America’s Next Soldiers Will Be Machines
https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/us-military-robot-training-war-machine-california-8295793.jpgIn future wars, U.S. generals want to send robots to face the enemy’s first bullets.
30 Years After Rwandan Genocide, Ruler Holds Tight Grip
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/04/06/multimedia/06rwanda-kagame-2-zflk/06rwanda-kagame-2-zflk-mediumSquareAt3X.jpgThirty years after a devastating genocide, Rwanda has made impressive gains. But ethnic divisions persist under an iron-fisted president who has ruled for just as long.
It’s Debatable’s Greatest Hits
https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/taiwan-navy-ship-tsai-GettyImages-2105340826.jpgIn their 100th column, Matt and Emma revisit clashes over Taiwan, Ukraine, Iran—and how to deter an alien invasion.
‘Building an authoritarian axis’: the Trump ‘envoy’ courting the global far right
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8b95ad310629a54ebee28d0c2a65dfd4caaaff59/1_0_2998_1800/master/2998.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=89ad15768ed224dd410b042a8702c762Richard Grenell’s shadow foreign policy campaign is unsettling diplomats and threatens to collapse US interests For Donald Trump, he is “my envoy”, the man apparently anointed as the former US president’s roving ambassador while he plots a return to the White House. To critics, he is seen as “an online pest” and “a national disgrace” –…
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Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye Takes Office and Promises Change
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/04/02/multimedia/02senegal-1-qgfz/02senegal-1-qgfz-mediumSquareAt3X.jpgSenegal’s new president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, took the oath of office in Tuesday’s ceremony. Close behind him sat the popular opposition leader who had clinched the win.
How African Immigrants Have Revived a Remote Corner of Quebec
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/26/world/00Canada-Africa-promo/00Canada-Africa-mediumSquareAt3X.jpgHundreds of newcomers from Africa have filled a shortage of workers in Rouyn-Noranda, creating a new community in a remote mining town.
Senegal’s New President Was Unknown, but ‘This Family is Not New to Ruling’
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/27/multimedia/27senegal-add4-tgkp/27senegal-add4-tgkp-mediumSquareAt3X-v2.jpgHow did Bassirou Diomaye Faye, age 44, go from obscurity to a resounding win in Senegal’s presidential election? At the family homestead, one relative explained, “This family is not new to ruling.”
Senegal Votes in an Election That Almost Didn’t Happen
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/24/multimedia/24senegal-election-bcwh/24senegal-election-bcwh-mediumSquareAt3X.jpgThe top opposition politician, Ousmane Sonko, is barred from running. So Sunday’s vote is widely seen as a choice between his handpicked candidate and the departing president’s designated successor.
Uganda President Museveni Appoints His Son as Top Army Commander
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/22/multimedia/22uganda-1-mthw/22uganda-1-mthw-mediumSquareAt3X.jpgGen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who has a reputation for provocative late-night tweets, has been working to position himself as heir apparent to his father, President Yoweri Museveni.
Democracy Crumbling in African Countries Once Ruled by France
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/18/multimedia/00africa-democracy-1-gqbz/00africa-democracy-1-gqbz-mediumSquareAt3X.jpgA wave of military coups and presidents clinging to power are two sides of the same anti-democratic coin plaguing Francophone Africa, experts say.