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QiOSK

On a roll: Trump to host 5 African leaders this week

Critics would say this active interest in the continent is purely transactional. But to get to deals, there must be peace.

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BRICS takes aim at Israel as it wades into geopolitical conflicts

Trump threatens members with 10% additional tariffs as Rio summit kicks off with its biggest convocation yet

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Post-coup juntas across the Sahel face serious crises

As jihadist violence spreads in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, Western influence wanes, and democracy fades into memory

Could Trump's Congo-Rwanda mineral deals actually save lives?
Africa

Could Trump's Congo-Rwanda mineral deals actually save lives?

The admin is signing peace and economic pacts today with countries that should be bursting with investment, not swimming in blood.

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Latin America

Taxing remittances helps make US neighbors poorer, less stable

In many cases the money that migrants send home is equal or more than the federal aid those countries used to get

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Africa

Wagner mercenaries declare 'mission accomplished' in Mali

But in other parts of Africa the PMCs have been brought under direct control of the Russian government and they aren't going anywhere.