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Burundi: What next for Inter-Burundi dialogue after unsuccessful negotiations?

Facilitator Benjamin Mkapa intends to rely on the East African Community to try to unblock the situation.

Feb 20, 2017

By Elsa Buchanan

Burundi Pierre Nkurunziza

State media slams reports that China stopped North Korea coal imports after Kim Jong-nam's murder

Communist Party mouthpiece calls Western speculation \'ludicrous\'.

Feb 20, 2017

By Nandini Krishnamoorthy

UK MPs debate pro and anti-Donald Trump petitions in Parliament

Controversial US president is expected to make a state visit to Britain in June.

Feb 20, 2017

By Ian Silvera

Donald Trump

French dreaming spires: Oxford University eyes Paris campus to handle Brexit funding cut

Other universities, including Warwick are understood to be considering similar proposals.

Feb 20, 2017

By James Tennent

Brexit

Belgian PM holds 'intense' meeting with Mike Pence over future of European Union

Charles Michel stressed that there would be no fragmentation of the EU, during talks with the US vice president.

Feb 20, 2017

By Lara Rebello

Russia claims innocence over cyberwarfare hacking and wants closer US relationship

Sergei Lavrov said no facts have been presented to support the claims

Feb 18, 2017

By Tareq Haddad

Merkel calls on Trump to show support for international organisations

'Will we work together or fall back into our individual roles?'

Feb 18, 2017

By Tareq Haddad

Donald Trump

US Vice-President Mike Pence pledges US support for Nato

Pence spoke to European leaders at the Munich Security Conference

Feb 18, 2017

By Oli Gamp

Donald Trump NATO

$Tanzania\'s former president Benjamin Mkapa$

Burundi: New round of talks resume under difficult circumstances but facilitator hopeful

Inter-Burundi Dialogue looking to find solution to Burundi's 20-month deadly political violence.

Feb 16, 2017

By Elsa Buchanan

Burundi Pierre Nkurunziza

US threatens to 'moderate' NATO pledge unless its members meet 2% defence spending quota

Defence Secretary James Mattis claimed President Trump 'has strong support for NATO'.

Feb 16, 2017

By William Watkinson

NATO Donald Trump

Donald Trump calls for release of Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez

The message comes days after the US Treasury imposed sanctions of Venezuelan Vice President Tarek El Aissami.

Feb 16, 2017

By James Tennent

Venezuela Donald Trump

Crimea not on agenda as US and Russia seek Syria solution on G20 sidelines

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meeting for the first time in Germany.

Feb 15, 2017

By Sofia Lotto Persio

Donald Trump NATO

Breakaway Somaliland requests exemption from Donald Trump's travel ban

Foreign Minister Saad Ali Shire says the republic is a stable nation and is free of terrorism.

Feb 15, 2017

By Elsa Buchanan

Donald Trump Somalia

US will not push for two-state solution on Israel-Palestine conflict, indicates official

Hints at radical shift in US stance on eve of Trump-Netanyahu meeting in Washington.

Feb 15, 2017

By Tareq Haddad

Donald Trump

Mike Pence warned about Justice Department file on Flynn two weeks after Trump

Vice president's ignorance of full facts may explain why he continued to defend the national security adviser.

Feb 15, 2017

By James Tennent

White House

New UN chief launches task force to reform peace-keeping body as risks of global conflict grow

António Guterres has vowed to make bureaucratic UN 'more nimble and effective'.

Feb 14, 2017

By Tareq Haddad

United Nations

US urged to prod China to convince Pakistan on tackling cross-border terrorism

Think tank says China has greater influence over Pakistan's policies than the US.

Feb 14, 2017

By Nandini Krishnamoorthy

Boris Johnson diverts £700m from foreign aid budget to 'pro-democracy' fund to tackle Putin

The foreign secretary has been accused of betraying the world's poorest countries for political gain.

Feb 14, 2017

By Tareq Haddad

Vladimir Putin

Highlights of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's visit to Trump's White House

The two leaders vowed to maintain trade relations between the US and Canada.

Feb 14, 2017

By Nicole Rojas

White House

Trump 'evaluating situation' surrounding Michael Flynn's Russia scandal

National security adviser under fire over pre-election contact with Kislyak.

Feb 13, 2017

By Tareq Haddad

Donald Trump

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