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Assistant Secretary Phee’s Travel to Nigeria

Assistant Secretary of State Molly Phee visits #Nigeria on Dec 8 to strengthen ties with West African leaders. She aims to enhance U.S. support for #democratic governance in Niger and address #security challenges in the Sahel region.

MEDIA NOTE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON DECEMBER 7, 2023 Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Molly Phee will travel to Nigeria on December 8, 2023, to engage with regional leaders who will be gathering for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)’s December 10 Heads of State Summit. During her visit, she will consult with West African leaders on how the United States…

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US Threats led to rupture of vital military ties, Nigerien leader says - WaPo

A crucial military relationship between the United States and its closest West African ally, the country of Niger, ruptured this spring after a visiting U.S. official made threats during last-ditch negotiations over whether American troops based there would be allowed to remain, according to the country’s prime minister.

In an exclusive interview, Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine put the blame for the breakdown squarely on the United States, accusing American officials of trying to dictate which countries Niger could partner with and failing to justify the U.S. troop presence, now scheduled to end in the coming months. Niger has been central to efforts to contain a growing Islamist insurgency in West Africa.

The rift between the former allies has created an opportunity for Russia, which has moved quickly to deepen its relationship with Niger, dispatching troops to the capital, Niamey, last month to train the Nigerien military and supplying a new air defense system. Russian and U.S. troops now occupy opposite ends of an air base.

After a military coup d’état ousted Niger’s democratically elected president last year, the United States froze security support as required by U.S. law and paused counterterrorism activities, which had involved intelligence gathering on regional militant activities from a massive drone base in the country’s north. The United States has kept more than 1,000 military personnel in place while negotiating with Niger over their status and urging the junta to begin restoring democracy.

“The Americans stayed on our soil, doing nothing while the terrorists killed people and burned towns,” Zeine said. “It is not a sign of friendship to come on our soil but let the terrorists attack us. We have seen what the United States will do to defend its allies, because we have seen Ukraine and Israel.���

Niger’s insistence that American troops depart culminated in the U.S. announcement last month that it would withdraw them. The pullout, which two U.S. officials said would begin in coming months, represents a significant setback for the Biden administration and will force it to reconfigure its strategy for countering Islamist extremists in the volatile Sahel region.

Though tense discussions between U.S. and Nigerien officials have been previously reported, Zeine’s remarks revealed the extent of the disconnect between the two countries. While the Americans were pressing their counterparts over democracy and their relations with other countries, Niger was asking for additional military equipment and what it considered a more equitable relationship between the two forces, according to his account. He also revealed just how exasperated the Nigeriens had become with the United States.

Relations with the United States have been strained since the junta took power, appointing Zeine, an economist, as prime minister two weeks later. The U.S. government condemned the coup and called for the release of President Mohamed Bazoum, who was put under house arrest.

Zeine said leaders of Niger’s new government, known as the National Council for Safeguarding the Homeland, or by its French initials CNSP, were bewildered that the United States had frozen military support while insisting on keeping the troops in the country without justifying their continued presence. The American response in the wake of Niger’s coup contrasted sharply with that of other nations, including Russia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, he said, which have welcomed the new Nigerien leaders with “open arms.”

He said the Nigerien leaders took particular umbrage at remarks by Molly Phee, the State Department’s top official for African affairs, who he said had urged the government during a March visit to Niamey to refrain from engaging with Iran and Russia in ways objectionable to Washington if Niger wanted to continue its security relationship with the United States. He also said Phee had further threatened sanctions if Niger pursued a deal to sell uranium to Iran.

“When she finished, I said, ‘Madame, I am going to summarize in two points what you have said,’” recounted Zeine, who has led negotiations with the United States. “First, you have come here to threaten us in our country. That is unacceptable. And you have come here to tell us with whom we can have relationships, which is also unacceptable. And you have done it all with a condescending tone and a lack of respect.”[...]

