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September 16, 2024

Nigeria
The Unmaking of an Elite

The great tragedy of Nigerian tertiary education is the debasement of its professoriate.

National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) members staged a protest against prolonged strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities in Lagos, Nigeria on September 19, 2022.

September 19, 2024

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The United Nations General Assembly Votes to Remove Jews from Jerusalem's Old City

The most recent UN General Assembly resolution on Israel and the Palestinians is a radical strike at Israel and would push Jews out of the Old City of Jerusalem.

September 20, 2024

Cybersecurity
Cyber Week in Review: September 20, 2024

UN releases report on global AI governance; electronics explode across Lebanon; EU Commissioner Thierry Breton resigns; Instagram announces safety overhaul; U.S. seizes Chinese-controlled botnet.

Smoke rises from the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as pictured from Marjayoun, near the border with Israel, on September 18, 2024

March 14, 2018

Kenya
Pulling Kenya Back From the Brink

Odinga has called off his defiance campaign against the Kenyatta government, while Kenyatta apparently is allowing Odinga to continue to use the title “people’s president." The official document released detailing the pact refers to both as “his excellency.”

Kenya-Kenyatta-Odinga-Reconciliation-NASA-Jubilee

June 6, 2017

Oceans and Seas
Trump’s Climate Pull-Out Imperils the World’s Oceans

Though the Paris Agreement included only one reference to oceans, the link between global warming and ocean health makes President Trump’s renunciation of the Paris agreement appear even more ignoran…

Guterres at UN The Ocean Conference

September 5, 2024

Sub-Saharan Africa
The Truth About Africa's "Debt Crisis"

Africa has a governance crisis, not a debt crisis.

Senegal's Foreign Minister Yassine Fall, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and DRC's Foreign Minister Jean-Claude Gakosso attend a press conference during the 2024 Summit of the FOCAC in Beijing, China on September 5, 2024.

August 2, 2011

Economics
Pulling Guatemala Back from the Brink

If Guatemalans truly want a more stable and secure future, they will have to start making tough choices. Instead of writing Guatemala off as a lost cause, we should applaud the work of a few courageo…

Pulling Guatemala Back from the Brink