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December 11, 2018
South Africa
South Africa's New Director of Public Prosecutions
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa selected Shamila Batohi to the new national director of public prosecutions (NDPP) for a single ten-year term. As NDPP, Batohi will head the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), which, as its name implies, determines who to prosecute and who not to prosecute on behalf of the state.
October 13, 2020
International Organizations
Nigerian (and American) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Finalist for WTO Director General
The two finalists for the position of director general of the World Trade Organization (WTO) are Yoo Myung-hee, Republic of Korea, and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a Nigerian and (since 2019) an American citizen.
November 5, 2020
Election 2020
U.S. Ballot Counting Continues, WTO Selects Director General, and More
The world awaits the results of the close U.S. presidential election, the World Trade Organization (WTO) is scheduled to select a new director general, and Myanmar holds fraught elections.
January 11, 2021
Transition 2021
Transition 2021 Replay: Biden’s CIA Director Nominee on U.S. Diplomacy
President-Elect Joe Biden recently nominated Ambassador William J. Burns to serve as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency. In June of 2019, Ambassador Burns and James M. Lindsay discussed …
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