https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/03/27/multimedia/27harris-new-bflp/27harris-new-bflp-moth.jpgIn a weeklong trip to Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia, the vice president will face a balancing act as she tries to foster a collaborative U.S. relationship.
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…
DetailsThe UN political affairs chief has underlined the critical need to ensure funding for the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), warning that a shortfall could threaten plans to transfer security to the national forces by the end of next year.
https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Malawi-Cyclone-Freddy-GettyImages-1248451366.jpgCyclone Freddy displaced more than 400,000, confirming scientists’ worst fears about extreme weather caused by global warming.
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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https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/03/17/multimedia/00chad-wagner-1-gfqc/00chad-wagner-1-gfqc-moth.jpgThe U.S. is reprising its playbook in Ukraine, where it has used classified information to expose plans by Russia. Next target: Chad.
https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000–0aff-0242-ddfd-08db2729dc10_w800_h450.jpgRussia has long been the biggest exporter of arms to sub-Saharan Africa, but a new study indicates Western sanctions are making it harder for Moscow to sell weapons, opening the door for more Chinese-made arms. Even before the Ukraine war, China had increased its sales of weapons to sub-Saharan Africa, exporting almost three times as…
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Antony Blinken is the first US secretary of state to visit the West African country.
https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000–0aff-0242-cb0e-08db267143a0_w800_h450.jpgIn a first for a U.S. secretary of state, Antony Blinken was in the African nation of Niger Thursday to offer humanitarian, economic and security aid. Blinken’s visit to Niger follows a stop earlier in the day in Ethiopia, a trip viewed by analysts as an effort to bolster U.S. relations in a part of the…
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https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/XI-CHINA-AFRICA-GettyImages-1236885558.pngA concerted media campaign has not done much for Beijing’s image.