How currency sanctions on Russia could disrupt trade with Africa

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https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/shutterstock_1042017103_small.jpg?w=272 Intro­duc­tion Finan­cial sanc­tions tend to hurt both the sanc­tioned and the sanc­tion­er, but they also threat­en to hurt coun­tries that are finan­cial­ly inter­linked with the sanc­tioned coun­try. Recent sanc­tions levied on Rus­sia by the Unit­ed States and the Euro­pean Union in response to Russia’s inva­sion of Ukraine are dis­rupt­ing glob­al trade and finan­cial networks…

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African leaders to attend 2022 World Economic Forum in Davos — CGTN

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FILE PHOTO: A man sil­hou­ettes in front of the logo of the World Eco­nom­ic Forum in Davos, Switzer­land, Sun­day, Jan. 19, 2020. (Photo/Markus Schreiber,file)

FILE PHOTO: A man sil­hou­ettes in front of the logo of the World Eco­nom­ic Forum in Davos, Switzer­land, Sun­day, Jan. 19, 2020. (Photo/Markus Schreiber,file)

African pres­i­dents are expect­ed join the world’s polit­i­cal and busi­ness elite in Davos, Switzer­land, for the World Eco­nom­ic Forum’s Annu­al Meet­ing that starts today and is expect­ed to run until May 26.The 2022 meet­ing is the first in-per­son meet­ing since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.Happening under the theme of His­to­ry at a Turn­ing Point: Gov­ern­ment Poli­cies and Busi­ness Strate­gies, the meet­ing will have 200 ses­sions attend­ed by more than 2,500 lead­ers and experts.Some of the African lead­ers that have con­firmed atten­dance include Malawi Pres­i­dent Lazarus Chak­w­era, Zim­bab­we Pres­i­dent Emmer­son Mnan­gag­wa, Namib­ia Pres­i­dent Hage Gein­gob and Rwan­da Pres­i­dent Paul Kagame.The Forum is expect­ed to place focus on the ongo­ing con­flict in Ukraine.The 2022 forum will also have pan­els on a host of oth­er issues, includ­ing cli­mate change, ris­ing ener­gy prices, glob­al sup­ply chain prob­lems, gen­der inequal­i­ty and poverty.

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DHS pauses controversial Disinformation Governance Board

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This sto­ry, plus Meta cre­ates new glob­al media part­ner­ships team, Chris Wal­lace to lead new show on CNN Sun­day line­up and more, all in today’s media head­lines. Top Sto­ries May 18, 2022 May 19, 2022 May 18, 2022 Local News May 18, 2022 Social Media May 18, 2022 May 18, 2022 Press & Gov­ern­ment May 18, 2022 May 18, 2022 About Mis­in­for­ma­tion May…

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Report: Global Pandemic Increased Poverty in Africa

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https://gdb.voanews.com/031a0000-0aff-0242–6b3b-08da378750ed_cx0_cy7_cw0_w800_h450.jpg Nairo­bi —  The glob­al pan­dem­ic has pushed more than 55 mil­lion Africans into extreme pover­ty and reversed two decades of hard work in pover­ty reduc­tion on the con­ti­nent. The Eco­nom­ic Report on Africa for 2021 blamed the grow­ing pover­ty on job loss­es, reduced income and the inabil­i­ty of house­holds to man­age the risks In a…

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Democracy Is Not a Commodity

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https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Caracas-Venezuela-Motorcycle-GettyImages-1240573435.jpg As the West imposed wide-rang­ing sanc­tions on Rus­sia in response to Russ­ian Pres­i­dent Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, reports emerged that the Unit­ed States might con­cur­rent­ly lift sanc­tions on the regime of anoth­er bru­tal dic­ta­tor: Venezue­lan Pres­i­dent Nicolás Maduro. A sur­prise vis­it by a U.S. del­e­ga­tion to Cara­cas, Venezuela’s cap­i­tal, in March prompt­ed immediate…

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Trump’s Poison Pills Are Still Toxic

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https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/trump.jpg For­mer U.S. Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump seems to be gear­ing up to try to retake the U.S. pres­i­den­cy in 2024, and if he does get back into the Oval Office, he may find that a good deal of his for­eign pol­i­cy remains intact after a four-year absence. That’s in large part because seri­ous change has…

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Libyan rivals resume U.N.-brokered talks on elections | AP News

