Africa

To follow up on the David Rohde story, here’s a great interview he had on NPR’s Fresh Air yesterday with Terry Gross. In other news, last week, a five-week legal battle between oil trader Trafigura and the UK’s Guardian newspaper came to a close when Trafigura ended a secret injunction with the news organization. How...
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Summer is nearly officially over (and the weather here in New York shows it). This means the Perspectives on Global Issues blog is back from its sun-drenched hibernation. Our editors have already been churning out their thoughts and analyses on the latest breaking news in the world of international affairs — but just...
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The panel of International Criminal Court judges weighing whether to indict Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on 10 counts of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes related to the conflict in Darfur will reach a decision in the coming months. It is expected that the judges will allow the case against Bashir to go...
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