The African Accent and the Colonial Ear In Western films set in Africa, misrepresentations of spoken language can harmfully homogenize the cultural nuances of diverse nations.

I’m the captain now:

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Sudan’s Military Has Used Chemical Weapons Twice, U.S. Officials Say The determination comes as the United States prepares to announce sanctions against the Sudanese military chief, saying there is strong evidence of atrocities in the country.

Hard to think of a conflict in recent times more confounding than Sudan right now www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/w...

Angola's Isabel Dos Santos on accusations and eyeing the presidency - BBC Africa YouTube video by BBC News Africa

This BBC Africa interview with Isabel Dos Santos is quite something www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBss...

The Governments That Survived Inflation A policy toolkit to tame prices—and win elections.

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And I’ll say it again — Elon Musk owns a satellite internet company, Starlink, that should have absolutely nothing to do with any elections anywhere in the world.

What Tariffs Can and Can’t Do | by Dani Rodrik - Project Syndicate Dani Rodrik argues that import duties are neither an all-purpose tool, as Donald Trump believes, nor a purposeless one.

Tariffs are neither a Swiss Army knife for domestic problems nor an effective stick to discipline other nations (as Trump believes). But they can be useful as a shield allowing other (social, environmental, industrial) policies to do their work. My latest www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...

'I was moderating hundreds of horrific and traumatising videos' - BBC News The BBC speaks to social media moderators, whose job it is to find and remove distressing and illegal content.

Apropos Meta’s decision to alter its moderation/fact-checking program www.bbc.com/news/article...