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…

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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…

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Niger Credited With Negotiating Release of US Aid Worker, French Journalist

https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000–0aff-0242–9f75-08db2a33a90b_cx0_cy8_cw0_w800_h450.jpgThe gov­ern­ment of Niger says it nego­ti­at­ed the release of a U.S. aid work­er and a French jour­nal­ist who were held cap­tive by Islamist mil­i­tants in the Sahel region. Aid work­er and mis­sion­ary Jef­fery Wood­ke was held for more than six years, while reporter Olivi­er Dubois spent near­ly two years in cap­tiv­i­ty. Kid­nap­pings in the…

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