Tag: Diplomacy
fighting, panic and diplomacy
In the DRC, the guns continue to speak north of the city of Goma. The Congolese soldiers are still facing the M23 rebels, causing population movements. For several days now,…
the denuclearization of North Korea, a “precondition for peace in the Indo-Pacific”
The meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ends on November 13 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. While tensions are high in the region, crystallized by China, South Korea…
In the spotlight: the hostage policy of the Iranian mullahs
Catherine Colonna confirms it to the newspaper The Parisian Sunday : “ two other compatriots (…) are also detained in Iran, bringing the number of French nationals detained in this…
The head of the Nigerien army in Benin to strengthen the fight against armed groups
The Chief of the General Staff of the Nigerien army ended a 48-hour visit to Benin on Saturday, November 12. He came to talk mainly about security issues with his…
fighting spreads to North Kivu as diplomacy heats up in Kinshasa
The fighting continued this Saturday, November 12, 2022 in North Kivu. New violent clashes have pitted the Congolese army against M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. And the…
Federal government says humanitarian aid is ‘flowing’, Tigrayans deny
In Ethiopia, the question of the return of humanitarian aid to Tigray is causing controversy. In a tweet, the government of Addis Ababa affirmed on Friday November 11 that the…
Algeria and Russia strengthen their military partnership ahead of joint maneuvers
The Chief of Staff of the Algerian army Said Changriha met Thursday, November 10 in Algiers, the director of the federal service of the Russian military coordination, Dimitri Evguenievich Chougaev.…
The number of African students in France reaches a record in 2022
African countries are well represented among foreign students in France. According to Campus France data for the 2021-2022 school year, more than 400,000 students in French universities came from abroad,…
In Russia, the head of Indian diplomacy supports a strategic partnership on energy
Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is visiting Russia to meet his counterpart Sergey Lavrov. This two-day visit ends this Tuesday, November 8. Despite the conflict in Ukraine, the Russian-Indian relationship…
Diplomatic quarrel between France and Morocco, “the visa crisis is only one element”
In September 2021, Paris had decided to reduce by 50% the number of visas granted to Algeria and Morocco to put pressure on governments deemed too uncooperative in the readmission…