It’s Africa’s Century—for Better or Worse

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In the com­ing decades, we face a rev­o­lu­tion­ary shift in the bal­ance of world affairs—and it is like­ly not the one you are think­ing of. Since the 1990s, the idea that we might be enter­ing an “Asian cen­tu­ry” has pre­oc­cu­pied and dis­ori­en­tat­ed the West. How­ev­er, once we take in view the long sweep of his­to­ry, the…

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Dawn of a second Cold War and the ‘scramble for Africa’

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https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/global_china_xi_focac_2018.jpg?w=270 Abstract Ample empir­i­cal evi­dence shows that the African Con­ti­nen­tal Free Trade Area (AfCF­TA) will boost the com­pet­i­tive­ness of African economies and accel­er­ate the diver­si­fi­ca­tion of sources of growth and trade to deep­en eco­nom­ic inte­gra­tion in Africa and enhance the region’s assim­i­la­tion into the world econ­o­my. How­ev­er, real­iz­ing these poten­tials hinges on revers­ing the current…

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Africa’s First Covid-19 Vaccine Factory Has Not Received a Single Order

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https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/05/12/multimedia/12virus-briefing-sa/12virus-briefing-sa-moth.jpg JOHANNESBURG — The first fac­to­ry in Africa licensed to pro­duce Covid-19 vac­cines for the African mar­ket has not received a sin­gle order and may shut down that pro­duc­tion line with­in weeks if the sit­u­a­tion doesn’t change, accord­ing to exec­u­tives of the com­pa­ny, Aspen Phar­ma­care. The fac­to­ry, in the coastal South African city of Gqeberha,…

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Tunisia is sliding back into authoritarianism. Here’s what the US should do.

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https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/2022–04–10T000000Z_1933116042_RC22KT9H1CJZ_RTRMADP_3_TUNISIA-POLITCIS.jpg?w=292 Nine long months have passed since the start of the slow-motion coup in Tunisia, a coun­try that, until recent­ly, offered one of the best hopes for democ­ra­ti­za­tion in the Mid­dle East. After shut­ter­ing the par­lia­ment with tanks in July, Pres­i­dent Kais Saied has sus­pend­ed the con­sti­tu­tion and dis­solved the Supreme Judi­cial Coun­cil. In per­haps the most…

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For Macron’s Second Term — a Lower Profile in Africa?

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https://gdb.voanews.com/d5132b83-13f7-4346-bd6c-dcc6657d0391_w800_h450.jpgParis —  Five years ago, France’s Emmanuel Macron saw big when it came to Africa. Days after his pres­i­den­tial inau­gu­ra­tion, he flew to north­east­ern Mali, meet­ing with French troops and vow­ing, along­side his Malian coun­ter­part, Ibrahim Boubacar Keï­ta, to wage an “uncom­pro­mis­ing fight” against Islamist ter­ror­ism. A few months lat­er in anoth­er Sahel coun­try, nearby…

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Bank of Central African States Urges CAR to Annul Bitcoin as Currency

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https://gdb.voanews.com/03180000–0aff-0242–372b-08da33691a03_w800_h450.jpg Yaounde, Cameroon —  The Cameroon-head­­quar­tered Bank of Cen­tral African States (BEAC) has urged the Cen­tral African Repub­lic (CAR) to annul a law it passed in late April that made the cryp­tocur­ren­cy Bit­coin legal ten­der. The bank warned in a let­ter made pub­lic last week that the move breached its rules and could affect monetary…

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Google signs deal to pay 300+ news publishers in Europe

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This sto­ry, plus OAN seg­ment states there was no wide­spread elec­tion fraud, Elon Musk says he would reverse Trump’s Twit­ter ban and more, all in today’s media head­lines. Top Sto­ries May 11, 2022 May 10, 2022 May 10, 2022 Press & Gov­ern­ment May 10, 2022 Media Busi­ness May 10, 2022 May 10, 2022 Research May 10, 2022 Inter­na­tion­al May 11, 2022 May 11, 2022…

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Pulitzer Prizes Award Washington Post for Jan. 6 Coverage

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https://gdb.voanews.com/f468936c-adc9-4a57-9bee-eb2938b3a413_w800_h450.jpgNew York —  The Wash­ing­ton Post won the Pulitzer Prize in pub­lic ser­vice jour­nal­ism Mon­day for its cov­er­age of the Jan. 6 insur­rec­tion at the U.S. Capi­tol, an attack on democ­ra­cy that was a shock­ing start to a tumul­tuous year that also saw the end of the Unit­ed States’ longest war, in Afghanistan.  The Post’s…

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While America Slept, China Became Indispensable

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https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/china-kenya-africa-infrastructure-bri-GettyImages-1237558295.jpg As a cor­re­spon­dent in East Asia in the 1990s and 2000s, I was con­stant­ly struck by the ways China’s behav­ior seemed to mod­el that of oth­er recent great pow­ers. Bei­jing launched a space pro­gram, which is as much a sur­ro­gate for mil­i­tary ambi­tion as it is a ral­ly­ing sym­bol for patri­o­tism or an incubator…

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Seeking Covid Pills, Poor Nations Fear Repeat of AIDS Crisis

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https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/05/05/us/politics/05dc-covid-diplo1-sub/05dc-covid-diplo1-sub-moth.jpg The antivi­ral pills, plen­ti­ful in the Unit­ed States, are scarce over­seas. Health groups and the White House want to expand access but face obsta­cles that evoke the H.I.V. epi­dem­ic. WASHINGTON — A dev­as­tat­ing virus was lay­ing waste to nations that lacked med­i­cines avail­able to Amer­i­cans. The pills were patent­ed and pricey. Poor coun­tries lacked…

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