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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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July 10, 2023
Afghanistan
The Threat of U.S. Domestic Terrorism: A Discussion of "Stranger at the Gate"
Panelists discuss the film Stranger at the Gate and the threat of U.S. domestic terrorism, polarization, and political violence. Stranger at the Gate is an Oscar-nominated short film produced by M…
July 25, 2017
Kenya
Polls Tighten in Run-Up to Kenya's Presidential Election
Kenya’s elections are scheduled to be held on August 8, exactly two weeks from today, and the race between the two leading presidential candidates is tightening. According to opinion polls, oppositio…
October 25, 2019
Religion
Kenyan Theologian Who Elevated African Religion Passes Away
The Kenyan John Mbiti, an Anglican priest, theologian, and academic, died on October 5 at the age of eighty-seven. He led the reappraisal of traditional African religions that sees them as equal to other world religions. He argued that traditional African religions were specifically congruent with Christianity, and that Christianity was more than Europe.
January 30, 2018
Kenya
Raila Odinga Sworn in as Kenya’s “People’s President”
As he has long said he would do, Raila Odinga had himself sworn-in as the “people’s president” at noon on January 30 in the presence of thousands of supporters in Uhuru Park in downtown Nairobi, Kenya.
February 9, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigeria: Civil Servants Unpaid, Journalists Threatened, Boko Haram and MEND Bombing
Over the past week there have been curious Nigerian developments. The government has been unable to pay its civil servants and is now a month in arrears. The explanation has been that the Nigeria Nat…
