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Nathalie Tocci is director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, a part-time professor at the European University Institute and a Europe’s Futures fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences. Her latest book, “A Green and Global Europe,” is out with Polity. As the European Union’s leadership enters its last lap, with the European Parliament elections scheduled…
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https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/10/10/multimedia/10liberia-election-kvbm/10liberia-election-kvbm-moth-v2.jpgGeorge 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.
Kenya is deploying a force of 1,000 police officers to Haiti to fight criminal gangs that have taken control of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. However, Kenya is not the first foreign intervention in Haiti; Brazil led a mission from 2004 to 2016, with a mixed outcome. But can Kenya succeed where others have failed? And what…
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https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000–0aff-0242-b1cf-08dbb3d6436c_cx0_cy10_cw0_w800_h450.jpgNigerians 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…
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