https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/BEZOS-UKRAINE-BILLIONAIRES-GettyImages-1341554748.png Dear Jeff Bezos, I know these are troubling times for you and the 2,667 other members of the world’s billionaire club. According to Forbes, there used to be 2,755 of you, but the world’s current turbulence has relegated 87 of you to the mere ranks of multimillionaires and shaved your collective worth by $400 billion,…
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https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/1‑COVID-britain-book-review-preventable-GettyImages-1209024037.jpg A pedestrian passes artwork by the artist known as the Rebel Bear on a wall on Bath Street in Glasgow, England, in April 2020. Andrew Milligan/PA Images via Getty Images During a recent trip to London, I saw almost no one wearing a mask—except for American tourists, who were easily identifiable because they wore…
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https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/06/25/world/25commonwealth-01/25commonwealth-01-moth.jpg This year’s summit for the group of nations came as they grappled with the place of the monarchy, and as many were forging connections with powers like China and Russia. KIGALI, Rwanda — As the leaders of the Commonwealth wrapped up a week of closed-door meetings, panel discussions and formal dinners on Saturday in…
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The basic argument against abortion was succinctly expressed just six weeks ago by Florida Sen. Rick Scott in the pages of The Wall Street Journal when he boldly pronounced that “the Republican position on abortion is based on a fundamental belief that life begins at conception.” Leaving aside exactly what conception means—is it the same as…
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DENVER (Africa News Matters) —Since its inception in 2014, the Mandela Washington Fellowship program has seen participation from more than 5000 young African leaders from all countries on the continent. That’s according to the Department of State’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) program website. The fellowship program, a significant part of YALI, works in collaboration…
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https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/06/24/world/24Rwanda-Commonwealth3/24Rwanda-Commonwealth3-moth.jpg A summit of the organization that was born out of the embers of the British Empire is being held for the first time in the African country, but discussion of the host’s alleged abuses is conspicuously missing. KIGALI, Rwanda — Presidents, princes and prime ministers from across the world gathered on Friday in Kigali,…
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https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/9EDFA6C1-219B-407B-BB89-B322AD99B092.jpg?w=272 With their upcoming presidential elections later this summer, Kenyans continue their collective effort at strengthening and deepening their democracy. But the moment is also fraught. The August 9 vote is expected to be the most tightly contested in Kenya’s recent history, with political tensions rising since Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta shifted his support from…
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With eight months remaining, the window of opportunity is closing for South Sudan to meet critical benchmarks required to complete its transition away from long-running civil conflict, the Special Representative for the country told the Security Council on Monday, pressing parties to the November 2018 peace deal, to implement their commitments in letter and spirit.
It was a festive Sunday in Philadelphia, as folks celebrated Juneteenth in several parts of the city. In Center City, the African American Museum in Philadelphia, or AAMP, hosted a Juneteenth block party where hundreds of people jammed to hip hop and dance classics like “The Wobble” and Jay‑Z’s “I Just Wanna Love You.” The block party…
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Last June, President Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday, proclaiming it as a day for all Americans to commemorate the end of slavery. One year later, only 18 states have passed legislation that would provide funding to let state employees observe the day as a paid state holiday, according to the Congressional Research Service. Opponents of…
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