FRENCH PRESIDENT MACRON APPOINTED ELISABETH BORNE AS PRIME MINISTER

SHE PASSES OVER JEAN CASTEX

Responsible Author: Rahma Sophia RACHDI & Jedi Foster | Paris, Washington DC, 05/16/2022, 22:27 Time

USPA NEWS - Today, May 16, The President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron has just appointed a woman, Elisabeth Borne Prime Minister to replace Jean Castex who has been at Matignon since 2020. During the handover ceremony which took place at the beginning evening, in the gardens of Matignon under an intense sun, Jean Castex gave a moving speech of departure, and very benevolent towards his successor. He explained while he was very strongly applauded by his many collaborators, that he was going to leave politics for a time and "repaint his house in his small town of Prades". He did, however, subtly warn of the distress expressed by the French, and especially those among them, who suffer in silence, as they seek to abandon them: "One should take care never to forget the millions of fellow citizens of silent France who are the backbone of France and who do not necessarily express themselves on social networks or continuous news channels”.
As for Elisabeth Borne, she warmly thanked the outgoing PM, gratifying him for his loyalty and his sense of republican duty, and recalled "During these 22 months, even if we have differences, I have enjoyed working with you and have the woman conviction o

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U.S SEC OF STATE BLINKEN TO TRAVEL TO GERMANY FRANCE AND UAE

ATTENDING TTC IN SACLAY ON 14-16 MAY

Responsible Author: Rahma Sophia RACHDI & Jedi Foster | Paris, Washington DC, Abu Dhabi, 05/15/2022, 22:37 Time

USPA NEWS - Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Germany, France, and the United Arab Emirates May 14-16 to attend the informal meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers in Berlin, Germany, join the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council meeting in Paris-Saclay, France, and to pay respects to the late Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

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AT COM2022, EXPERTS ADDRESS EFFECTS OF RUSSIA-UKRAINE CRISIS ON AFRICA

54th SESSION OF UNECA CONFERENCE

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster, Rahma Sophia RACHDI | Paris, Washington DC, 05/15/2022, 22:27 Time

USPA NEWS - "The ECA Sub-Regional Office for Southern (SRO-SA) in collaboration with the Angolan Government and the United Nations Resident Coordinator’s Office in Angola held a side event at the margins of the 54th session of the ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to offer African countries a platform for dialogue, exchange of ideas and experiences on the actual and potential impacts of the Russia-Ukraine crisis on African economies.SRO-SA Director, Eunice G. Kamwendo, noted that African countries are most affected by the pandemic and the combined impact of the COVID-19 and the Ukraine crisis are likely to further aggravate liquidity issues constraining recovery." Source UNECA

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THE G7 MFA ISSUED A STATEMENT ON RUSSIA'S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE

WAR D82 ON MAY 14

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster, Rahma Sophia RACHDI | Paris, Washington DC, 05/15/2022, 22:09 Time

USPA NEWS - We publish the full he text of the following statement as it was delivered over Ukraine's war, on Day 82, since the Russian attack of 24 February 2022. The G7 Joint statement, was released by the G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union. Source: US State of Department, Office of the Spokesperson

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