CAMEA Bulletin – News from Afghanistan, Middle East & Africa (September 26, 2024)

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Afghanistan

1. Uzbekistan opens free economic zone on Afghan border

https://www.voanews.com/a/uzbekistan-opens-free-economic-zone-on-afghan-border/7789564.html

2. Central Asia’s High-Stakes Gamble With The Taliban

https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-taliban-kazakhstan-kyrgyzstan-uzbekistan-tajikistan-turkmenistan/33126717.html

3. Taliban requests invitation to BRICS Summit in Russia

https://amu.tv/125425/

4. Newly Appointed Ambassador of Islamic Emirate Arrives in Uzbekistan

https://tolonews.com/afghanistan-190837

5. Afghanistan: UN warns of growing crisis under increasingly authoritarian Taliban rule

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/09/1154491

6. Chinese Efforts in Promoting Peace in Afghanistan

https://news.az/news/chinese-efforts-in-promoting-peace-in-afghanistan

7. Engagement necessary despite issues with Afghanistan: Munir Akram

https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/839056-engagement-necessary-despite-issues-with-afghanistan-munir-akram

8. Iran walls off part of border with Afghanistan: media

https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/1233335-iran-walls-off-part-of-border-with-afghanistan-media

Middle East

9. Turkey’s President Erdogan says UN and Western values are ‘dying’ in Gaza

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/24/turkey-erdogan-values-of-un-the-west-dying-in-gaza-israeli-attacks

10. ‘Strategic partnership’: US admits Qatar to visa waiver programme

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/24/strategic-partnership-us-admits-qatar-to-visa-waiver-programme

11. Egyptian ship delivers weapons to Somalia

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cglk038p1d3o

12. Biden administration designates UAE ‘major defence partner’ in rare move

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/23/biden-administration-designates-uae-major-defence-partner-in-rare-move

13. Iran brokering talks to send advanced Russian missiles to Yemen’s Houthis, sources say

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-brokering-talks-send-advanced-russian-missiles-yemens-houthis-sources-say-2024-09-24/

14. Israeli strikes on Lebanon continue as Iran says Hezbollah ‘cannot stand alone’

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/24/israel-lebanon-hezbollah-iran-united-nations

Africa

15. Dozens of bodies found on boat along migrant route off the coast of Senegal’s capital

https://www.africanews.com/2024/09/23/dozens-of-bodies-found-on-boat-along-migrant-route-off-the-coast-of-senegals-capital/

16. ‘We won’t be silent as apartheid is perpetrated against others’ – South Africa

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/09/1154816

17. WHO reports almost 30,000 suspected mpox cases in Africa since the start of the year

https://www.africanews.com/2024/09/24/who-reports-almost-30000-suspected-mpox-cases-in-africa-since-the-start-of-the-year/

18. South Africa school language law stirs Afrikaans learning debate

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/15/south-africa-school-language-law-stirs-afrikaans-learning-debate

19. The US-Russia battle for influence in Africa plays out in Central African Republic

https://apnews.com/article/central-african-republic-russia-africa-wagner-bancroft-f0b9e7705713768f4676c2588c0e0200