Tag: sanctions
New sanctions against Russia
full screen US UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield Photo: John Minchillo/AP/TT The United States is imposing sanctions on a number of Russian individuals and organizations over allegations of child abduction from…
New sanctions against Russia
— The United States will not be passive while Russia carries out these war crimes and crimes against humanity, says US UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield. Now the US issues sanctions…
Niger: Berlin wants European sanctions
The West African army chiefs of staff began their meeting Thursday in Ghana to discuss a possible armed intervention in Niger after the military-led coup, against which Berlin has called…
Difficult to prove suspected sanctions violations
The statistics are clear, as TT was able to tell on Monday. Exports from Sweden to countries such as Kazakhstan and other former Soviet states have increased sharply. Admittedly, these…
ECOWAS sanctions against Niger: the World Food Program is concerned about the consequences
The World Food Program (WFP), a United Nations agency, is concerned about the consequences of the sanctions imposed by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) against Niger following…
Niger: “difficult” discussions between members of the AU Peace and Security Council on ECOWAS sanctions
The international community has had its eyes on Niger since the July 26 coup. A final communiqué on the meeting of the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African…
Coup in Niger: Niamey’s oil ambitions threatened by sanctions
Niger has been under sanctions from ECOWAS countries for nine days. An economic blockade which prevents all trade with the countries of the West African bloc and which also affects…
Financial sanctions, threat of “use of force”… In Niger, putschists put under pressure
Tensions are rising between Niger and its former international partners. This Sunday, July 30, thousands of Nigeriens demonstrated in front of the French Embassy in the capital Niamey. National symbols…
Putin’s promise: Will bypass Western sanctions
Russia has recently carried out large-scale attacks targeting grain reserves and targets that hinder Ukraine’s ability to export the goods.Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin promises several African leaders that he…
Mali: the United States sanctions three senior officials for having facilitated the expansion of Wagner there
The United States Department of the Treasury sanctioned on July 24, 2023 three Malian military and transitional government officials, including Defense Minister Sadio Camara, “for facilitating the deployment and expansion…