What’s Behind Africa’s Sweeping Gen Z Protests
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: Youth-led protests roil Morocco and Madagascar, Cameroonians prepare to head to the polls as President Paul Biya seeks an eighth ...
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‘Disturbing,’ ‘Devastating’: Nigeria’s Anglicans Break with Canterbury over ‘Pro-Gay’ Female Archbishop
The leadership of the Anglican Church in Nigeria issued a statement on Tuesday taking issue with the appointment of Bishop Sarah Mullaly as the first Archbishop of Canterbury, making her ...
From Moldova to Africa, Russia’s Power Is Waning
On Sept. 28, Moldovan voters overwhelmingly rejected pro-Russian parties and gave President Maia Sandu’s pro-European party a decisive parliamentary majority. The victory, which came despite a massive Russia-financed influence operation ...
The Future of U.S.-Africa Trade
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: A U.S.-Africa trade agreement expires, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda begin implementing a peace agreement, and Gen ...
The Crisis for the Women Who Make Your Clothes
When Maleshoane Rakojoana was furloughed from her job at a Lesotho clothing factory nearly three months ago, it turned her whole family’s life upside down. No longer able to afford ...
Exclusive — Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso: ‘Very Happy’ Trump Is Linking Peace, Economic Development
NEW YORK — President of the Republic of Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso told Breitbart News exclusively here on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that he is ...
Why Hasn’t Joseph Kony Been Caught?
On Sept. 9, the International Criminal Court (ICC) did something unprecedented: It convened a confirmation of charges hearing against Joseph Kony, the leader of the Ugandan rebel group the Lord’s ...
Fixing Foreign Aid Requires Confronting Fundamental Tensions
Amid the widespread outcry over the destruction of the U.S. Agency for International Development, many of the agency’s defenders concede that the U.S. aid system needs to be reformed. They ...
The ICC Needs a Chief Prosecutor
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is headless at a time of acute need. It has been some 11 months since the accusation became public that the court’s chief prosecutor, Karim ...
Sudan, Congo, and You
In scale and scope, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are facing the world’s largest humanitarian and human rights crises. The numbers are staggering. In Sudan, more than ...
