December 9, 2023
The United States Treasury Department announced sanctions on people around the world, including officials in Afghanistan, China and Iran, who have committed or contributed to human rights abuses. In a statement, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said it had imposed sanctions on 20 people in nine countries, including two
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West Africa’s top court on Thursday rejected a request by Niger’s junta for a lifting of coup-related sanctions imposed by its neighbors, ruling that the junta is unconstitutional and therefore lacks the authority to make such a request. Following the July coup that toppled Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum, the West African regional bloc ECOWAS imposed
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The United States imposed sanctions Monday on three Sudanese individuals accused of undermining “peace, security and stability” in the conflict-stricken African nation. UN ENDS POLITICAL MISSION IN SUDAN, WHERE WORLD HASN’T BEEN ABLE TO STOP BLOODSHED The sanctions imposed by the Department of the Treasury block all property and entities owned by Taha Osman Ahmed
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The lack of a binding legal definition for greenwashing presents a hurdle to regulators tackling investment funds that exaggerate their sustainability credentials, a global securities watchdog said in a report on Monday. Trillions of dollars have flowed into funds that tout their environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, but IOSCO, which groups securities regulators from
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In his second visit to the countries of the region this year, EU Sanctions Envoy David O’Sullivan traveled to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan this week. In Astana, he noted positive change. “We are grateful to the Kazakh authorities for decreasing the re-export of items, which are likely to end up in Russian military equipment,” he said.
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The effectiveness of European sanctions on Moscow has been called into question, as Russia is still able to access European products via its neighbours. ADVERTISEMENT The European Union’s first 11 packages of economic sanctions against Russia have resulted in “limited market loss” for France’s 145,000 exporters, according to an international economics institute. France’s Centre for
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Niger’s military junta on Tuesday requested that West Africa’s regional court order the lifting of sanctions imposed on the country over the summer. ECOWAS, West Africa’s regional bloc, joined numerous other international governments in imposing sanctions on Niamey following a successful coup against the elected government of Mohamed Bazoum. “There is no sector of the
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The United States on Tuesday said it has imposed sanctions on a group of Hamas officials and members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) who work to transfer money from Iran to Gaza. A Lebanese money exchange service that facilitates the transfers has also been sanctioned. The sanctions are being coordinated with the United Kingdom
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“Israel’s bombing increases the Palestinians’ total hopelessness,” said Petra De Sutter. “Without a real solution, the violence will continue to repeat itself.” ADVERTISEMENT Belgium’s deputy prime minister called on the country’s government to sanction Israel on Wednesday. “It is time for sanctions against Israel. The bombing is inhumane,” Petra De Sutter from the Greens wrote
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The U.S. and Venezuela reach a deal: In October, the U.S. issued a six-month license allowing transactions in Venezuela’s energy sector and with Venezuela’s national gold company, and reduced trading restrictions on the debt of the Venezuelan state oil company (PDVSA). This came after the Maduro administration and the Venezuelan political opposition agreed to hold
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