Gates Foundation pledges $7 billion for Africa as Ukraine war diverts donor cash | CNN
CNN — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said on Thursday it was committing $7 billion to Africa over the next four years, as Bill Gates warned that the Ukraine…
Uganda’s President Museveni slams ‘Western double standards’ over coal mine plans | CNN
CNN — Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has slammed Western countries over what he calls a “reprehensible double standard” in their response to the energy crisis brought about by the Russian…
An Egyptian activist hoped dual citizenship would save him. It hasn’t so far | CNN
Abu Dhabi and Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt CNN — For some political detainees in Egypt, a second nationality can be a matter of life or death, especially when pressure from Western…
ISIS-linked militants are threatening huge natural gas reserves the world needs badly right now | CNN
CNN — Asmani Dadi had heard rumors about the insurgents. Then, one day, they came true. It was July 2020 and Dadi was a student in the town of Mocímboa…
Who is Ibrahim Traore, the soldier behind Burkina Faso’s latest coup? | CNN
Reuters — As a heavily armed convoy drove through a cheering crowd in Burkina Faso’s capital on Sunday morning, the boyish face of the country’s latest military ruler, Captain Ibrahim…
Trial of 87-year-old Rwanda genocide suspect Félicien Kabuga opens at The Hague | CNN
London CNN — The trial of one of the last fugitives accused of broadcasting hateful propaganda and arming militias in the 1994 Rwanda genocide has opened at a United Nations…
Opinion: The British Empire: A legacy of violence? | CNN
Editor’s Note: Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America, an author and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. Raised in London, Bergen…
Cloud of colonialism hangs over Queen Elizabeth’s legacy in Africa | CNN
Lagos, Nigeria CNN — The death of Queen Elizabeth II has prompted an outpouring of reflection and reaction online. But not all was grief – some young Africans instead are…
Africa must cut reliance on food imports, says Nigerian billionaire | CNN Business
Abidjan, Ivory Coast CNN — Food prices have been rising around the world, driven first by the Covid pandemic and poor harvests, and made worse by the conflict in Ukraine,…
They moved to Ukraine for an education. Now they’re living in a city occupied by Russian forces
The students told CNN they are spending most of their time in underground bunkers in freezing temperatures as Russian soldiers prevent anyone from entering or leaving Kherson.Many of the students…