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UNITED STATES – First interview between Joe Biden and King Salman before the publication of the report on the death of Khashoggi

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Biden had his first telephone interview on Thursday, February 25, 2021, with King Salman of Saudi Arabia. The US President “reiterated the importance the United States places on human rights.” He promised to make the relationship between Riyadh and Washington stronger and more transparent.

The President of the United States had, for the first time since his installation in the White House, a telephone interview with the King of Saudi Arabia. Relations between the two countries were on the agenda of discussions between the two men. However, no mention has been made of the CIA’s explosive report, which risks undermining the partnership between the United States and Saudi Arabia.Although no date has yet been set, the United States is preparing to release a report that establishes the responsibility of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul. 

The release of the report “is an important step towards transparency, and as is often the case, transparency is an element for accountability,” said US diplomacy spokesman Ned Price on Thursday, adding: This is a crime, as I have already said, which has shocked consciences. We will soon be able to talk about accountability measures.”

The Trump administration had classified the report. The Republican president wanted to preserve the alliance with Ryad, a pillar of his anti-Iran strategy, the world’s leading exporter of crude oil and a major American arms buyer.Only a dozen subordinate Saudi officials were sanctioned. Mike Pompeo, then Donald Trump’s secretary of state, even claimed that the CIA report contained “no direct element linking the crown prince to the order to kill Jamal Khashoggi”.

Jamal Khasoggi is a Saudi journalist who was murdered on 2 October 2018 at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. He was general manager of Al-Arab News, then editor of the Saudi newspaper Al Watan, which he turned into a progressive platform. From 1980 to 2000, he regularly served Prince Turki bin Faisal, former director of the Saudi intelligence services. He was first close to the Saudi power before going on dissent in 2017, following the advent of Mohammed bin Salman to the status of crown prince and de facto ruler of the country. He left Saudi Arabia in September 2017 and declared that the Saudi government had “banned him from Twitter.” He then began writing critical press articles about the Saudi regime. Extremely critical of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Khashoggi strongly opposes intervention in Yemen.

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NIGER – United States repositions its troops

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The United States began “as a precaution” to reposition its troops in Niger, the scene of a coup in late July, the Pentagon announced on Thursday, September 07, 2023.

The Department of Defense is “repositioning some of its personnel and assets from Air Base 101 in Niamey (the capital, ed.) to Air Base 201 in Agadez”, further north, a spokesman, Sabrina Singh, told the press.

“There is no immediate threat to our staff or violence on the ground,” she added, calling the decision a “precautionary measure”. Singh also said that “some non-essential staff and subcontractors” had left the country several weeks ago.

Soldiers toppled the President of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, on 26 July and placed him and his family under house arrest at the presidential palace. The United States has some 1,100 soldiers stationed in Niger, operating against active jihadist groups.

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NEW YORK – A dozen Senegalese arrested for selling counterfeit items

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On the evening of Wednesday, September 06, 2023, a muscular intervention by the New York police led to the arrest of a dozen Senegalese nationals, mainly street vendors. Reportedly, the police operation was triggered by the sale of counterfeit items, an illegal activity in the United States.

The US authorities also seized the subject goods, while legal proceedings were instituted against those involved. According to sources, the sale of counterfeit items is strictly prohibited in the United States, and the U.S. authorities take the suppression of this activity seriously.

However, this incident has elicited varying reactions from the Senegalese community in New York, with some expressing concern about the fate of those arrested, while others stress the need to respect local laws.

At this point, the New York police have not yet officially communicated on this case, and the exact circumstances of the police intervention remain to be clarified.

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CANARY ISLANDS – 83 people aboard rescue canoe and 2 lifeless bodies discovered

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3 people aboard a canoe were rescued by the ship Guardamar Calìope. Two (2) lifeless bodies, one male and one female, were discovered upon arrival in the Canary Islands.

With a cut and a design more or less identical to those of a Senegalese boat, the boat was spotted in the south of Maspalomas. According to the rescue team, they arrived in Arguineguin at 5:05am in the Canary Islands on 25 July 2023.

As a reminder, at least 14 lifeless bodies were found after a pirogue capsized overnight from Sunday to Monday, July 24, 2023 off the coast of Dakar, Senegal, said Samba Kandji, deputy mayor of the Ouakam district and a source of the gendarmerie.

‘They are migrants a priori,’ said Mr Kandji. Gendarmes and firefighters are on the beach of Ouakam, a district of the Senegalese capital, and continue Monday morning rescue operations in search of other bodies.

“The navy forced the boat to dock and people fled. I was told 14 (dead) but then two bodies came out. It can be assumed that there were 16” deaths, Kandji said a few minutes later.

A wooden boat, on which migrants were found, according to several witnesses on the beach, floats on the water near the bank.

A firefighter assured anonymously that search operations had begun at 01:00 hours.

The migratory route of the Canary Islands, a gateway to Europe in the Atlantic Ocean, has seen a marked increase in activity in recent weeks from the coasts of northwestern Africa.

Several tragedies have been recorded in the last two weeks. At least 13 migrants from around Dakar died in the sinking of their boat about a week ago off the coast of Morocco. Another boat capsized in Saint-Louis, in northern Senegal, killing at least 14 people.

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