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When Sri Lanka’s president resigned just days after protesters swarmed into his palace, some swimming gleefully in his pool, it was a victory after months of protesting over the country’s economic crisis. But that feeling was short-lived, engineer-turned-activist Nuzly Hameem told USA TODAY. The parliament soon elected...
Last week, Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Affairs Minister, paid a visit to Africa. As the west attempts to isolate Russia in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine in February, African countries are not equally enthusiastic about western sanctions against Moscow. French President Emmanuel Macron, on a visit to...
In an interview with Ahram Online, Youssef discussed the current US administration’s foreign policy for the Middle East and the new dynamics in the relationship between individual Arab states and Washington. Ahram Online (AO): Having heard what US President Joe Biden said about Washington’s interest to leave...
The Director of Middle East and North Africa Programs at the United States Institute of Peace, Elie Abu Aoun, told our source where he said: “It is possible for the Central Bank of Libya in the east of the country to resort again to printing unofficial currency, as this bank had previous dealings in particular.” Elie added...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is on a major tour of Africa, seeking allies amid global anger and isolation over food shortages following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. VOA’s Senior Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine reports. Tatiana Vorozhko contributed.
The U.S. Institute of Peace is pleased to announce the 2022-23 cohort of Peace Scholar Fellows. This year 87 applicants from 52 U.S. universities applied for this prestigious award. The 20 award recipients demonstrated the greatest potential to advance the peacebuilding field and the strongest likelihood to inform policy and practice.
THE NEW Philippine leadership is inheriting a Bangsamoro Region that is at its most peaceful in recent years, and where economic prospects are most auspicious since the 1970s when the armed separatist movement was born. The past two Presidents, the late Benigno S.C. Aquino III and Rodrigo R. Duterte, laid out...
A year ago, India was not happy about the state of affairs in Afghanistan. The U.S. was negotiating its exit. The Taliban was consolidating power. And decades of India supporting anti-Taliban forces was evaporating. But just last month, Indian officials went to Kabul to meet with Taliban leaders. India has also partially...
William Taylor tells Amanpour that with Russia in control of more than 20 percent of Ukrainian territory, the US believes Kyiv can mount a counter-offensive to reclaim its land.
Former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor says Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Vladimir Putin intend to “wipe Ukraine off the map.”