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Russia reopens embassy in Burkina Faso after 3 decades


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Russia has reopened its embassy in Burkina Faso, which it had closed in 1992, thus continuing a rapprochement with this Sahelian country led by a military regime since last year, and which seeks to diversify its partners since its break…

France closes embassy in Niger


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France has decided to close its embassy in Niger, where "it is no longer able to function normally or carry out its missions," according to diplomatic sources, definitively confirming a split between the two countries. This extremely…

South African ruling ANC supports opposition motion to close Israeli embassy


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South African ruling ANC says it would support a parliamentary motion to close the Israeli embassy in Pretoria in protest at the war in Gaza. The African National Congress (ANC) said it also supported calls for the government to suspend…

Niger: British embassy reduces staff numbers


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The United Kingdom is "temporarily reducing the number of its employees in its embassy in Niamey" due to the "security situation" in Niger, the British Foreign Office said on its travel advice site. "A military takeover has taken place…

Libyan embassy in Khartoum attacked, looted – ministry


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Libya's foreign ministry has condemned an attack on its embassy in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, whose buildings were ransacked and looted. Tripoli "denounced the assault and looting" of the Libyan embassy building in Khartoum, whose…

Algeria to reopen embassy in Kyiv


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Algeria will reopen its embassy in Kyiv one year after it was closed over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Algerian state television says on Sunday citing a foreign ministry statement. "This decision falls within the framework of preserving…

Chad opens first embassy in Israel


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Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno opened his Majority-Muslim country's first embassy in Israel, four years after the countries renewed ties following a decades-long rupture, an Israeli statement said. Prime Minister Benjamin…

Chadian president, Israeli PM meets ahead of embassy inauguration


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Chadian president Mahamat Deby met with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday. Mahamat Deby is visiting Israel to open the central African nation’s embassy in the Jewish state, building on their diplomatic relations,…

Burkina Faso leader urges calm after embassy attack


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The military captain who claims to have taken power from Burkina Faso's interim president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba held a parade in the capital Ouagadougou on Sunday. But in a TV message after attacks on the French embassy, supporters…

France condemns attacks on embassy in Burkina Faso


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Uncertainty continued in Ouagadougou on Saturday evening after a statement by the army said it did not recognise the seizure of power the previous day by soldiers. Angry demonstrators in Burkina Faso attacked the French embassy in the…