Since 2012, the United States has maintained a military presence in Niger, with most U.S. personnel stationed at the Agadez drone base, which cost about $110 million to build. That base has been “impactful” for counterterrorism efforts across the region, said Gen. Michael E. Langley, who heads U.S. military operations in Africa. In an interview earlier this year, Langley warned that the U.S. losing its footprint in Niger would “degrade our ability to do active watching and warning, including for homeland defense.”[...]

When Phee first arrived in Niger in December, Zeine said, he showed her photographs of Nigeriens waving American flags during protests against France, Niger’s former colonial power. While protesters set fires and smashed windows at the French Embassy, he noted, they left the U.S. Embassy untouched.

“Nigeriens were saying, ‘Americans are our friends, they will help us this time to annihilate the terrorists,’” said Zeine. “But there was radio silence.” He added that Niger would have not looked to Russia and other countries for help if the United States had responded to requests for more support, including for planes, drones and an air defense system.[...]

Although Niger is insisting that the U.S. military leave, Zeine said that his government wants to continue economic and diplomatic relations with the United States and that “no Nigerien considers the United States as the enemy.” He said he told Phee and Campbell that Niger would rather have American investors than soldiers.

“If American investors arrived, we would give them what they wanted,” he recounted telling the States Department officials. “We have uranium. We have oil. We have lithium. Come, invest. It is all we want.”

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U.S. lawmakers are ramping up pressure on the Biden administration to take a more forceful approach to Sudan’s civil war, as months of intense fighting and atrocities have plunged the East African country into further chaos following failed U.S.-brokered efforts to halt the conflict.

Powerful U.S. senators have pushed the administration to tap a new U.S. special envoy to Sudan to focus on crisis response full time and breathe new life into U.S. policy on the conflict, which has lately been overshadowed by one war in the Middle East, one in eastern Europe, and possibly one on the horizon in Asia.

Tom Perriello, a former Democratic congressman and Obama administration diplomat, is the top contender for the job, current and former officials said, though they cautioned that no final decision had been made and that there’s an ongoing internal debate over how high-level the envoy would be. One fight is over whether the envoy would report to the president, the secretary of state, or to the top diplomat overseeing African affairs, Assistant Secretary of State Molly Phee; lawmakers want a high-level envoy with high-level access.

Perriello did not respond to a request for comment.

Sudan erupted into chaos this April after rival factions of a military junta—the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)—broke apart and began fighting for control of the country. More than 10,000 people are estimated to have been killed in the ensuing conflict since then, and at least 6.7 million people have been displaced. Aid agencies say more than 6 million people in Sudan are at risk of famine. The conflict took a grim new turn this week when the RSF captured and ransacked Wad Madani, Sudan’s second-biggest city, which was viewed as one of the last major safe havens in the country and a major hub for humanitarian operations.

The United States has accused both sides of committing war crimes in the conflict and accused the RSF of committing crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing. The conflict has also devolved into a proxy war between regional rivals, with Egypt backing the SAF and the United Arab Emirates backing the RSF; even Russia threw its hat in to support the RSF through its mercenary Wagner Group force. (The fate of that group remains uncertain after the untimely death of its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, in August.)

The UAE’s support for the RSF, a paramilitary group formed from militias that carried out a genocide in Darfur two decades ago, has particularly riled Congress. Another group of Democratic lawmakers in the House have taken the unusual, though not unprecedented, step of sending a letter directly to the Emirati foreign minister condemning its reported support for the RSF, warning that such support could damage U.S.-Emirati relations, according to a copy of the letter obtained by Foreign Policy.

Taken together, these initiatives reveal mounting frustration on Capitol Hill over the U.S. and the international community’s response to the conflict in Sudan. The conflict is considered one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises but has garnered only a fraction of the attention or resources devoted to the crisis in Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war or the war in Ukraine. Human rights advocates, meanwhile, are growing frustrated with the fact that the Biden administration hasn’t put enough political and public pressure on the UAE to stop covertly supplying the RSF with arms and ammunition—in violation of existing U.N. arms embargoes on Darfur—as it carries out widespread atrocities against civilians, including reports of mass rape and ethnic killings, in its campaign for control of the country.

