https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Macron-Xi-GettyImages-1250816620.jpgFeeling the heat at home, the French president heads to China to ink some lucrative deals and pay lip service to Xi’s pledges of peace.
Ethiopia’s small Catholic community celebrates the Resurrection of Christ on 16 April, in line with the calendar of the Ethiopian Coptic Orthodox Church. The head of the Socio-Pastoral Commission of the Archdiocese of Addis Ababa and a Salesian Sister talk about their hopes for true peace in Tigray, and about an inter-congregational network project promoted…
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https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/nato-finland-GettyImages-1250763481-e1680632899922.jpgAs Finland joins NATO, a few European holdouts cling to nonalignment.
“We shall now hold protests every Monday and every Thursday beginning next week,” said Raila Odinga, opposition party leader who lost to President William Ruto in Kenya’s last presidential elections. A foreign source covering the recent Kenyan demonstrations said Kenyans are angry Ruto lied to them. Police arrested over 200 people during a March 20…
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This story, plus news organizations refuse to pay for Twitter checkmark, new data from Pew Research Center on Americans’ support for a TikTok ban and more, all in today’s media headlines. Top Stories Mar 30, 2023Indictment elicits extensive coverage, and some gasps, on TV. Katie Robertson / The New York Times Mar 30, 2023News organizations […]…
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https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/03/24/multimedia/00world-leaders-indicted-01-hbfp/00world-leaders-indicted-01-hbfp-moth.jpgScholars say it is important to hold the powerful legally accountable, but there are likely to be charges — well-founded or not — that prosecutors have political motives.
https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/NATO-JAPAN-GettyImages-1461032962.pngUkraine has sparked renewed interest in East Asia tensions.
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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The vice president visited a castle that was one of the last stops before enslaved people were transported across the Atlantic. “The horror of what happened here must always be remembered,” she said. (Image credit: Misper Apawu/AP)
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The World Day of Prayer is celebrated each year on March 1st. It’s a day that goes unrecognized in the world that we live in today. The Presbyterian Church in Cameroon, as well as the Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA), take the day and celebrations seriously. In the Denver, Colorado, USA neighboring city of Aurora, the community…
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