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LOFA COUNTY, LIBERIA – A volatile border standoff between Liberia and Guinea has escalated into gunfire and diplomatic friction this week, following an incursion by the Guinean Armed Forces into Liberian territory. The dispute, centered in the Sorlumba Clan of Foya District, has raised alarms across the Mano River region. Timeline of the Conflict The

In a move signaling a potential thaw in a relationship strained by years of geopolitical tension, senior diplomats from China and the United Kingdom have concluded a series of “frank and constructive” talks, jointly announcing a commitment to a “managed and stable reset” of bilateral ties. The dialogue, held this week at Beijing’s Diaoyutai State

OTTAWA/BEIJING – Top diplomats from China and Canada held a closed-door meeting in Ottawa this week, marking the highest-level diplomatic engagement between the two countries in over four years. The talks, described by officials as “candid and necessary,” aimed to stabilize a relationship that has been in a deep freeze since the detention of Canadian

The United States is significantly ramping up diplomatic and economic pressure to deepen its ties with Greenland, a self-governing territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, as the strategic and resource-rich Arctic becomes a key theater of great-power competition. The U.S. Playbook: Direct Investment & Aid: Bypassing Copenhagen, the U.S. has opened the first-ever U.S. consulate