David Brunnstrom
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China’s Djibouti base upgrades should boost its monitoring reach, report says | CNBC Africa (opens the original)
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China has made upgrades to its military base at Djibouti that should significantly enhance its ability to monitor military activity across the Middle East and Africa, a report by a US think tank released on Thursday said. Washington’s Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank said commercial satellite imagery showed that China’s military had installed new antennas, satellite communications equipment and other assets at its only formally acknowledged oversea
Ugandan UN candidate stresses reform, invokes St Francis | CNBC Africa (opens the original)
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(Reuters) – Ugandan diplomat Olara Otunnu, one of eight candidates seeking to succeed Antonio Guterres as U.N. secretary-general next year, on Wednesday called for continued reform of the world body and the restoration of its moral authority. Otunnu, a former U.N. under-secretary-general who served as a special representative for children and armed conflict, invoked St. Francis of Assisi as he spoke of the need for the world body to help bridge growing global divisions. “Where there is hatred, l
Informal poll shows Costa Rica’s Grynspan ahead in race to be next UN chief | CNBC Africa (opens the original)
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(Reuters) – A first informal U.N. Security Council poll on Thursday showed former Costa Rican Vice President Rebeca Grynspan as the early frontrunner to become the next U.N. secretary-general, followed by former Guyanese Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett. In the non-binding “straw poll” voting by the 15 members of the Security Council, Grynspan received 10 “encourage” votes to nine for Rodrigues-Birkett and seven for Argentina’s Rafael Grossi, head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog, diplomat
Ugandan diplomat Otunnu joins race to become next UN head | CNBC Africa (opens the original)
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(Reuters) – Ugandan diplomat Olara Otunnu has joined the contest to become the next secretary-general of the United Nations, the seventh contender to succeed Antonio Guterres when he steps down at the end of this year. Otunnu, a former U.N. under-secretary-general who served as a special representative for children and armed conflict, was nominated by Uganda in a letter on Friday to the presidents of the U.N. General Assembly and Security Council. At 75, he is the oldest of the current candidate
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