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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

Biden administration

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World

Starting with a handshake, presidential debate between Harris and Trump then turns fierce, and pointed

Former President Donald Trump, left, and Vice President Kamala Harris debate on Sept. 10, 2024. AP Photo/Alex Brandon By Rodney Coates, Miami University and Lee Banville, University of Montana   As the two presidential candidates entered the debate stage, Kamala Harris strode across it and offered her hand to Donald Trump to shake, setting a confident tone that didn’t flag throughout the debate. Trump, appearing to grow angrier through the […]

todaySeptember 11, 2024 33

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Africa

Biden Administration supports AGOA re-authorisation

The Biden administration is supporting the early extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act, allowing over 30 sub-Saharan African countries to maintain duty-free access to the U.S. market. Joy Basu, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of African Affairs, confirmed this during a press briefing, saying the United States supports an early re-authorization before AGOA expires in September 2025.    Since its enactment in 2000, the […]

todayJuly 30, 2024 32

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With pressure mounting on the Biden administration, its pursuit of Assange was becoming both damaging and untenable

      By Emma Shortis, RMIT University     Today, in a surprise development likely weeks in the planning, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was able to leave the United Kingdom for the first time in more than a decade after reaching a plea deal with the US government. In the past several months, momentum has been building towards this moment. There was increasing bipartisan support in both the Australian […]

todayJune 25, 2024 17

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Fears mount over Israel and Hezbollah relations

The Biden administration is growing increasingly concerned about the deteriorating situation between Israel and the Lebanon-based, Iranian proxy Hezbollah. The US President has once again dispatched a senior advisor to the Middle East, amid fears of a possible large-scale regional war.

todayJune 18, 2024 19

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US President Joe Biden welcomes Kenya’s Rutto

Kenya’s President William Ruto is the first African leader in more than 15 years to make an official state visit to the US. This, according to the BBC is an opportunity for President Joe Biden to demonstrate commitment to Africa at a time when Washington appears to be playing catch-up in its engagement with the continent. Analysts suspect the state visit is partly meant to compensate for the fact that Biden […]

todayMay 23, 2024 32

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UNRWA’s Money Woes May Be Easing as Some Donors Return, but US Is Unlikely

Numerous donors are returning to fund UNRWA, the UN Relief and Works agency for Palestinians, reacting to preliminary results from a UN probe into Israeli accusations that agency staff participated in the Oct. 7 massacre. But it appears the United States will not be directing contributions to the organization this year. UNRWA is the main operation delivering food to Gaza, above. UNRWA/INSTAGRAM   After weeks of deepening financial straits amid […]

todayMarch 15, 2024 8

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US attempt to ‘revitalize’ Palestinian Authority risks making the PA less legitimate, more unpopular

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas meet on Nov. 30, 2023. Saul Loeb/Pool via AP   By Dana El Kurd, University of Richmond   Gaza is still very much in the midst of war, yet discussion is turning to “the day after” the conflict – and who will govern the war-ravaged territory. The Biden administration has said that a full Israeli occupation of the […]

todayMarch 12, 2024 6

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Opinion Pieces

After 3 months of devastation in the Israel-Hamas war, is anyone ‘winning’?

  By Ian Parmeter, Australian National University The 19th century German war strategist and field marshal Helmuth von Moltke famously coined the aphorism “No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy”. His observation might well be applied to the tragedy we are witnessing in Gaza. Three months after the current conflict began, civilians have borne the brunt of the violence on both sides, with the deaths of more than […]

todayJanuary 8, 2024 12

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