The UAE is one of the United States’ closest partners in the Middle East, and top Biden administration officials have met repeatedly with their Emirati counterparts to coordinate responses to the Israel-Hamas war.

A New York Times investigation published in September revealed that the UAE supplied the RSF with powerful weapons and drones to fuel its fight against the SAF. The Emirati Embassy in Washington did not respond to a request for comment, though the Emirati government has in the past denied the allegations that it arms the RSF.

The U.S. government has said it raises arms embargo-busting issues to countries reported to violate them, “but obviously at this stage of the expanding brutal conflict, these overtures by the [U.S. government], if they are happening, are having no impact,” said Nicole Widdersheim, the deputy Washington director at Human Rights Watch. Widdersheim said the U.N. Security Council needs to be “fully engaged in enforcing” the arms embargo to quell the violence.

The UAE supplying the RSF “would be a grave reputational risk for the UAE and put the longstanding close partnership with the United States into question,” the lawmakers wrote to Emirati Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Ten Democratic lawmakers—led by Rep. Sara Jacobs, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Africa subcommittee—signed the letter. “Members of Congress are paying attention to the UAE’s actions in Sudan. Most importantly, we are concerned that the UAE is at odds with the efforts of Sudanese civilians, the region, and the broader international community to stop the fighting,” they wrote.

“The UAE is an economic giant in the region. It is on the U.N. Security Council, and at the same time, it is brazenly breaking the U.N. arms embargo on Darfur,” said Kholood Khair, the founding director of Confluence Advisory, a think tank based in Khartoum. “The UAE is getting away with murder, quite literally, and for all intents and purposes, its guy is winning, so it has no incentives to change its position absent any real outside pressure.”

“We have directly raised with Emirati officials our concerns about reports of UAE support to the RSF,” a State Department spokesperson said. “We have made clear our view that provision of arms to either side only deepens the conflict.”

Some U.S. lawmakers and officials privately remain deeply frustrated at the Biden administration’s role in Sudan’s botched transition to democracy, the collapse of which sparked the current conflict. These lawmakers and officials feel the administration wasted valuable time and resources trying to revive peace talks between the SAF and RSF in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, that collapsed without any meaningful gains and feel the administration needs fresh eyes and a new senior envoy to tackle the crisis.

Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin and Republican Sen. Jim Risch, the chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced a joint resolution on Tuesday calling for a new high-level special envoy to Sudan.

“This joint resolution should clearly signal to the administration the urgent need to revise its Sudan policy, both in terms of personnel and strategy,” Risch said in a statement.

“The ongoing and escalating violence in Sudan, as well as Sudan’s history of genocide, require additional urgent action from the United States and international community before more lives are lost,” Cardin said. Two other Democratic senators, Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, sent a separate letter of their own calling for a special envoy on Sudan, adding to the pressure on the Biden administration to act.

“The issue of appointing a special envoy is under active and serious consideration by the Administration,” the State Department spokesperson said.

U.S. officials also increasingly fear that the head of the SAF and de facto ruler of the country, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, could be ousted from power by elements of his own army after the SAF faced embarrassing battlefield defeats by the RSF.

The RSF, led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as “Hemeti,” led an infamous Arab militia responsible for committing genocide in Sudan’s Darfur region in the early 2000s on behalf of Sudan’s long-serving dictator, Omar al-Bashir. Bashir was ousted from power amid widespread pro-democracy protests in 2019, leading Sudan to an abortive democratic transition.

That transition derailed when Burhan and Hemeti jointly orchestrated a coup against the civilian-led transitional government and grabbed power in 2021. War broke out this April, following months of simmering tensions between Burhan and Hemeti.

Since then, the RSF and allied Arab militias have carried out a massive ethnic cleansing campaign against the Masalit, an ethnic African tribe, in Sudan’s Darfur region that has pushed some 1.4 million people to flee into neighboring countries, including Chad and Egypt. The campaign, which some human rights groups have labeled a genocide, harks back to the Darfur genocide that began in 2003.

