https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/04/12/multimedia/12africa-russia-disinfo-4-vwmf/12africa-russia-disinfo-4-vwmf-moth-v2.jpgPro-Russian content presenting a distorted version of the war in Ukraine and promoting Russia’s interests in Africa is gaining an audience on the continent.
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.
United States Vice President Kamala Harris completed a three-nation African Tour, visiting Ghana, Zambia, and Tanzania. “It was an honour being in Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia – strengthening the very important relationship and friendship between the people of the United States and those who live on the continent of Africa” Tweeted Kamala Harris. What inspired…
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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.