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President George Weah, a former soccer star whose administration had weathered accusations of corruption, announced that he had lost his bid for re-election to Joseph Boakai, a 78-year-old former vice president.
Epistemology and philosophy of mind
Former president praises Biden for standing with Israel and says Netanyahu has ‘got to do what he’s got to do’ after Hamas attacks The US must support Israel “no ands, ifs or buts”, the former US president George W Bush said as he advocated for tough action in response to violence by Hamas which many…
George Weah, a former soccer superstar, is running for re-election amid doubts over his ability to tackle rampant corruption and fears of post-election violence.
Jackie Jesko spoke about the subject of her HBO docu-series, a Christian missionary accused of playing doctor with the lives of Ugandan children.
Nigerians are praising the lifting of a visa ban by the United Arab Emirates following a meeting in Abu Dhabi this week between President Bola Tinubu and United Arab Emirates President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Nigerian authorities also secured an investment deal worth billions of dollars, according to the presidency. Nigerian presidential spokesperson Ajuri…
We just returned from a delegation to Brazil, Chile and Colombia. Each country is still seeking answers about the history of US intervention On the morning of 11 September 1973, the Central Intelligence Agency briefed President Richard Nixon about the Chilean military’s imminent plan to “trigger military action against the Allende government”. By noon, bombs…
The 1963 march brought more than 250,000 people to the nation’s capital to push for an end to discrimination.
Bola Tinubu’s new role as ECOWAS chair, and the coup in Niger, present an opportunity for a foreign-policy reset.
NPR’s A Martinez talks to the Miami Herald’s Jacqueline Charles about Kenya’s offer to send a thousand police officers to Haiti to lead a multinational effort to support Haitian police.