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A fresh sanctions waiver from President Donald Trump’s administration will allow the sale of Russian oil and petroleum products already at sea for another month, the latest sign that Washington is trying to contain a sharp rise in energy costs. The Treasury Department issued the license just two days after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the United States would not extend the waiver. Under the new measure, buyers may purchase oil and petroleum products loaded onto any vessel as of Friday, up to 12.01 am (5.01am) on 16…

Sunday April 5, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) — Somalia and Sudan have reached an agreement to waive visa requirements for diplomatic passport holders, a development both governments say will help deepen ties and make official travel easier. The accord was signed on April 2 at the second meeting of the Somalia-Sudan Political Consultation Committee. The session was jointly led by Hamza Adan Haadow, permanent secretary at Somalia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and Ambassador Muawiya Osman Khalid,…

On Friday afternoon, 14 May, the Senate examined behind closed doors the request for the waiver of the immunity of former Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo and rejected it. The senators considered that the referral to the Advocate General to the Constitutional Court was troubled by irregularities. The former prime minister returned to the DRC last weekend to defend himself, he says. He is accused by…