From VOA Persian: Iranian civil activist plans sit-in outside Evin Prison after arrest and release 

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https://gdb.voanews.com/02990000–0aff-0242–4395–08dac58b9c4b_cx0_cy7_cw0_w800_h450.jpegHos­sein Ron­aghi, a civ­il rights activist in Iran, has been hold­ing sit-ins across Tehran with his lips sewn shut in sol­i­dar­i­ty with the demands of Kianoush San­jari, anoth­er out­spo­ken gov­ern­ment crit­ic and for­mer jour­nal­ist who jumped to his death from a build­ing ear­li­er this month in protest against Iran’s author­i­tar­i­an rulers. Ron­aghi was once again…

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Band Aid at 40: ‘It treats Africans as a charity case’ — BBC Africa

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Band Aid’s sin­gle ‘Do They Know It’s Christ­mas’ is cel­e­brat­ing 40 years. The clas­sic char­i­ty song, whose funds were meant to fight famine in Africa, was per­formed by a music super­group and paved the way for a series of char­i­ty con­certs and records. But decades lat­er, some artists now believe it depicts Africa in a…

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Why did Russia vote against a ceasefire in Sudan? BBC Africa

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Rus­sia vetoed a draft UN Secu­ri­ty Coun­cil res­o­lu­tion which called for a cease­fire in Sudan. It was pro­posed by the UK and Sier­ra Leone, call­ing on both sides to imme­di­ate­ly halt hos­til­i­ties and start talks aimed at agree­ing a nation­al cease­fire. Why did Rus­sia veto it? Also, the online trend that has Nige­ri­ans furi­ous­ly tap­ping their…

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The Democrats must radically rethink foreign policy | Anatol Lieven

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https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7bf6476fb7a8d595afcd97f0bfaa1d3bfde0c499/0_148_7634_4582/master/7634.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=b932646e55cf8c3de3b4939849547d8dA deep and search­ing debate on the Demo­c­ra­t­ic party’s approach to for­eign affairs is now urgent In domes­tic polit­i­cal terms, the for­eign pol­i­cy of the Biden admin­is­tra­tion has proved almost unimag­in­ably suc­cess­ful – for Don­ald Trump, whom it enabled to run for pres­i­dent as the rep­re­sen­ta­tive, how­ev­er men­da­cious­ly so, of for­eign pol­i­cy restraint. A deep…

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Cameroonian Pharmacists in the US

Cameroonian Pharmacists in the US Share Knowledge, Experiences During Denver Convention

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Amer­i­can phar­ma­cists of Cameroon­ian ori­gin play an impor­tant role in the med­ical com­mu­ni­ty by deliv­er­ing care at home and abroad. Yet, in a world chal­lenged by mis­in­for­ma­tion and neg­a­tive stereo­types, their con­tri­bu­tions and that of the broad­er African dias­po­ra to nation­al and inter­na­tion­al devel­op­ment nev­er receives the atten­tion it deserves.  A Shared Pro­fes­sion­al Expe­ri­ence But…

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Fear, joy and calls for a strong Europe: France reacts to Trump win

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https://gdb.voanews.com/2a8ee388-416c-4629–8dc8-58dc43a2afe7_tv_w800_h450.jpgPARIS — A cen­tu­ry of straw polls at the icon­ic Harry’s Bar in Paris have accu­rate­ly called almost every U.S. elec­tion. This Novem­ber was no dif­fer­ent. The tal­lies dis­played on the bar’s win­dow on a chilly Wednes­day morn­ing were anoth­er reminder of Don­ald Trump’s deci­sive vic­to­ry — with uncer­tain con­se­quences for France and Europe. Even as…

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A US election watch party in Kenya, excitement at first, followed by disappointment

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https://gdb.voanews.com/b8aae636-32d1-4583-aa6d-cbba1fd91c8f_w800_h450.jpgnairo­bi, kenya — In a vibrant Nairo­bi com­mu­ni­ty cen­ter, Amer­i­can cit­i­zens liv­ing in Kenya gath­ered with pal­pa­ble excite­ment ear­ly Wednes­day to watch the U.S. elec­tion results unfold. The atmos­phere buzzed with antic­i­pa­tion as expa­tri­ates shared snacks and sto­ries, their eyes glued to screens dis­play­ing real-time updates. As the results of the U.S elec­tions trick­led in, a…

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