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UN security council: African countries face hurdles and dangers in getting permanent seats

UN security council: African countries face hurdles and dangers in getting permanent seats

THERE is growing global consensus among the members of the United Nations that the UN Security Council, responsible for maintaining international peace and security, requires reform or restructuring to reflect the current balance of forces, and to improve its working methods and ability to do its work. There is also growing consensus among members of the African Union that Africa deserves a permanent presence at the council. The debate took a new turn on 13 September, when the US announced it would support the creation of two new permanent seats for African countries, and a non-permanent seat for small island…
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Zelenskiy: Ukraine should boost diplomacy in Africa, and Latin America

Zelenskiy: Ukraine should boost diplomacy in Africa, and Latin America

UKRAINIAN President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, seeking to strengthen Kyiv's diplomatic efforts following Russia's invasion, called for a summit with Latin American leaders and said Ukraine should take steps to build relations with African countries. He told a news conference on the first anniversary of Russia's invasion that he would like countries from across Latin America and Africa, as well as China and India, to join a peace formula proposed by Kyiv to end the war with Russia. "You know how difficult it is for me to leave the country, but I would travel especially for this meeting," he said of the…
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China finds coronavirus on frozen meat, packaging from Latin America, New Zealand

China finds coronavirus on frozen meat, packaging from Latin America, New Zealand

THE Chinese city of Jinan has revealed that it had found coronavirus on beef and tripe and their packaging from Brazil, Bolivia and New Zealand, while two other provincial capitals detected it on packaging on pork from Argentina. China is ramping up testing on frozen foods after repeatedly detecting the virus on imported products, triggering disrupting import bans, even as the World Health Organization says the risk of catching COVID-19 from frozen food is low. In Jinan, capital of eastern China's Shandong province, the goods involved were imported by a unit of Guotai International Group, and Shanghai Zhongli Development Trade,…
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