Veteran South Asian diplomat Howard B. Schaffer, 88, dies - India Abroad
Howard B. Schaffer, retired U.S. diplomat-turned-scholar once considered the pre-eminent South Asian specialist in the State Dept., died on Nov. 17 at the age of 88.
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South Sudan in Focus - VOA
Traditional chiefs work to reduce the widespread practice of child marriages in South Sudan; a resolution reinstates teachers in Jonglei State who were dismissed last year for protesting poor working conditions and low pay; and female police and correctional officers receive certificates in English literacy and computer science from Kampala University's Juba Study Center.
Why doesn’t South Sudan’s refugee exodus spur East Africa to action? - IRIN News
Migration crises in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa reconfigured global politics. So why – as the millionth South Sudanese took refuge in Uganda earlier this year, and with the total number of South Sudanese refugee and asylum seekers now more than two million – is there no comparable shift in the political posture of East African states?
Global peace: Towards a more inclusive and trusting world community - New Strait Times
The following is the keynote address by Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah, the Sultan of Perak, titled Gobal peace: Towards a more inclusive and trusting world community, at the 4th World Conference on Islamic Thought and...
The future of Zimbabwe without Mugabe - PBS NewsHour
How did the 37-year rule of Robert Mugabe shape Zimbabwe? From early high hopes to current economic turmoil, Judy Woodruff discusses the evolution of the country under his leadership -- and what comes next -- with former U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe Johnnie Carson and Blessing Zulu of Voice of America.
#OptOutside at these 5 National Parks in the DMV - WUSA9 (CBS)
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نواب عراقيون يحشدون لتأجيل الانتخابات” - Al Araby
يقود برلمانيون عراقيون حراكاً سياسياً يهدف لتأجيل الانتخابات البرلمانية المقبلة المقرر إجراؤها في الخامس عشر من مايو/أيار 2018، وفيما يحذّر سياسيون من احتمال التلاعب بنتائج الانتخابات، يعتبر نائب الرئيس نوري المالكي أن خطر تأجيل الانتخابات يفوق خطر "داعش".
Donald Yamamoto : Le secteur économique, un point important de la politique américaine en Afrique - Midi Madagasikara
Dans une interview par visioconférence réalisée à l’Ambassade des Etats-Unis, Donald Yamamoto Sous Secrétaire d’Etat américain aux Affaires africaines répond à notre question sur la politique économique américaine en Afrique et à Madagascar.
د امریکا افغان ستراتیژي نیمګړتیاوې لري: برمک پژواک - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Mashaal Radio
تېره اوونۍ د امریکا شاوخوا ۳،۰۰۰ سرتېري افغانستان ته ورسېدل چې موخه یې د غوڅ ملاتړ ماموریت په برخه کې د افغان ځواکونو روزنه، هغوی ته مشورې او له هغوی سره مرسته کول دي. د اضافي سرتېرو استول د امریکايي ولسمشر ډونلډ ټرمپ د افغانستان او جنوبي اسیا لپاره د هغې ستراتیژۍ برخه ده چې نوموړي په اګست کې اعلان کړه. د امریکا د سولې په انسټيټیوټ کې د افغانستان او مرکزي اسیا د چارو څېړونکی برمک پژواک په امریکايي ستراتیژۍ کې نیمګړتیاوې ویني. له نوموړي سره موږ مرکه کړې چې تاسې یې د غږ په ځای کې اورېدای شئ.
Buhari’s Silent Support for the South-east - The Day
President Muhammadu Buhari’s two-day visit to the South-eastern states of Ebonyi and Anambra took place at the most opportune juncture, to show support to a governor who has done so much in promoting the president’s policy on food...