#Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov &his Gabon Counterpart, Pacome Mounelet-Boubeya held a joint news conference following talks in Moscow.
The 2 diplomats noted; #COVID19 pandemic has interfered w/ event programme agreed during the 2019 #RussiaAfrica summit #DWatchCentre
In less than a year, #Sahel has experienced 2 coups, 1 coup attempt & something that looks like a ‘coup within a coup’, putting civil-military relations at top of agenda for understanding current context of power competition btn political & military elites https://t.co/qn49WMBIOm
Indeed, during this year’s UN general assembly which also marked 75 years of UN’s existence, almost one after the other, several African leaders repeated their calls asking for Africa to be granted permanent seat(s) on UN’s Security Council. Read more; https://t.co/2uA2CRNZBr
Why Africa Deserves a Permanent Seat on United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
When United Nations (UN) was founded in October 1945, only four African countries were part of this organisation. Today, all 54 countries are member states of the UN. https://t.co/2uA2CRNZBr
This can be attributed to closer relationship of African Countries with United Nations. This makes the continent more relevant & arguably, the reasons why it should have a permanent seat at UNSC to take part in discussing issues that directly and indirectly impact its interest(s)
It’s time to end senseless, endless sanctions.
“Trump Admin’s use of maximum pressure sanctions..have devastated civilians in #NorthKorea, #Iran, & #Venezuela, thus solidifying wide acceptance that sanctions constitute economic war”, writes George Lopez
https://t.co/UzHKDUEWmS
Register for Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development is on going up to 22 May, 2020.
The forum is jointly organized by @SweMFA and
@SIPRIorg under the theme: ‘Sustaining Peace in the Time of COVID-19’
Register at https://t.co/JBKn5cbPPX