US says no troops to Haiti as country reels from explosion of gang violence

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https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/929a576aa67bf2b34eb45ebfab4f44245205e29f/0_31_7490_4497/master/7490.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=0d5062cf1f85a31334b4a7ab80621704Wash­ing­ton says no despite ‘fran­tic’ talks between diplo­mats, as bod­ies lie in street and army bat­tles gun-tot­ing gang mem­bers What led to the Haiti jail­break – and can democ­ra­cy be restored? The Unit­ed States has said it will not send troops to Haiti after a stun­ning erup­tion of gang vio­lence seem­ing­ly designed to bring down…

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Macron: The grand master of grandstanding

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Ivo Daalder, for­mer U.S. ambas­sador to NATO, is CEO of the Chica­go Coun­cil on Glob­al Affairs and host of the week­ly pod­cast “World Review with Ivo Daalder.” There he goes again, anoth­er head­­­line-grab­bing state­ment from French Pres­i­dent Emmanuel Macron. “Noth­ing should be ruled out,” he said last week , respond­ing to a ques­tion about whether…

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Senegal Constitutional Council Finds Election Delay Unlawful

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https://gdb.voanews.com/7ba2b9d7-2166–40b2-b192-4e66743c56d1_cx0_cy10_cw0_w800_h450.jpgDAKAR, SENEGAL — Sene­gal’s Con­sti­tu­tion­al Coun­cil on Thurs­day ruled that par­lia­men­t’s unprece­dent­ed post­pone­ment of the Feb­ru­ary 25 pres­i­den­tial vote was not in line with the con­sti­tu­tion, pitch­ing the coun­try into a new phase of elec­toral uncer­tain­ty.  Oppo­si­tion pres­i­den­tial can­di­dates and law­mak­ers last week filed sev­er­al legal chal­lenges to the bill that delayed the vote to December…

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Afcon celebrations continue in Ivory Coast — BBC Africa

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If you thought #AFCON2023 cel­e­bra­tions were over, think again! 🥅 ⚽️ 🎉 🇨🇮 Ivo­rians are still cel­e­brat­ing their third Afcon tro­phy, hav­ing matched Nige­ri­a’s 🇳🇬 record of three titles. The mood is jubi­lant in the streets of #Abid­jan, as large crowds wel­come home their nation­al team. 🏆 #Afcon #Afcon­Cham­pi­ons #TheEle­phants #IvoryCoast #Foot­ball #Afcon2023 Sub­scribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Web­site: https://www.bbc.com/africa…

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