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CAIRO (AP) — Rival Libyan offi­cials on Sun­day resumed talks in the Egypt­ian cap­i­tal, the lat­est U.N.-led efforts to agree on con­sti­tu­tion­al amend­ments for elec­tions as the North African nation again finds itself at a polit­i­cal impasse.Twelve law­mak­ers from Libya’s east-based par­lia­ment and 11 from the High Coun­cil of State, an advi­so­ry body from west­ern Libya, were attend­ing the Cairo-host­ed talks, said Abdul­lah Bli­heg, the parliament’s spokesman.The U.N. spe­cial advis­er on Libya, Stephanie Williams, said the talks aim at address­ing core chal­lenges — includ­ing the polit­i­cal sys­tem, eli­gi­bil­i­ty cri­te­ria, and a time­line for elec­tions. She advised the atten­dees that they have until May 28 to come with an agreement.“This ses­sion con­sti­tutes your last chance to pro­vide a cred­i­ble response to the expec­ta­tions of the Libyan peo­ple and make con­crete progress on these issues,” she said.The first round of the talks

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Chad: Hundreds stage anti-French Protest In N’djamena | Africanews

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Hun­dreds of Cha­di­ans joined anti-French protests called by the oppo­si­tion coali­tion Wak­it Tama on Sat­ur­day, May 14.
Pro­test­ers oppose France’s mil­i­tary pres­ence in the coun­try and sup­port for tran­si­tion­al Pres­i­dent Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, who has been in pow­er since his father’s death in 2021.
They report­ed­ly attacked “sym­bols” of their for­mer colo­nial pow­er, includ­ing sev­er­al Total petrol stations.

The protest was main­ly attend­ed by stu­dents with many on moto­cy­cles and chant­i­ng “France get out”.
**“Now France is med­dling in pol­i­tics, we don’t know, now the whole Cha­di­an ter­ri­to­ry is occu­pied by the French army. The French army is con­cerned with the wealth of Chad’s sub­soil and not with the well-being of the Cha­di­an people.”**Souleyman Tahir, Protester
For­mer pres­i­dent, Idriss Déby Itno, head­ed an author­i­tar­i­an regime for 30 years and was killed in bat­tle on April 20, 2021, dur­ing a rebel­lion in the north of the country.
Cha­di­an police fired tear gas and used water canon to dis­perse hun­dreds of pro­test­ers who took to the streets of the cap­i­tal and oth­er towns in an anti-French protest that saw the destruc­tion of some French-linked businesses.
The protest was called by Cha­di­an civ­il soci­ety coali­tion Wak­it Tam­ma to denounce France’s back­ing of the Tran­si­tion­al Mil­i­tary Coun­cil that seized pow­er fol­low­ing the bat­tle­field death of Pres­i­dent Idriss Deby in April 2021, a spokesman said.
As France’s influ­ence wanes in its for­mer colonies, recent protests in coun­tries such as Mali, Burk­i­na Faso and Niger have seen calls for increased mil­i­tary ties with Rus­sia instead of France.

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Family death from nursing shortage inspires African-native to earn Miami degree — Journal-News

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It was a fam­i­ly tragedy that first led her to con­sid­er nurs­ing as a career.A rel­a­tive in her native African coun­try died while in an under-staffed hos­pi­tal, Addae said, with only one nurse for every 50 patients.“I vowed to become a nurse to care for the sick,” said Addae, a devout Chris­t­ian. “I am a woman of faith.”Earning a degree while rais­ing four young chil­dren requires much, she said. So, she often turns to one of her favorite Bible passages.“I can do all things through Christ who strength­ens me. When the going gets tough, I just talk to my God.”Addae’s per­se­ver­ance of han­dling both moth­er­hood times four and under­grad­u­ate class­es drew both the atten­tion of and praise of Mia­mi Uni­ver­si­ty Hamil­ton professors.“I remem­ber bawl­ing my eyes out one day when I was hav­ing a con­ver­sa­tion with Mia­mi Pro­fes­sor Dr. Eyad Mus­sallem because I thought I was going to fail a course,” Addae said. “He encour­aged and believed in me when I felt I couldn’t find the strength to car­ry on.”Addae “is an excel­lent stu­dent who is always will­ing to vol­un­teer to help oth­er stu­dents and goes above and beyond what is asked of her in the class­room,” said Tri­cia Neu, assis­tant pro­fes­sor of Nurs­ing and direc­tor of the FNP track. “We are so excit­ed to have her in our grad program.”Addae wasn’t sur­prised by the aca­d­e­m­ic assis­tance or high qual­i­ty of it region­al nurs­ing professors.“I decid­ed to enroll at Mia­mi Uni­ver­si­ty Region­als because of its out­stand­ing aca­d­e­m­ic reputation.”And now she is also set­ting her sights on smash­ing a gen­der stereo­type held by some fam­i­ly mem­bers in her old country.“Becoming a nurse prac­ti­tion­er will allow me to become the first woman among my sib­lings to pur­sue (an advanced degree),” she said. “I’ll break the stereo­type that only men can achieve high­er aca­d­e­m­ic suc­cess in my family.”

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