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Ahmed Satti/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(KHARTOUM, Sudan) -- As countries wind down mass evacuations of their nationals from war-torn Sudan and the White House warns time is running out, the United States is undertaking its first effort to move hundreds of private Americans citizens out of Khartoum. A U.S. government-organized convoy carrying U.S citizens, locally employed staff and nationals from allied and partner countries arrived at Port Sudan on Saturday, according to the State Departme...

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What we see here is that under the guise of upholding “universal principles” and “inalienable rights of individuals”, the US-led West is twisting its own norms of ‘ruled-based order’

China is seizing on the Biden administration's "Summit for Democracy" as an opening to ramp up its anti-American propaganda and push its alternative vision for a new world order, dismissing the D.C. gathering this week as a "farce" that "enhances U.S. efforts to "interfere in other countries' internal affairs."

Two years into President Biden’s signature initiative, successful democracies from around the world are co-hosting a second democracy summit. What lessons can they provide?

The historic and humanistic project of fashioning African futures entails retrieving the past and reconstructing the present, and investing our imaginations and energies in envisioning a world that valorizes our duality as social beings and ecological beings, living in harmony with each other and sustainably with nature.

And the Biden administration tries to straighten out its recent pandemic fumbles.

Sudan: Freedom House Condemns Killing of Peaceful Protesters by Security Forces Justice and accountability are essential to a peaceful democratic transition in Sudan. In response to the security forces’ lethal crackdown on peaceful protests in Khartoum that were organized by the families of those killed during the 2018–19 Sudanese revolution, Freedom House issued the following statement: “We are deeply concerned by the excessive use of force by security forces against civilians,” said J...

Episode 14: Tanzanias Opposition Leader Tundu Lissu on Politics after Magufuli The death of President Magufuli, a populist authoritarian and COVID-denier, officially from a heart failure, raises questions about whether newly sworn-in President Samia Suluhu Hassan will change course or maintain her predecessor’s authoritarian track. Tundu Lissu, Tanzania’s main opposition leader, joins Alan Boswell this week to discuss the late President Magufuli’s legacy and policies in Tanzania. Tundu ...

The actions announced in the past week must not be the final word. By Jennifer RubinThe Washington Post Read Article The administration’s response to the slaughter of Post contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi is predictably prompting responses ranging from grumbling to outrage. Having raised the bar during the campaign to make the Saudi regime a “pariah,” President Joe Biden has stopped well short of that. The Post’s publisher, Fred Ryan, on Monday slammed the administration’s de...