What would Africa look like in a year if all foreign aid stopped flowing in? Aid is seen as the remedy to corruption, poverty, disease, and war. On the contrary, aid has slowed down nations’ growths and corruption is still rife.
Read moreThe Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Constitutional Court has sworn in a new president following contentious elections held at the end of 2018.
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The Canadian Ambassador to China resigned on January 25 after comments concerning an ongoing extradition case with China spilled into the political media.
Read moreVenezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro won a new six-year presidential term last May, despite international consensus that his election was illegitimate. Two weeks later, opposition leader Juan Guaidó declared himself acting president
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On Sunday January 27, two bombs exploded in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Jolo, the capital of Sulu Province, Philippines.
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Japan’s Supreme Court recently upheld a law passed in 2004 that requires the sterilization of citizens who identify as transgender.
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