Many experts and officials believe the conflict will only get worse as the RSF gains ground and concede that there are no real prospects for viable peace talks without more powerful diplomatic interventions by major Western powers—especially Washington.

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Phát ngôn viên Amadou Abdramane của chính quyền quân sự Niger cho hay việc rút thỏa thuận quân sự với Mỹ có hiệu lực ngay lập tức, theo Reuters.Quyết định mới được đưa ra sau chuyến thăm Niger của các quan chức Mỹ trong tuần này, do Trợ lý ngoại trưởng Mỹ phụ trách các vấn đề châu Phi Molly Phee dẫn đầu và có cả Chỉ huy Bộ Tư lệnh châu Phi của Mỹ Michael Langley.Ông Abdramane phát biểu trên truyền hình rằng phái đoàn Mỹ đã không tuân theo nghi thức ngoại giao và Niger không được thông báo về thành phần phái đoàn, ngày đến hoặc chương trình nghị sự.Ông Abdramane còn nói rằng các cuộc thảo luận xoay quanh quá trình chuyển đổi quân sự hiện tại ở Niger, hợp tác quân sự giữa hai nước và việc Niger lựa chọn đối tác trong cuộc chiến chống lại những thành phần có liên hệ với mạng lưới al-Qaeda và tổ chức Nhà nước Hồi giáo tự xưng (IS).Quân nhân Mỹ tại Căn cứ không quân 201 ở Niger vào tháng 12.2022Kể từ khi nắm quyền vào tháng 7.2023, chính quyền quân sự Niger, giống như chính quyền quân sự ở hai nước láng giềng Mali và Burkina Faso, đã trục xuất các lực lượng Pháp và châu Âu khác, đồng thời chuyển sang nhờ Nga hỗ trợ, theo Reuters.Tính đến năm ngoái, có khoảng 1.100 quân nhân Mỹ ở Niger, nơi quân đội Mỹ hoạt động tại hai căn cứ, trong đó có một căn cứ máy bay không người lái mang tên Căn cứ Không quân 201 được xây dựng ở miền trung Niger với chi phí hơn 100 triệu USD, theo Reuters. Kể từ năm 2018, căn cứ này đã được sử dụng để nhắm vào các thành viên của IS và Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM), chi nhánh của al-Qaeda, ở vùng Sahel.Ông Abdramane còn nói rằng tình trạng và sự hiện diện của quân đội Mỹ ở Niger là bất hợp pháp và vi phạm các quy tắc hiến pháp và dân chủ vì tình trạng đó được áp đặt một cách đơn phương lên quốc gia châu Phi này vào năm 2012.Ông Abdramane khẳng định Niger không biết về số lượng nhân viên dân sự và quân sự Mỹ trên đất nước này cũng như số lượng thiết bị được triển khai và theo thỏa thuận, quân đội Mỹ không có nghĩa vụ phải phản ứng bất kỳ yêu cầu trợ giúp nào chống lại các tay súng. "Trước tất cả những điều trên, chính phủ Niger sẽ hủy bỏ ngay lập tức thỏa thuận liên quan đến tình trạng của quân nhân Mỹ và nhân viên dân sự của Bộ Quốc phòng Mỹ trên lãnh thổ Cộng hòa Niger", ông Abdramane nhấn mạnh. Hiện chưa có thông tin về phản ứng của Bộ Quốc phòng Mỹ đối với quyết định trên của Niger.

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Secretary Blinken's Afric Tour Outlined

A Diplomatic Mission of Significance

Expanding U.S. Engagement in Africa Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s upcoming diplomatic mission to Cabo Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria, and Angola symbolizes a significant stride in the U.S.'s foreign policy. Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Molly Phee, in her detailed briefing, expresses palpable excitement about this journey. This visit is particularly noteworthy as it follows the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit of December 2022 and aims to reinforce the U.S.'s commitment to strategic partnerships in Africa. The Secretary's visit is poised to critically assess and demonstrate the U.S.'s commitment to following through on commitments made during the summit.  

