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Senators Urge Ottawa to Give Sanctions Regime the Same Clarity, Assessment as Allies

The Senate foreign-affairs committee is calling on Ottawa to clarify the reasons it issues sanctions and improve the ways it assesses whether financial embargoes and travel bans are actually working. Senators say in a new report that Ottawa needs to be more transparent about how it chooses to sanctions people, how those who are targeted…


Sudan Evacuees ‘Went Through Hell’ and Canada Must Help Stop Crisis: Joly in Kenya

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canadians evacuated from Sudan “went through hell” and Ottawa will do everything possible to help the country find peace. Joly is wrapping up a visit to Kenya, where she heard from people who escaped violence in Sudan and met with leaders from across East Africa to discuss how Canada…


Sudan Crisis: Canadians Attempt Land Evacuations as Calls for Mediation Continue

Canada is encouraging Sudan’s neighbours to help the country find a mediated end to recent violence, as it attempts to continue getting Canadians to safety via perilous land evacuations. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office says he spoke this morning with Djibouti President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh and thanked him for the country’s “exceptional support” in hosting…


More Canadians Ask for Help to Get out of Sudan: Joly

About 50 additional Canadians were evacuated out of Sudan in the last day, but even more have added their names to a list seeking help to flee, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Wednesday. That means about 150 Canadians and permanent residents have now been helped to get out of the country after violence broke…


Growth With India Is ‘Enormous’: Australian Resources Minister

Australia’s supply of critical minerals to India will be a key aspect of realising the “enormous” potential of the trade relationship between the two nations. Speaking from India, Resources Minister Madeleine King said the country of 1.4 billion people presented a “remarkable opportunity” for Australia, which could make use of its “natural endowment” to work…


Australia to Host Key Naval Exercise for First Time

Australia will host a key upcoming international naval exercise for the first time as the government hails the strength of its relationship with India. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese revealed the defence operation as Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen stressed the need for greater regional security in clean energy supply chains. For the past…


Canada Adds Russian Media Personalities, Companies in Latest Round of Sanctions

Canada has announced it is imposing a new round of sanctions on Russian media personalities and companies accused of spreading disinformation about Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly announced the latest sanctions against 38 individuals and 16 entities, saying those affected are propagating Russian President Vladimir Putin’s lies. Among those added to…


Canada Sanctions More Myanmar Elite, Bans Jet Fuel Sales Two Years After Coup

Canada has sanctioned more of Myanmar’s military elite, two years after the country’s coup. The country, formerly known as Burma, has seen a democratic backsliding and a series of humanitarian crises, in addition to the persecution of the Rohingya minority. Ottawa announced Tuesday that it is sanctioning six officials, which means Canada’s asset and travel…


Canada to Facilitate Cameroon Peace Process: Foreign Affairs Minister Joly

The federal government says Canada will guide a peace process aimed at resolving the ongoing crisis in Cameroon where years of fighting and strife have displaced nearly 800,000 people. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says there is an agreement by groups in the west-central African country to enter a process to reach a comprehensive, peaceful…


Joly Ups Cash for International Criminal Court Sex-Crime Probes, as Russia Rift Grows

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is announcing another $1 million for the International Criminal Court. The money is meant to support the court’s investigations into sexual and gender-based violence everywhere, as Canada helps that agency look into possible Russian war crimes in Ukraine. Joly is speaking in Poland at a summit of the Organization for…