Niger’s military junta appointed a transitional prime minister on Monday (August 7), as per a decree which was read on national television, say reports in local media. Ali Lamine Zene will now lead the caretaker government as prime minister. The development has come more than a week after a military ...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is also director of the Foreign Affairs Commission Office of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee, discussed issues on the global agenda, including the Ukrainian crisis, as well as bilateral relations during a telephone conversation, the Russian Foreign ...