Bolstering Economic and Health Partnerships

Deepening Commercial Ties and Collaborative Health Efforts At the heart of Secretary Blinken’s agenda is the reinforcement of economic partnerships with African nations. The trip is an opportunity to further the development of commercial ties, fostering a mutual growth trajectory that benefits both the U.S. and its African partners. Alongside economic ties, the trip will also shine a light on the U.S.'s longstanding health partnerships with these nations. This aspect underscores the enduring and deep-rooted collaborative efforts in public health, reflecting a shared commitment to addressing global health challenges.   Emphasis on Food Security and Diplomatic Relations Focusing on Key Global and Continental Issues Food security is another focal point for Secretary Blinken and will be a significant topic of discussion. The Secretary's visit will provide an invaluable opportunity to enhance ongoing diplomatic engagements on various critical issues. These discussions are essential not just for the African continent but for broader global dialogues. The aim is to showcase the achievements made so far and outline future directions in these crucial areas, demonstrating a commitment to long-term, sustainable development.  

Showcasing African Capacities and Forward-Looking Engagements

Celebrating Progress and Potential Across the Continent Assistant Secretary Phee pointed out that African news is often overshadowed by negative narratives. This visit aims to alter that perception by spotlighting the immense capabilities and potential of African nations, particularly its youth. The visit will celebrate African achievements and prospects, from showcasing advanced collaborations like the U.S.-Angola partnership in space exploration to highlighting the significant strides made by African countries.  

Addressing Peace and Security: A Primary Concern

Dialogue on Regional Security Issues Despite the focus on development and collaboration, the critical issues of peace and security remain at the forefront of discussions. The Secretary's dialogues in Cote d’Ivoire will encompass the situation in the Sahel and West Africa’s coastal regions. Nigeria’s internal security challenges and Angola’s efforts in mitigating tensions in eastern Congo are set to be key discussion topics. These dialogues underscore the U.S.'s commitment to supporting peace and security in the region.  

Cultural Dynamics: The Africa Cup of Nations

The Vibrant Backdrop of a Continental Celebration Secretary Blinken’s visit coincides with the Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire, adding a vibrant cultural dimension to the diplomatic tour. The tournament, which showcases African football talent, is expected to infuse the visit with excitement and highlight the continent's rich cultural heritage. This intersection of diplomacy and culture illustrates the diverse facets of African societies.  

Strengthening Ties: The U.S.’s Continued Commitment

Secretary Blinken’s Fourth Visit Marks a Deepening Engagement This trip, marking Secretary Blinken’s fourth visit to Africa, is a testament to the U.S.’s deep and continued engagement with the continent. The visit underscores the ongoing U.S. support and collaboration with African partners, illustrated by initiatives such as the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) projects. These projects exemplify the U.S.'s role in supporting sustainable development and are indicative of a shared journey toward prosperity and mutual respect.   Sources: THX News & US Department of State. Read the full article

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Biden condemns African military coups, backs ECOWAS intervention

