World leaders are appalled by storming of US Capitol — WJXT News4JAX

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Lead­ers around the world con­demned the storm­ing of the U.S. Capi­tol by sup­port­ers of Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump on Wednes­day, express­ing shock at the chaos unfold­ing in a coun­try they once relied upon for glob­al lead­er­ship. “Dis­grace­ful scenes in US Con­gress,” tweet­ed Prime Min­is­ter Boris John­son of Britain, a staunch ally of the Unit­ed States over…

Africa and U.S. Cities — A Recognition

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With Africa and U.S. Cities, a doc­u­ment pub­lished by the Wash­ing­ton D.C.-based Cen­ter for Strate­gic and Inter­na­tion­al Studies(CSIS), news about the African con­ti­nent — its peo­ples, gov­ern­ments, insti­tu­tions, and activ­i­ties — nev­er stops. Cov­er­age of the con­ti­nent by Amer­i­­can-run, as well as African-run orga­ni­za­tions, and a mix of oth­ers, is what informs us about what…

Best in Africa Reporting Awards — 2020

  These select­ed sto­ries are by no means reflec­tive of the entire­ty of the best report­ing about Africa in 2020. The sto­ries bare­ly scratch the sur­face. We would love to hear your thoughts and have your feed­back includ­ed in our news and analy­sis. Please email us. To learn more about the selec­tion process, please click here…

Navy Warship’s Secret Mission Off West Africa Aims to Help Punish Venezuela

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https://static01.nyt.com/images/2020/12/18/us/politics/00dc-military1/00dc-military1-moth.jpgAdver­tise­ment Con­tin­ue read­ing the main sto­ry Sup­port­ed by Con­tin­ue read­ing the main sto­ryNavy Warship’s Secret Mis­sion Off West Africa Aims to Help Pun­ish Venezuela The tale of the cruis­er San Jac­in­to under­scores the Trump administration’s ani­mus toward Venezuela and how the post­elec­tion purge of

A dangerous backtrack on the US-Mexico security relationship

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https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/mexico_amlo_002.jpg?w=270 On Tues­day, the Mex­i­can Con­gress passed a new law severe­ly restrict­ing the oper­a­tions of for­eign law enforce­ment agents in Mex­i­co. It is clear­ly direct­ed at the Unit­ed States in retal­i­a­tion for the U.S. arrest of Mexico’s for­mer Sec­re­tary of Defense Sal­vador Cien­fue­gos on drug traf­fick­ing and cor­rup­tion charges at the Los Ange­les air­port in…