EU Set To Sanction Chinese Officials Linked To Uyghur Persecution

European Union (EU) is expected to apply sanctions later this month against four individuals and one entity in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in connection with human rights abuses against the Uyghur people. Diplomats speaking to the Wall Street Journal and EU Observer said the sanctions, which will be applied under the EU’s Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime,  include travel […]

Brawling over Vaccines: Export Bans and the EU’s Bungled Rollout

The European Union has been keeping up appearances in encouraging the equitable distribution of vaccines to combat SARS-CoV-2 and its disease, COVID-19.  Numerous statements speak to the need to back the COVAX scheme, to ensure equity and that no one state misses out.  And EU member states could be assured of a smooth vaccine rollout, […]

#EndSARS: Those Responsible for the killings should be brought to book – EU

The European Union has expressed sadness over the killings of #EndSARS protesters in Nigeria. The body, in a statement on Wednesday by its High Representative and Vice President, Foreign Policy Chief and Security, Josep Borrell, said it is expedient that those behind the killings be brought to book. “It is alarming to learn that several […]

Nigerian Government is committed to combating violence against women, girls- Agba

…commends effort of UN, EU through Spotlight Initiative Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, says that the Nigerian government is committed to the global effort at decreasing violence against women and girls by intensifying collaboration with international partners in the fight against the scourge. Agba restated the commitment on […]

With EU’s Support, UNCTAD Battling To Save Angolan Economy

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is currently battling to save the Angolan economy from collapse. Tumbling crude oil prices is spelling more turmoil for the Angolan economy that has been in recession since the 2014-2016 oil crash halted more than a decade of exceptional growth. It is being made worse by […]

Brexit begins: UK officials stop attending EU meetings

How the United Kingdom leaves the European Union on October 31 – with or without an agreement – remains a matter of charged debate, but the Boris Johnson government has announced that its officials will not attend EU meetings from September 1. As the August holiday season draws to a close, Brexit will soon occupy […]

UK faces food, fuel and drugs shortages in no-deal Brexit

Britain will face shortages of fuel, food and medicine if it leaves the European Union without a transition deal, jamming ports and requiring a hard border in Ireland, official government documents leaked to the Sunday Times show. The Times said the forecasts compiled by the Cabinet Office set out the most likely aftershocks of a […]

Oil War: EU’s Meeting on Iran Ends in a Stalemate

Diplomats from Germany, Britain, France, the European Union, China, Russia and Iran met in Vienna for talks on the 2015 Iranian Nuclear Treaty, a year after Washington unilaterally scrapped the agreement. The meeting which held at the weekend ended in a stalemate as no agreement emerged on the central issue: the growing danger of a […]

Trump hints at big trade offer if Britain breaks free from EU

Donald Trump waded into the UK’s fraught politics on the first day of a state visit, urging his hosts to proceed with Brexit and dangling the promise of a U.S. trade deal he said would swiftly follow. With the country preparing for the appointment of a new prime minister, Trump called on the British to […]