The United States President, Joe Biden, has condemned the unconstitutional takeover of government in West and Central Africa while reiterating his country’s unwavering support for democracy across the globe. Delivering his remarks before the 78th United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Biden expressed support for the actions taken by the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States to pressurise the military junta in Niger Republic to restore constitutional order and reinstate the ousted President. Niger’s ousted President, Mohamed Bazoum, was removed by a military junta on July 26, 2023, in a coup that has been roundly condemned by the United Nations, US,  United Kingdom, African Union, ECOWAS, and France, among other key international stakeholders. ECOWAS had ordered a standby army to prepare to use force to restore democracy in Niger after several failed talks with the junta. During his remarks, President Biden backed the AU, ECOWAS and other regional bodies working to protect democracy while assuring the world that democracy remained the best tool for countries to better meet the challenges facing humanity today. He said, “We convened the Summit for Democracy to strengthen democratic institutions, root out corruption and reject political violence. And at this moment where democratically elected governments have been toppled in quick succession in Western and Central Africa, we’re reminded this work is as urgent and important as ever. “We stand with the African Union and ECOWAS and other regional bodies to support constitutional rule. We will not retreat from the values that make us strong. we will defend democracy, our best tool to meet the challenges that we face around the world and we are working to show how democracy is delivering in ways that matter to people’s lives.”President Bola Tinubu had recently said he was the one stopping the  ECOWAS from deploying soldiers in Niger in tandem with the regional bloc’s declaration to use force, among other options, to restore democracy in Niger. Tinubu had said this while recently hosting the US Presidential Envoy and Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Ambassador Molly Phee, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Phee had delivered to Tinubu an invitation from Biden for a meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. The Niger coup is expected to form part of the critical topics of discussions by the two leaders. President Biden also spoke about climate change and its devastating impacts as well as Artificial Intelligence urging that the emerging technology should be galvanised by nations for the good and protection of the citizens. The US leader also condemned the Russian war in Ukraine and rallied global support for the Ukranian people. He also pushed for the expansion of the United Nations Security Council with the injection of fresh permanent and non-permanent members. Biden wants global institutions to be more responsive to the plight of its members, particularly the developing nations battling poor income and poverty. He said, “The US is working across the board to make global institutions more responsive. For example, we have taken significant steps to scale up the World Bank, expanding its financing to lower middle-income countries so it could help boost progress for meeting sustainable development goals and better address interconnected challenges like climate change and fragility.” Biden said he had last month asked the US Congress for ‘additional funds to expand the World Bank financing by $25bn’ adding that the G20 is also expected to rally bigger economies of the world to mobilise more funding for the global bank  ‘so that we can collectively deliver the transformational boost to world Bank lending.’ Read the full article

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By • Olalekan Fagbade You’re the only African leader President Biden wants to meet at UNGA, US envoy tells Tinubu     Molly Phee, US assistant secretary for African affairs, says President Bola Tinubu is the only African leader President Joe Biden wants to meet on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in September. Phee said this on Saturday when Tinubu hosted her at the Aso Rock villa. “President Joe Biden is asking to meet with you on the sidelines of UNGA, and you are the only African leader he has requested to meet,” Ajuri Ngelale, presidential spokesperson, quoted her as saying. On his part, Tinubu said he is working to create prosperity for Nigerians. “Yes, the private sector will lead the way within an enabling environment we create for them, but the US Government must be innovative in its thinking and systematically create incentives for US industrial investment in Nigeria,” he said. “Under my leadership, Nigeria stands ready to address their specific regulatory, tax and environmental concerns. “I am determined to create prosperity for all Nigerian families.” Tinubu said although all options are on the table to resolve the crisis in Niger Republic, war is not ideal for his economic reforms in the region as chair of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). “We are deep in our attempts to peacefully settle the issue in Niger by leveraging on our diplomatic tools,” he said. “I continue to hold ECOWAS back, despite its readiness for all options, in order to exhaust all other remedial mechanisms. “War is not ideal for my economic reforms, nor for the region, but the defence of democracy is sacrosanct. The ECOWAS consensus is that we will not allow anyone to insincerely buy time.” #NewYork #PresidentBiden #Tinubu #uNGA #USEnvoy

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LET VOTES COUNT-US. ASSISTANCE SECRETARY TELLS INEC

A delegation from the United States led by the Assistance Secretary of States for Bureau of African Affairs, Molly Phee has charged the Independent National Electoral Commission to ensure that every vote cast is counted to boost citizens’ confidence in the electoral process. She made the call on Monday when her delegation visited the INEC headquarters to ascertain the level of preparation ahead…

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MUAFA NEWS!!!

U.S HAS NO PREFERRED CANDIDATE IN NIGERIA’S ELECTION. The U.S Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Molly Phee  says her country has no preferred candidate in the Nigeria’s general election.Phee stated this when she visited the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu in his office on Monday in Abuja.She expressed confidence that the general…

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New U.S. Horn Of Africa Envoy To Visit Saudi Arabia, Sudan And Ethiopia

"They will encourage government officials to seize the current opening for peace by ending the airstrikes and other hostilities ... and laying the foundation for an inclusive national dialogue," it said in a statement.

