U.S. Halts Some Foreign Assistance Funding to Ethiopia Over Dam Dispute with Egypt, Sudan

Some U.S. officials fear the move will harm Washington’s relationship with Addis Ababa. BY ROBBIE GRAMER | FOREIGN POLICY Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has approved a plan to halt U.S. foreign assistance to Ethiopia as the Trump administration attempts to mediate a dispute with Egypt and Sudan over the East African country’s construction of […]

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US Imposed Arms Embargo on South Sudan

The US announces unilateral arms restrictions on South Sudan, calls on members of UN Security Council to support arms embargo. BY ASSOCIATED PRESS The Trump administration is imposing a U.S. arms embargo on civil war-torn South Sudan while urging the United Nations and other countries to do the same. The State Department said Friday the U.S. is restricting […]

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U.S. Suspends Issuance of ‘B Visas’ to Eritrean Nationals Over Deportation

BY AGENCIES The State Department has imposed visa sanctions against Eritrea and three other countries (Guinea, Sierra Leon and Cambodia) for failing to take back deported citizens from the U.S. The U.S. Embassy in Asmara today announced that it will stop issuing business and tourism visas to citizens, subjects, nationals, and residents of Eritrea, with […]

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U.S. Sanctions on Eritrean Navy: The Hypocrisy Continues!

BY NJR At the present, in a time when the Eritrean Government is working hard with the International community to lift the sanctions; for the U.S. government to impose unilateral sanction on the Eritrean Navy based on baseless allegations of trading military arms with North Korea is unsubstantiated. It goes without saying that the Eritrean […]

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