China Is Tweaking Its Propaganda for African Audiences
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.
How the Iraq war altered US politics and led to the emergence of Trump
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1120e21ceeeefbdeccee397d805a9a59e60d3c5b/0_47_2048_1229/master/2048.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=b01b357e668e6890df5a1d95289684deThe drive to war was fueled by partisanship and served as an accelerant to the extremism that led to Trump and the Capitol riot Long shadow of US invasion of Iraq still looms over international order Twenty years ago, Lt Col Karen Kwiatkowski was working as a desk officer in the Pentagon, when she became aware of…
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Ethiopia hopes Blinken’s visit will help the peace process
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is in Ethiopia in an effort to support the peace process after a brutal two-year civil war.
Mali’s Constitutional Crisis
https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Assimi-Goita-Mali-junta-GettyImages-1243425048.jpgCoup leaders’ moves could imperil democratic transition and further strain ties between African states and the West.
New York court greenlights $2.7 billion suit against Fox News by election company Smartmatic
This story, plus NBC works to speed digital news launches, a look at changes coming to The Wall Street Journal under new top editor and more, all in today’s media headlines. Top Stories Mar 13, 2023Fox News braces for more turbulence as second defamation lawsuit advances Ed Pilkington / The Guardian Mar 13, 2023NBC works […]…
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From the US to Africa: how China sees the world as Xi’s third term begins
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f8297285e3985ab1278e74661542a14cdd8367e9/0_388_3840_2305/master/3840.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=b53f877c7b3899b1bc4286d9b4f3bd59Geopolitical relations China’s president will have to navigate as country reopens after three years of isolation As Xi Jinping starts his third term as China’s president, high on his agenda will be strengthening the country’s position on the world stage. After three years of isolation as Beijing tried to impose a harsh zero-Covid policy, China…
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Months after a peace deal, the Tigray region is recovering from a brutal civil war
NPR’s Scott Simon speaks with Janti Soeripto, the CEO and president of Save the Children, who recently visited the Tigray region of Ethiopia, devastated by years of civil war.
Bola Tinubu’s Pyrrhic Victory
https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/tinubu-election-nigeria.jpgNigeria’s new president will immediately face pressures from within his party, the opposition, and the majority of voters who didn’t back him.
International institutions are protesting Tunisia’s racist crackdown on migrants
NPR’s Steve Inskeep talks to reporter Erin Clare Brown of New Lines Magazine about Tunisia’s government crackdown on Sub-Saharan migrants. (Image credit: Fethi Belad /AFP via Getty Images)
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Massive pro-EU, anti-Russia protest erupts in Georgia
Thousands of people demonstrated in Tbilisi overnight, waving EU flags and facing down riot police in protest against a controversial law which Georgia’s president says is “dictated by Moscow.” In video footage and photographs, protesters chanted “down with the Russian law” as they squared off with heavily armored police who blasted them with water cannons…
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