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17 Dec
Last week he sent his Defense Minister. This time Volodymyr Zelenskiy in person made the trip to Washington to try to convince Republicans to lift objections to a desperately-needed financial lifeline. That is not the furthest Ukraine’s president has gone. Zelenskyy travelled all the way to Buenos Aires, nominally to attend the inauguration of new president Javier Milei but more importantly, to lobby the pro-Milei, pro-Trump leader of Hungary.
15 Dec
The COP28 climate summit delivers a deal which for the first time calls on all nations to move away from using fossil fuels. But what does it mean for oil and gas-producing countries? Also, it's a bittersweet return for dozens of Tunisians from the Gaza Strip. They managed to escape heavy bombing via Egypt, but are thinking of those they left behind.
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African Development Bank President, Akinwumi Adesina faults global finance architecture.
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Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President, of the African Development Bank Group, speaks on the need to initiate funding for Africa and the possible areas of raising finance for Africa's development.
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