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March 22, 2019

Cybersecurity
Cyber Week in Review: March 22, 2019

This week: Social media platforms race to remove video of Christchurch terror attack; EU levies third antitrust fine against Google; Russia rolls out new censorship laws; and top aluminum company hit…

A police officer places flower at a memorial for the victims of the mosque shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand, March 22, 2019.

May 8, 2015

China
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of May 8, 2015

Ashlyn Anderson, Lauren Dickey, Darcie Draudt, William Piekos, and Ariella Rotenberg look at the top stories in Asia today.1. Mass graves of human trafficking camp unearthed in Thailand. Police exhum…

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December 8, 2014

China
Allen Grane: Combating the African Wildlife Trade in China

Allen Grane is a research associate for Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Recently, the Animal Planet aired a documentary entitled “Saving Africa’s Giants with Yao Ming.” The show,…

A herd of elephants confronts a hippopotamus at a watering hole in Hwange National Park October 14, 2014. The watering hole was one of several that were contaminated by poachers with cyanide in 2013, leading to the death of at least 100 animals, according to Zimbabwean authorities. Picture taken October 14, 2014. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo (ZIMBABWE - Tags: ANIMALS CRIME LAW)

August 4, 2013

Middle East and North Africa
Voices From Syria

"Ramadan used to be a time for me to read the Quran, pray and help people with charity but now we are fighting just to get bread, food and enough money to live ourselves," –Abu Marwan, a 50-year-old …

Free Syrian Army fighters smoke waterpipes near the Menagh military airport, in Aleppo's countryside January 25, 2013 (Hassano/Courtesy Reuters)..

April 14, 2020

Nigeria
Principal Nigerian Religious Leaders Largely in Lockstep With Government on Lockdowns

The Nigerian government issued stay-at-home orders, starting on March 30, for Lagos, Ogun state (a suburb of Lagos), and Abuja, the national capital. All churches and mosques have been closed, and parades have been banned, and all other mass events that Nigerians love, such as weddings and funerals.

Christian worshippers sit spaced out in elevated pews during a mass at the mostly empty St Gabriel Catholic church, as government struggles to control the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Abuja, Nigeria March 22, 2020. Lockdown orders were issued for March 30.