Die Welt reports that Germany's newly presented strategy for supporting Africa's development has been criticized for not addressing the challenges posed by Russia and China, which are actively increasing their influence in the region.
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Experts also argue that the strategy does not take into account new realities that have developed on the continent.
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German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Svenja Schulze, revealed the new strategy and highlighted that how the continent is approached today will determine how it will approach Germany in the future, …
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… emphasizing that Africa will acquire "geopolitical weight" and become one of the most important regions in the world.
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She also pointed out that Germany and the EU are no longer claiming to be the only partners for Africa and are now recognizing the role of other actors in the continent.
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The accident occurred in the mountainous province of Balochistan. The bus driver is believed to have lost control due to high speed and hit a bridge pillar before crashing from the bridge.
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There were 48 people on the bus, 39 were counted dead and 4 were rescued and taken to the hospital but are in critical condition. The death toll is expected to rise.
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However, this effort was unsuccessful because other countries of the former Yugoslavia did not provide requested information.
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The Montenegrin prosecutor's office had approved a strategy for investigating war crimes in May 2015 and began collecting information on veterans of Yugoslav wars a couple of years ago.
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🇷🇺⚡️Oleg Morozov, a member of the State Duma in Russia, said that statements about confrontation between NATO and Russia could lead to a nuclear collapse. 1/4 #russia#ukrainewar#nato#ukraine#nuclearwar
He added that this type of rhetoric would not change the goal of a special operation and called the statement by Admiral Rob Bauer, the chairman of NATO's military committee, "monstrous."
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Earlier, the chairman of NATO's military committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, noted that the alliance is ready for a direct confrontation with Russia.
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🇰🇵⚡️The DPRK Foreign Ministry warned the US with consequences for spreading rumors about an alleged arms deal with Russia. 1/4 #northkorea#usa#ukrainewar#russia
They believe that Washington is trying to justify its own arms sales to Ukraine by spreading false information about the arms trade between Russia and North Korea.
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The Director of the Department of US Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic also noted that if the US had not pushed for NATO expansion to the East, infringing on Russia's security interests, the current situation in Ukraine would not exist.
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She said that government spending would need to be cut to match tax revenues and that the spending of the population would also be reduced, leading to psychological consequences and further control of spending.
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Yellen also stressed that it is the responsibility of US President Joe Biden and the leadership of Congress to find a way out of the situation and raise the national debt ceiling.
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🇩🇪🇷🇺⚡️ Providing weapons & financial aid to Ukraine, makes Scholz's statement that Germany is not participating in the war technically (i.e. legally) correct but de facto completely consistent. Is hiding behind legal fictions a long-term solution? 1/9 #ukrainewar#ukraine#scholz
Russia has generally better weapons than Ukraine and is fighting an existential #war. Providing increasingly lethal #weapons to Ukraine would not be consistent with Scholz's stated goal of not escalating the situation.
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It should be seen as a futile effort to change the military balance in favor of Ukraine and could ultimately lead to a more violent and destructive conflict with #Russia.
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