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North Korea's Pledges Are Easier Said Than Done - NPR
A historic handshake between the leaders of North and South Korea this week. Kim Jong Un and Moon Jae-in also smiled, hugged, strolled, shoveled a little dirt for a tree-planting ceremony in the DMZ that separates their countries. But will that symbolic tree come to signify a permanent agreement? The two leaders did...
Trump and Kim will have a historic summit, but where? - PBS NewsHour
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made history Friday when he and South Korean President Moon Jae-in stepped across the border separating the two countries for the first time.
Part 2: Pro-Iran Militias in Iraq - The Islamists
Since 2003, Iranian influence has deepened in Iraq through a wide array of Shiite militias. Several militia leaders and politicians spent years in exile in Tehran during Saddam Hussein’s reign in the 1980s and 1990s. One of Iraq’s most powerful armed groups, the Badr Organization, was formed in 1982 by Iraqi exiles to fight Hussein with the support of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Terror Attacks On Voting Centers Could Hurt Afghan Parliamentary Elections: Analyst - UrduPoint
Attacks on voting process, including the bloody bombing that killed dozens of people including children this week, could hurt the Parliamentary elections due in October this year, said a US expert on Afghan affairs, suggesting that it would be wise to delay the polls to allow more time to coordinate security, voter outreach and registration.
Tunisia’s Democratic Experiment Enters New Phase with Local Elections - Washington Diplomat
Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution in 2011 that ousted then-President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali set off the Arab Spring, a series of popular uprisings throughout the Middle East and North Africa that resulted in the overthrow of sclerotic governments. But the early optimism of the Arab Spring has since dimmed, as the revolutionary...
Democracy and security in Africa depend on Nigeria - The Hill
When Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari met with President Trump on Monday, much attention was paid to the importance of counterterror efforts and economic investments that will help the country continue its climb out of its deep recession.
The Current for May 1, 2018 - CBC Radio
From the deadly attacks in Afghanistan that are aimed at destabilising the upcoming elections; to the British "fatberg" and why we need to stop pouring grease down the drain; to a couple who were married for 73 years, and chose to end their lives together in a medically assisted death ... This is The Current.
'Peace industry' must stop violence in Afghanistan from derailing elections, says expert - CBC
As a slew of deadly attacks in Afghanistan threaten to destabilize elections later this year, the "peace industry" trying to curb its impact may not go far enough, an expert says. Jonas Claes, a senior program officer at the U.S. Institute of Peace, said that a "peace industry" has sprung up around protecting the democratic processes in post-conflict societies.