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Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Teodoro Obiang Nguema, the President of Equatorial Guinea, in Moscow. Putin highlighted the successful collaboration between Russia and the oil-rich nation within the Gas Exporting…

Ukraine has said it would open more embassies in Africa and stage a summit with leaders from the continent, where Russia is also carrying out a diplomatic offensive. "We have recently adopted our first African strategy and intensified…

Syria’s top diplomat is on a three-day official visit to Tunisia to restore diplomatic ties broken since 2012 during the civil war that followed President Bashar al-Assad's brutal crackdown on mass protests against his rule. Syrian…

The mission of Morocco's ambassador to France has ended without a successor being appointed, in a climate of diplomatic crisis between Rabat and Paris. “In accordance with high royal instructions, it has been decided to terminate the…

France and Morocco announced the re-establishment of full diplomatic relations following months of tensions over visas. The row was sparked in September last year when France halved its visa quote for Moroccans in retaliation for the…

The head of Chadian diplomacy Chérif Mahamat Zene, has announced his resignation, accusing the ruling military junta of relegating him to the role of "extra". The announcement comes in the middle of a laborious national reconciliation…

Egyptian president has travelled to Qatar on his first visit to the gas-rich nation amid warming ties after years of frayed relations following the Egyptian military's overthrow of an Islamist president backed by Doha. The two-day trip…

The Norwegian ambassador, a member of the Troika on Sudan, denounced an "intolerable" repression of anti-putsch in a country where, Therese Loken Gheziel said, the world had "great hopes", which were dashed by a coup d'état "which took us…