Britain Faces Challenge to Rebuild Global Image Amid Political Chaos

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For­mer chan­cel­lor Rishi Sunak won the back­ing of Con­ser­v­a­tive Par­ty law­mak­ers Mon­day to become Britain’s new prime min­is­ter, fol­low­ing the res­ig­na­tion last week of Liz Truss, who spent under two months in office. He is expect­ed to vis­it King Charles III on Tues­day to accept the invi­ta­tion to form a gov­ern­ment. Eco­nom­ic chal­lenges  Sunak will…

Major newspaper company to stop endorsing political candidates

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This sto­ry, plus the Twit­ter-Musk tri­al stalls as pro­posed deal looms, a look at research on alter­na­tive social media sites, how news orga­ni­za­tions are grap­pling with cov­er­ing demon­stra­tions in Iran and more, all in today’s media head­lines. Top Sto­ries Oct 6, 2022Major news­pa­per com­pa­ny will stop endors­ing nation­al and statewide can­di­datesKatie Robert­son / The New […] The…

Post-Election Affairs in the Democratic Republic of Congo

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Edi­tor’s Note: A lot has hap­pened in the Demo­c­ra­t­ic Repub­lic of Con­go (DRC) since the Decem­ber 30, 2018 elec­tions. In this analy­sis, our own Uni­qua Smith scout­ed the web and oth­er sources for news and infor­ma­tion fol­low­ing the his­toric trans­fer of pow­er in the nation.  In the process of find­ing out what is tak­ing place Smith…

In Case You Missed It: 7/11/16 — 7/17/16

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This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa In this week’s news, South Africa looks to the cos­mos, Moroc­co seeks rein­state­ment in the AU and Zam­bia hopes for a peace­ful elec­tion. South African Obser­va­to­ry Dis­cov­ers Hun­dreds of Galax­ies A radio array tele­scope in South Africa, known as MeerKAT, has dis­cov­ered hun­dreds of previously…

In Case You Missed It: 6/20/16 — 6/26/16

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This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up In this week’s news, two albi­no broth­ers in Cameroon fight dis­crim­i­na­tion through song, and South African courts move clos­er to bring­ing Pres­i­dent Jacob Zuma of South Africa to court. Albi­no Broth­ers Turn to Music to Fight Prej­u­dice Albi­no broth­ers, Rene…

In Case You Missed It: 4/18/16 — 4/24/16

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The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and about Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up. In this week’s news, Ugan­da revis­es plan for oil pipeline, and the Repub­lic of Con­go gets a new Prime Min­is­ter. Ugan­da to Export Oil Through Tan­za­nia Ugan­da has decid­ed that it will build a pipeline through Tanzania…

Issues Relating to Africa — Democrats Lead Republicans

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As the 2016 Unit­ed States pres­i­den­tial pri­ma­ry elec­tions con­tin­ue, there are a lot of things on every­one’s mind: issues such as health care, ter­ror­ism, immi­gra­tion reform, and tax­es; as well as ques­tions about how to sup­port a par­tic­u­lar can­di­date. This elec­tion sea­son has been par­tic­u­lar­ly chaot­ic, some­times stress­ful, and full of opin­ion, infor­ma­tion, mis­in­for­ma­tion, and…