Bush says US must support Israel ‘no ands, ifs or buts’ amid 9/11 comparisons

https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/a69ac6d2eb075805c2ba4d6c0f919a1f599a40ef/0_56_2098_1259/master/2098.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=e65723e12551d6910080c9eeb45bdc3aFor­mer pres­i­dent prais­es Biden for stand­ing with Israel and says Netanyahu has ‘got to do what he’s got to do’ after Hamas attacks The US must sup­port Israel “no ands, ifs or buts”, the for­mer US pres­i­dent George W Bush said as he advo­cat­ed for tough action in response to vio­lence by Hamas which many…

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Haiti crisis: Will Kenya overcome the ghosts of Brazil’s mission? BBC Africa

Kenya is deploy­ing a force of 1,000 police offi­cers to Haiti to fight crim­i­nal gangs that have tak­en con­trol of Haiti’s cap­i­tal, Port-au-Prince. How­ev­er, Kenya is not the first for­eign inter­ven­tion in Haiti; Brazil led a mis­sion from 2004 to 2016, with a mixed out­come. But can Kenya suc­ceed where oth­ers have failed? And what…

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UAE Reverses Visa Ban on Nigeria, Signs Billion-Dollar Investment Deal, President Says

https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000–0aff-0242-b1cf-08dbb3d6436c_cx0_cy10_cw0_w800_h450.jpgNige­ri­ans are prais­ing the lift­ing of a visa ban by the Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates fol­low­ing a meet­ing in Abu Dhabi this week between Pres­i­dent Bola Tin­ubu and Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates Pres­i­dent Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Niger­ian author­i­ties also secured an invest­ment deal worth bil­lions of dol­lars, accord­ing to the pres­i­den­cy. Niger­ian pres­i­den­tial spokesper­son Ajuri…

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The US can rebuild trust abroad – by declassifying incriminating intelligence | David Adler and Misty Rebik

https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7e253d90645b9fdc39fcbc6dc24b88dbb8077995/0_248_3741_2245/master/3741.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=69cc09dea924bf18d4eeaf5b0ae2b8d6We just returned from a del­e­ga­tion to Brazil, Chile and Colom­bia. Each coun­try is still seek­ing answers about the his­to­ry of US inter­ven­tion On the morn­ing of 11 Sep­tem­ber 1973, the Cen­tral Intel­li­gence Agency briefed Pres­i­dent Richard Nixon about the Chilean military’s immi­nent plan to “trig­ger mil­i­tary action against the Allende gov­ern­ment”. By noon, bombs…

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Joe Biden calls for stable US-China relationship during south-east Asia tour

https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7e1de31a54359fc0f9f5308d781cb0f298c239f0/0_147_3741_2245/master/3741.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=c408804e13fa3c9be110d179e4e70e62The US president’s remarks came after after meet­ing in Viet­nam with Com­mu­nist par­ty offi­cial to secure glob­al sup­ply chain Joe Biden’s nation­al secu­ri­ty tour of south-east Asia reached Hanoi, Viet­nam, on Sun­day, where the pres­i­dent called for sta­bil­i­ty in the US-Chi­­na rela­tion­ship against an increas­ing­ly com­plex diplo­mat­ic pic­ture in the region for his coun­try. “I don’t…

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African students loved living in Sudan but war forced them to flee — BBC Africa

African stu­dents in Sudan share the real­i­ties of find­ing them­selves in a war zone, after mov­ing to the coun­try for a new chap­ter and edu­ca­tion. “Just imag­ine wak­ing up the morn­ing with bomb blasts.” “Very, very, very scary,” says Fauziya Idris Safiyo. #sudan #sudan­war #bbcafrica Sub­scribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Web­site: https://www.bbc.com/africa Face­book: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twit­ter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Insta­gram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

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Six Africa Stories Making the Headlines 08/27 — 08/22/23

  DENVER, Colo., USA — (Africa News Mat­ters) This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa  Al Jazeeera News – 08/27/23 Indi­an PM Modi pro­pos­es full G20 mem­ber­ship for African Union https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/27/indian-pm-modi-proposes-full-g20-membership-for-african-union   Mint – 08/27/23 India in talks for UPI expan­sion in Africa https://www.livemint.com/news/world/india-expanding-unified-payment-interface-upi-to-african-countries-for-commercial-partnerships-and-financial-inclusion-11693155015557.html   BBC News ‑08/26/23 Wag­n­er in Africa: Precarious…

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