By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on France 24
Republican Representative Thomas Massie has begun impeachment proceedings against US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, filing eight articles of impeachment linked to the war in Iran. Congress is due to vote this week, according to France 24, after the Republican Party's electoral defeat.
Republican representative Thomas Massie has filed eight articles of impeachment against US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth over his conduct of the war in Iran. He accuses him, among other things, of waging war without congressional authorisation and abusing his powers, amid Republican electoral setbacks, according to Vanguard.
🇺🇸 United States · Source: Vanguard ·
The G7 foreign ministers meet in Paris on Monday and Tuesday, with the war in Ukraine and the threat of new American strikes against Iran as the main topics. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is taking part in both days of the meeting, according to AFP.
🇫🇷 France · Source: IOL ·
Donald Trump is due to meet Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani and Vice-President JD Vance in Washington on Monday to try to revive efforts to end the war in Iran. Qatar is acting as a mediator, but Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US and Gulf officials consider an imminent diplomatic breakthrough unlikely, according to Business Day.
🇺🇸 United States · Source: Business Day (South Africa) ·
US Vice-President JD Vance has proposed that Iran resume negotiations, while asking for its nuclear programme to be addressed from the outset. The diplomatic initiative comes after the Republican defeat in the midterm elections, according to Mail & Guardian.
🇺🇸 United States · Source: Mail & Guardian ·
63 countries have eliminated at least one neglected tropical diseaseThe number of countries having eliminated at least one neglected tropical disease has risen to 63, from 42 at the end of 2020. The number of people requiring interventions fell to 1.41 billion in 2024, 36% lower than in 2010, according to the World Health Organisation.The week in Africa
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