More and more Iranian students, including schoolchildren, are joining the protest wave. Iranian security forces are resorting to increasingly brutal measures to quell the demonstrations.
Yet Olaf Scholz will also invite President Cyril Ramaphosa to attend the G7 summit which he will host in Berlin in July a sign that their differences on Ukraine will not ‘profoundly’ damage South African-German relations.
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Volker Perthes’s international career ranges from an stint at Beirut’s American University to decades in international relations. He brings to the UN deep expertise in conflict resolution and regional geopolitics
The United Nations on Friday announced the appointment of German professor Volker Perthes as the new Special Representative to Sudan.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Perthes will also serve as head of the world body’s Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS).
“Volker Perthes brings to this position over 25 years of experience in academia, research, international relations and diplomacy, including with the United Nations, as well as deep expertise in conflict resolution and regional geopolitics,” Guterres said a the statement.