Despite calls for a ceasefire, the fighting in Sudan has not let up. The two warring factions, under the leadership of rival generals, are in danger of sucking the country into a wider conflict.
https://gdb.voanews.com/09d40000-0a00-0242-b82e-08da91ad6f07_w800_h450.jpgNigeria’s National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, announced a provisional approval of the R21 vaccine during a media briefing on Monday. The regulatory agency’s consent came days after Ghana approved the vaccine. NAFDAC said the vaccine is 70 to 80 percent efficient in preventing the mosquito-borne disease and could protect millions…
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This story, plus Fox News-Dominion defamation trial to begin today, new data from Pew Research Center on Americans’ podcast listening habits and attitudes and more, all in today’s media headlines. Top Stories Apr 18, 2023Canada’s public broadcaster pauses Twitter over ‘government-funded’ tag Andrew Jeong / The Washington Post Apr 18, 2023Fox News and Dominion trial […] The…
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https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/GettyImages-585138976.jpgAmid war in Ukraine, some strategists are setting their eyes on the “decolonization” of Russia itself.
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/04/05/multimedia/05sudan-dispatch-08-fzpk/05sudan-dispatch-08-fzpk-moth.jpgThe deadline is approaching for the generals who took power in a military coup in Sudan to turn over their authority to a civilian government. The mood in the capital, Khartoum, is anxious.
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/04/14/multimedia/14dc-globaldebt-01-kjtz/14dc-globaldebt-01-kjtz-moth.jpgThere was optimism at the spring meetings of the I.M.F. and World Bank that China will make concessions over restructuring its loans.
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b8251e2f597ce4158ea865fbcd0063da5246a80c/44_119_3379_2027/master/3379.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=518288be2796dfff0feaa371b8a91162US president’s ‘homecoming’ visit has alchemised politics, diplomacy and the personal into a feelgood glow for visitor and hosts John F Kennedy set the template for US presidential forays to Ireland with a rapturous visit in 1963 that he called the best four days of his life. Joe Biden’s visit this week did not quite match that…
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MOSCOW — If Americans in Russia were worried before, they now have an extra reason to be concerned. The arrest of the Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has sent ripples of alarm through the community of American journalists in Russia, leaving many in the country wondering who, if anyone, might be next. Gershkovich was seized by FSB security…
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Authorities in Tunisia are targeting Black migrants in a crackdown on sub-Saharan Africans. NPR’s Leila Fadel speaks with NYU Abu Dhabi professor Monica Marks, who’s been talking to affected migrants.