Driving progress: Botswana prepares for historic UN conference on landlocked countries
Leaders from landlocked developing countries, (LLDCs) will gather in Gaborone, Botswana, this December to tackle challenges, explore solutions, and build alliances for a more...
Being Black in Germany has never been easy and elections in eastern states could make it harder still
ERFURT, Germany—It was a balmy summer night in 2020, shortly after the lifting of Germany’s first COVID-19 lockdown, and Omar Diallo and two friends...
23 African countries are developing 125 new satellites for budding space program
After numerous delays, Senegal has finally launched its first-ever satellite GAINDESAT-1A into orbit. The feat marks the first stage of the African country’s budding...
U.S. among nations ‘brazenly’ flouting Arms trade treaty, 10 years on: Amnesty
Amnesty International has called for an end to arms transfers to countries including Israel, Sudan, and Myanmar, saying they cause “devastating loss of life”...
Iran repudiates ‘unsubstantiated’ U.S. election campaign hacking claims
Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations has roundly rejected allegations about the Islamic Republic’s interference in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, calling the...
Kenya to reintroduce controversial tax measures
Kenya’s government is set to reinstate some of the tax measures that were previously scrapped following deadly protests in June, Kenyan Finance Minister John...
India’s top court creates task force on workplace safety after doctor was raped and killed
NEW DELHI—India’s top court on Aug. 20 set up a national task force of doctors who will make recommendations on safety of health care...
Trinidad is redrawing its coat of arms to remove Columbus’ three famous ships
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—Officials in Trinidad and Tobago are redrawing the island’s coat of arms for the first time since its creation in 1962...
Putin meets Azerbaijani president in Baku to strengthen ties as regional tensions persist
BAKU, Azerbaijan—Russian leader Vladimir Putin held talks on Aug. 19 with his Azerbaijani counterpart as part of a two-day trip to secure Moscow’s under-pressure trade routes...
Witness to the Nakba: Still waiting for a solution 76 years after becoming a refugee in Lebanon
by Ezzat El-Ferri Mahmoud Ahmad Al-Said remembers his birthplace and the ancestors who came before him. Seventy-six years ago, the Palestinian refugee, who has devoted...