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உரிமைகள் மீறப்படுவதை தடுக்க ஒன்றிணையுங்கள் - அமெரிக்க தூதுவர் #MollyPhee #un #ut #utnews #tamilnews #utworldnews #universaltamil

இலங்கை உள்ளிட்ட நாடுகளில் மனித உரிமைகள் மீறப்படுவதை முடிவுக்குக் கொண்டு வருவதற்கு உறுப்பு நாடுகள் இணைந்து பணியாற்ற முன்வர வேண்டும் என்று ஐக்கிய நாடுகள் சபைக்கான அமெரிக்க தூதுவர் மேரி கத்தரின் பீ தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.

ஐக்கிய நாடுகள் மனித உரிமைகள் பேரவையின் 37ஆவது கூட்டத்தொடரில் நேற்று உரையாற்றிய அவர் இதனைக் கூறியுள்ளார்.

ஈரான் போன்ற மனித உரிமைகளை மீறும் நாடுகளை ஒரு விதமாகவும், இஸ்ரேல் விடயத்தில்…

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dix choses à savoir sur Molly Phee, la Madame Afrique de Joe Biden – Jeune Afrique

dix choses à savoir sur Molly Phee, la Madame Afrique de Joe Biden – Jeune Afrique

DIX CHOSE À SAVOIR SUR – À cinq jours du début du sommet entre les États-Unis et le continent africain qui se déroulera à Washington, du 13 au 15 décembre, Jo Biden n��a pas encore confirmé de rencontres en tête-à-tête. En revanche, l’agenda de sa principale diplomate pour l’Afrique, la secrétaire d’État adjointe Mary Catherine « Molly » Phee, est plein à craquer. Elle sera l’interlocuteur que les…

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Following impending terror attack alerts on Abuja, issued by the United States of America, USA, the United Kingdom, UK, and Germany, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, on Friday, held a crucial meeting with officials of the USA States Department in Washington DC. [caption id="attachment_30627" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Atiku[/caption] The meeting, which focused primarily on enhancing cooperation with the US authorities on Nigeria’s security challenges, elections and democracy, was led by Atiku and Assistant Secretary, States Department, Bureau of African Affairs, Molly Phee. According to sources from the PDP presidential candidate's side, “the meeting last night with officials of the States Department could not have come at a better time with the terrorists threat alert by the U.S. UK and Canada and the withdrawal of its non essential staff by the U.S Embassy in Nigeria.” Read also>>>Abuja Terror Alert: Julius Berger Closes Down Operations A press statement signed by Paul Ibe, Media Adviser to Atiku, on Saturday, said that, “the focus of discussions were on the critical need to seek collaborative solutions to our local issues on democracy and governance, our deteriorating security and the economy. “Most importantly, the meeting secured commitments to support for free and fair elections in Nigeria, an announcement of a sanction policy before the elections to deter anti-democratic forces, and commitments for continued partnership with Nigeria in areas of security and development.” Other officials of the States Department at the meeting included Karl Fickenscher, Acting Assistant Administrator, USAID; Scott Busby, Acting Principal, Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labour; Michael Heath, Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of African Affairs; Brian Neubert; Director Office of West African Affairs; Skye Justice Deputy Director Office of West African Affairs; Toby Bradley Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Christopher Landberg, Principal Deputy Coordinator, Bureau of Counterterrorism and Stanley Brown, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of Police-Military Affairs. Those on the official delegation of the PDP presidential candidate include former Senate President and Special Envoy to the presidential candidate, Dr. Bukola Saraki; Sokoto State governor and Director-General of the PDP presidential campaign council, Aminu Tambuwal; former governor of Imo State, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu.

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Atiku Meets With US Assistant Secretary & State Department Officials

Atiku Meets With US Assistant Secretary & State Department Officials

  In keeping with his commitment to Nigerians, our Presidential candidate has continued to keep Nigerians updated on his engagements with officials In the United States.   In the second of such update, he tweeted:   “Yesterday, at the meeting at the State Department led by Molly Phee, Assistant Secretary—Bureau of African Affairs, the focus of our discussions were on the critical need to seek…