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Dec

01

2023

Henry Kissinger, dominant U.S. diplomat of Cold War era, dies aged 100

HENRY Kissinger, the dominant U.S. diplomat of the Cold War era who helped Washington open up to China, forge arms control deals with the Soviet Union and end the Vietnam War but who was reviled by critics over human rights, has died at the age of 100. Kissinger, a German-born Jewish refugee whose career took him from academia to diplomacy and who remained an active voice in foreign policy into his later years, died at his home in Connecticut on Wednesday, his geopolitical consulting firm, Kissinger Associates Inc., said. Kissinger was at the height of his powers during the 1970s…

Feb

03

2023

By The African Mirror

U.S. deeply concerned by release of Sudanese man found guilty of killing diplomat

NEWS

WASHINGTON is deeply concerned over the release this week of a Sudanese man facing the death penalty in connection with the killing of a U.S. diplomat in 2008, the State Department said. Abdelraouf Abuzeid was found guilty, along with others, in the killing of American John Granville and a Sudanese colleague, who both worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development and were killed by gunmen in Khartoum. "I was horrified," Granville's mother, Jane Granville, told Reuters about hearing of Abuzeid's release. Abuzeid's brother told Reuters on Monday that his sibling was released by the country's high court based on a multi-million…

Feb

03

2023

By The African Mirror

U.S. concerned by release of Sudanese man found guilty of killing diplomat

NEWS

WASHINGTON is deeply concerned over the release this week of a Sudanese man facing the death penalty in connection with the killing of a U.S. diplomat in 2008, the State Department said. Abdelraouf Abuzeid was found guilty, along with others, in the killing of American John Granville and a Sudanese colleague, who both worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development and were killed by gunmen in Khartoum. "I was horrified," Granville's mother, Jane Granville, told Reuters about hearing of Abuzeid's release. Abuzeid's brother told Reuters on Monday that his sibling was released by the country's high court based on a multi-million…

Apr

25

2021

By The African Mirror

U.S. names special envoy for Horn of Africa

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SIMON LEWIS and MICHELLE NICHOLS VETERAN U.S. diplomat Jeffrey Feltman was named a special envoy for the Horn of Africa on Friday, as Washington looks to step up diplomatic efforts in a region hit by the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray and other crises. Feltman also will lead international efforts to address tensions between Ethiopia and Sudan and around the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement. Fighting in Tigray, between rebels and government forces from both Ethiopia and its neighbor Eritrea, has killed thousands of people and forced hundreds of thousands more from their…