The failed MQ-9B Predator armed drones purchase from the US angers Doha
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Alaina
- . July 12, 2020
- . Update: October 28, 2021 6:25 pm
- This is a significant victory for women’s rights in a country where nearly nine out of ten girls have undergone some form of female genital mutilation.
Three months after Sudan’s cabinet approved amendments to the criminal code that would criminalise female genital mutilation, the sovereign council ratified the law, saying the practice “undermines the dignity of women”. FGM is widespread in the country and, in recent years, has even spread to remote parts like Nuba mountains where it previously hadn’t been part of the native culture.
According to the United Nations, some 87% of Sudanese women and girls between the ages of 14 and 49 have undergone FGM. The United Nations Children’s Fund welcomed the move calling the practice a violation of a girl child’s rights. Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA), UAE and the USA have created a “Defense Cooperation Framework,” which aims to develop joint strategic approaches to the disputes and conflicts in the region. of the Gulf, integrating the military skills of the United States with those of the Emirates. In this framework, the two countries have created a defense agreement that facilitates joint military planning operations in the event of attacks on UAE soil.
The political scenario in the Middle East has become particularly unstable in recent months due to tensions above all concerning the USA and Iran, an ally of Qatar. Since 8 May 2018, the date when the American president, Donald Trump, decided to withdraw from the nuclear deal, bilateral relations between the two countries have deteriorated due to the re-imposition of sanctions against Tehran. Therefore, the sale of four MQ-9B Predator armed drones in Doha is out of the question at the White House.
