Robert Jenrick or Kemi Badenoch—to face off against James Cleverly in the Tory leadership showdown? Jenrick’s chances took a hit after he publicly claimed, via social media, that special forces were assassinating terrorists instead of apprehending them, a statement that drew ire connected to the European Convention on Human…

The Arab League asserts that North Western of Somaliais unequivocally part of the Federal Republic of Somalia, following the Arab League and UN charters. During the third gathering of the Arab League's ministerial task force, charged with overseeing the Arab League's resolution to bolster Somalia in protecting its sovereignty and territorial unity, it reaffirmed North Western of Somaliaas an integral segment of Somalia, anchored in the tenets of the charters of both the Arab League and the United Nations. As reported by…

On July 28, it has been 100 days since the head of the Transitional Military Council, Mahamat Idriss Déby, took over as head of Chad after the death of his father Idriss Déby Itno. The political parties took the opportunity to make an overview of the first 100 days of the transition. With our correspondents in Ndjamena,Aurélie…

The information was formalized by a statement from the African Union and Israeli diplomacy on Thursday, July 22. The new Israeli ambassador, currently stationed in Addis Ababa, handed over his duties to Moussa Faki Mahamat, President of the African Union Commission. A photo of the two diplomats posing with the green African Union flag marks the event. "This corrects an anomaly that has been going on for almost two decades," said a statement from Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid. Israel thus regains its observer status,…

While an opposition platform announced a street raid to protest the law on opposition status, the latter was approved by the Supreme Constitutional Court earlier this month. as reported from Antananarivo, Laure VerneauThe opposition will be parliamentary or not. This means that the opposition leader must be a member of…

President Tshisekedi continues his visit to the east. After Goma, he arrived in Beni on Tuesday. He is coming to assess the measures related to the besieged state that has been decided since May 6 in two provinces in the eastern part of the country, Ituri and northern Kivu, of which Beni is the capital, plagued by gang violence. Despite the establishment of the siege, the situation on the ground does…

After almost ten years of exclusion, the Democratic Republic of the Congo will once again be able to take advantage of the trade preferences offered by AGOA. This decision was taken by the outgoing US President Donald Trump, as the US appears to be one of President Tshisekedi's privileged allies. On 19 May 2020, Constance…

It's troublesome to know precisely what is occurring on the bottom, on this area disputed by Morocco and the separatists. Final Friday, the Polisario Entrance claimed that the ceasefire signed in 1991 was damaged after a Moroccan navy operation to dam a highway within the buffer zone in Guerguerat, close to the border with Mauritania. Yesterday, the UN confirmed the trade of fireplace between Moroccan…

In Côte d'Ivoire, the standoff between the government and the opposition parties continues. Since Tuesday, former President Henri Konan Bédié and the other principals' residences have always been surrounded by police. This follows the announcement by opponents last Monday of the creation of a National Transitional Council preparing to appoint a government. This new political crisis is directly…