https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/06/08/world/08congo-belgium‑1/08congo-belgium-1-moth.jpg But so far, the monarch has not apologized for decades of brutal Belgian rule during which up to 10 million Congolese people died. DAKAR, Senegal — The king of Belgium on Wednesday handed over a large wooden mask to the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, one of thousands of objects taken long ago…
https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/629f9b0421000019005ecf15.jpg?cache=p0y0mpuxut&ops=224_126 A worker arranges fruit for sale a food market in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, June 3, 2022. Annual inflation in Turkey hit 73.5% in May, according to official data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute on Friday, as a cost-of-living crisis in the country deepens. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici) Burhan Ozbilici via AP WASHINGTON (AP) — The…
Following a recent agreement signed between the British and Rwandan governments on asylum seekers in the United Kingdom, several international aid agencies report that some asylum seekers in the UK have gone into hiding for fear of being sent to Rwanda. Under the agreement, people suspected of illegally entering the UK would be flown to…
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1ee27d722a97861f890890773b9d944a57ab2596/0_671_3000_1799/master/3000.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=c81a86b41979c9f42b8fd3cd99ee4c7d Marshall plan: US aid to rebuild postwar Europe – archive, 1947 On 5 June 1947, secretary of state George Marshall put forward the idea of a European economic recovery plan to be financed by the US. See how the Guardian and Observer reported events Better use of US aid to Europe: “unite to plan…
BAMAKO, Mali — On the last Sunday in March before Ramadan, thousands of merchants and villagers filled the market of Moura, in central Mali, trading cattle in a vast pen and stocking up on spices and vegetables in the town’s sandy alleys. Suddenly, five low-flying helicopters thrummed overhead, some firing weapons and drawing gunfire in…
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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
The African nation of Liberia, located on the Western Coast of the continent is noted for the Ebola epidemic that severely impacted the country in 2014, as well as a civil war that claimed thousands of lives and displaced millions of people in the 1990s and 2000s. The sorrowful images of disease and war linger…
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…
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…