Nationwide Protests Rattle Nigeria
https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/nigeria-protests-GettyImages-2164107758.jpgA year into Bola Tinubu’s presidency, Nigerians are furious with his economic reforms.
Protests against Kenya’s president have sparked a new wave of music, poetry and art
Kenya’s antigovernment protestors have a new soundtrack and words of poets to help galvanize their burgeoning movement.
Assassination again shows Netanyahu’s disregard for US-Israel relations
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/afe3a27e4c9ce875bcc8dedd98782eb19f9242f0/0_31_4000_2401/master/4000.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=fcf306f4de9418ce65b6e1c8c1b488c9Hamas killing is further snub to Biden administration, which does not share methods or objectives of Israeli leader Standing alongside Donald Trump in Florida a week ago, Benjamin Netanyahu was vague on the latest prospect of a ceasefire in the war in Gaza. “I hope we are going to have a deal. Time will tell,” the…
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Key Black Muslim group backs Kamala Harris for president over Gaza stance
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/a83037918ce7b46a8f5459fd7a42a6e7028704ce/1427_963_3556_2133/master/3556.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=e1569d5935c69945bde3d0e803273807Black Muslim Leadership Council Fund says Harris has ‘shown more sympathy towards the people of Gaza’ than Biden or Trump Kamala Harris has won the backing for her presidential bid of a key US Muslim organization that had declined to endorse Joe Biden before he withdrew from his re-election campaign. The switch to Harris was a…
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US election 2024: Kamala Harris campaign raises $200m in a week
Harris has quickly coalesced Democratic support after President Joe Biden announced his exit from November 5 election.
Kenyan police crack down as protesters return to streets nationwide
Kenyan police responded with tear gas as youth-led protesters again took to the streets of major cities.
Asian Powers Set Their Strategic Sights on Europe
https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/china-belarus-training-NATO.jpgAfter 500 years, the tables have turned, with an incoherent Europe the object of rising Asia’s geopolitical ambitions.
Analysts weigh in on US advisory council visit to Nigeria
https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000–0a00-0242–835d-08dca51ae9cd_w800_h450.jpgAbuja — A U.S. advisory council on African diaspora engagement is in Nigeria on a mission to discuss diaspora-led investments across sectors including education, health, technology and the creative industries. Analysts weigh in on the purpose of the visit. Delegates to the 12-member President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement were in Nigeria’s economic center, Lagos, Monday…
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America is Stuck in a Century-Old Immigration Debate
https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1‑GettyImages-1866757013.jpgRestricting immigration to appease domestic political grievances is likely to backfire—again.
For Putin, the EU Is a Bigger Threat Than NATO
https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/russia-eu-nato-GettyImages-1467908496-e1721046457249.jpgThe Kremlin fears the EU’s ability to spur deep political change.