‘Make the guns fall silent’, UN envoy tells South Sudan’s warlords
Warring parties in South Sudan must demonstrate their willingness to a peaceful end to their conflict by “making their guns fall silent, immediately a
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UNITED KINGDOM: UK freezes aid to Zambia over corruption concerns
The UK government has frozen direct financial aid to the Zambian government after concerns about widespread corruption. A Zambian government spokesman
GERMANY: Top spy forced out in migrant row
Germany’s domestic intelligence chief, Hans-Georg Maassen, has been told to quit and move to a senior post at the interior ministry. The government’s
CHINA: Beijing hits back at Trump with tariffs on $60bn of US goods
China has hit back at President Donald Trump by imposing new trade tariffs on $60bn of American goods. It comes after the US slapped duties on $200bn
S/ARABIA: Djibouti and Eritrea leaders meet after a decade
The presidents of Djibouti and Eritrea have met for the first time in more than a decade. At a summit in Saudi Arabia, Presidents Ismail Omar Guelleh