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Ethiopia’s small Catholic community celebrates the Resurrection of Christ on 16 April, in line with the calendar of the Ethiopian Coptic Orthodox Church. The head of the Socio-Pastoral Commission of the Archdiocese of Addis Ababa and a Salesian Sister talk about their hopes for true peace in Tigray, and about an inter-congregational network project promoted…
As Finland joins NATO, a few European holdouts cling to nonalignment.
This story, plus news organizations refuse to pay for Twitter checkmark, new data from Pew Research Center on Americans’ support for a TikTok ban and more, all in today’s media headlines. Top Stories Mar 30, 2023Indictment elicits extensive coverage, and some gasps, on TV. Katie Robertson / The New York Times Mar 30, 2023News organizations […]…
Scholars say it is important to hold the powerful legally accountable, but there are likely to be charges — well-founded or not — that prosecutors have political motives.
Ukraine has sparked renewed interest in East Asia tensions.
Jérémy Lissouba is a member of parliament for the main opposition party in the Republic of Congo. He’s also a deputy judge in the country’s High Court of Justice and an alumnus of the Obama Foundation’s 2018 Africa Leaders Program. Over a year since the war in Ukraine began, the world remains caught in the…
The vice president visited a castle that was one of the last stops before enslaved people were transported across the Atlantic. “The horror of what happened here must always be remembered,” she said. (Image credit: Misper Apawu/AP)
In a weeklong trip to Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia, the vice president will face a balancing act as she tries to foster a collaborative U.S. relationship.
This story, plus the leader of white supremacist group arrested for threatening to kill a journalist, TikTok’s popularity presents a challenge to possible U.S. ban and more, all in today’s media headlines. Top Stories Mar 21, 2023California measure would force tech giants to pay news outlets Cristiano Lima, David DiMolfetta / The Washington Post Mar […] The…
The UN political affairs chief has underlined the critical need to ensure funding for the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), warning that a shortfall could threaten plans to transfer security to the national forces by the end of next year.