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How the quiet war against press freedom could come to America wapo.st/3ZfmRNg
Opinion | How the quiet war against press freedom could come to America

Opinion | How the quiet war against press freedom could come to America

Foreign leaders have developed insidious ways to curtail basic journalism. Don’t be surprised if U.S. politicians draw from their playbook.

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Extraordinary reporting from Mariupol. It's a sad, extremely harrowing read but so important that the truth is told. apnews.com/article/russia-uk…
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#gutless
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@nytimes16 Apr 2021
Breaking News: The Biden administration will keep its cap on refugee admissions at the low level set by the Trump White House, walking back an earlier pledge. nyti.ms/3eadvJw
Breaking News: The Biden administration will keep its cap on refugee admissions at the low level set by the Trump White House, walking back an earlier pledge. nyti.ms/3eadvJw
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Here it is, my last Letter from Trump’s Washington in ⁦@NewYorker:⁩ An Obituary for a Failed Presidency newyorker.com/news/letter-fr…
Obituary for a Failed Presidency

Obituary for a Failed Presidency

One final dispatch from Trump’s Washington.

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@MFDOOM31 Dec 2020
With heavy hearts, we share these words from MF DOOM’s family. instagram.com/p/CJefkDalNYo/…
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Well said.
Odion Jude Ighalo (@ighalojude) profile pictureOdion Jude Ighalo
@ighalojude20 Oct 2020
Pray for NIGERIA🇳🇬✊🏿
The hummingbird in our garden has a cough #AirQuality
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Exciting career news to share. I now sharpen pencils and locate lost pieces of paper for two stay-at-home elementary school students.
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BREAKING: United States sanctions ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda and another court official giving effect to a sweeping executive order issued in June by Trump. Marks a shameful new low for US commitments to justice for victims of the worst crimes. bit.ly/34YHdOz
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Lebanon is no stranger to disaster – but this is like nothing we've ever seen | Kim Ghattas theguardian.com/commentisfre…

Lebanon is no stranger to disaster – but this is like nothing we've ever seen | Kim Ghattas

Decades of stoic resistance in the face of tragedies has turned to rage after the devastating explosion in Beirut’s port, says Kim Ghattas, a senior fellow at Carnegie Endowment for International...

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Sudan has a once-in-a-generation chance to put decades of conflict, predatory government and economic misrule behind it, @CSISAfrica’s Richard Downie writes. wpr.vu/KwXX50xFe5X
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Happy to contribute a chapter on Kenya to new @CSIS book Faith in the Balance, looking at ways African states manage religious relations: csis.org/analysis/faith-bala…
Faith in the Balance

Faith in the Balance

Faith in the Balance analyzes the distinct ways that the governments of Morocco, Tunisia, Nigeria, Kenya, and Burkina Faso attempt to manage religious affairs.

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US and other western nations need to help Sudan's transition and appreciate the constraints its civilian leaders are under. Making security sector reform a condition of economic/political aid is not realistic: apnews.com/8aa3491116f64a019…
What we're reading: CSIS Africa Senior Associate @Richardd breaks down a few of the challenges the new Sudanese government is facing in uniting a divided country. Read the @WPReview piece here: bit.ly/WPRSudan
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The civilians who helped end the repressive regime of Sudan’s longtime president, Omar al-Bashir, are discovering that exercising power is often more difficult than attaining it. ow.ly/H0Bb50x2Owa
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Fascinating reflections from @AmbassadorRice on #PodSaveTheWorld describing her time in charge of Africa policy in late 90s. I never realized she served Abiola his final drink....
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@CrookedMedia23 Oct 2019
New #PodSaveTheWorld: @tvietor08 & @brhodes discuss the latest on impeachment & Turkey’s invasion of Syria. Then, @AmbassadorRice joins to talk Benghazi, leading Bill Clinton’s Africa policy & more. "Bill Taylor’s got the Ukraine receipts" out now: go.crooked.com/tSmZqr
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Possibly the lead today, rather than Trump's strategically-placed racist tweet? Opening statement of Ambassador William B. Taylor washingtonpost.com/context/o…
Opening statement of Ambassador William B. Taylor

Opening statement of Ambassador William B. Taylor

William B. Taylor, the senior U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, testified before impeachment investigators Tuesday that he was told the release of military aid to Kyiv was contingent on a public declaration...

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#Sudan’s post-Bashir transition holds the best hope of cementing civilian rule, as well as navigating economic stagnation, a corrupt and fragmented security establishment, insurgencies and political polarisation. A thread ⇩ bit.ly/Africa281
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My latest for @CSISAfrica: Kenya under Growing Pressure to Regulate “Spiritual Fraudsters” csis.org/analysis/kenya-unde…
Kenya under Growing Pressure to Regulate “Spiritual Fraudsters” | CSIS

Kenya under Growing Pressure to Regulate “Spiritual Fraudsters” | CSIS

Recent revelations about dubious financial practices by prominent evangelical preachers in Kenya have raised concerns about the business dealings of the church. CSIS’s Richard Downie explores the...

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