Tag: rift

Can the Horn of Africa rift be healed?

Tempers remain high in the Horn of Africa seven months after a New Year’s Day deal saw the self-declared republic of Somaliland agree to lease part of its coastline to its landlocked neighbour Ethiopia. Somalia is not happy about the maritime agreement, details of which remain murky. Firstly, it believes the deal is unlawful and […]

Floods unite Brazilians in solidarity despite political rift

At a former railway station in Rio de Janeiro, a fast-growing mountain of food, bottled water and clothes donated to Brazil’s thousands of flood victims testify to a rare unity of purpose in a country marred by deep political enmity. In solidarity with residents of the water-ravaged southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazilians […]

Xi lands in Hungary as EU security rift deepens

icon Semafor Signals Supported by Microsoft logo Insights from Central European Institute of Asian Studies, Növekedés, and Royal United Services Institute Arrow Down Title icon The News Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in Budapest on Wednesday, the final stop of his week-long visit to Europe that many experts consider a strategic play to deepen ideological […]

Turkey halts trade with Israel in latest Gaza rift

What happened Turkey said late Thursday it has indefinitely suspended all trade with Israel over the “worsening humanitarian tragedy” in Gaza. On Wednesday, Turkey’s foreign minister said Ankara will join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, and Colombia became the third Latin American country to sever diplomatic ties with […]

Political Rift Forces France to Drop Law for Energy Targets

(Bloomberg) — France dropped a plan to write medium-term energy targets into law amid a political rift between opponents of nuclear and renewable energies in the nation’s parliament. Most Read from Bloomberg “I want to put an end to the war of religion between the pro-nuclear and the pro-renewables,” Industry and Energy Minister Roland Lescure […]