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Easter in Ethiopia: Hoping for peace and rebirth

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…

Trump’s indictment takes over news channels

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 […]…

Relations with Africa, Asia are on brink of collapse — to Russia’s benefit

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…

California lawmakers attempt to force tech giants to pay news outlets

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…