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Sokoto Nigeria
Africa

Trump's Christmas Day strikes on Nigeria beg question: Why Sokoto?

The US hit a majority Muslim area where ISIS has a questionable foothold and Christians are not being killed

Guinea-Bissau: The ‘narco-state’ the US virtually ignores
Africa

Guinea-Bissau: The ‘narco-state’ the US virtually ignores

Curiously, a presidential ‘coup’ and the country’s connections with the Latin American trade have drawn little attention from a White House so concerned about drugs

Africa construction development
Africa

US capital investments for something other than beating China

The debate is on about the renewal of the Development Finance Corporation and whether to tie international partnerships to Great Power Competition

BAMEX /25
Africa

Militants' blockade of Mali capital is a test for the US

Amid fears of a jihadist advance on Bamako, Washington must decide whether backing a failing junta would make the situation worse

G20 south africa
Africa

Boycott of G20 is shortsighted and hurts US just as much

By its absence, Washington cedes ground to China and Russia, which are eager to make inroads in the Global South

Nigeria violence
Africa

What Trump should know before going 'guns-a-blazing' into Nigeria

The country is riven with horrific violence — but anti-Christianity is not the driving force and perpetrators are not all the same