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Deadly Militia Attack Overshadows Niger Presidential Run-Off Vote Deadly Militia Attack Overshadows Niger Presidential Run-Off Vote By Paul Ejime* At least seven Niger Electoral officials were killed in a roadside bomb attack by anti-government militia groups as the country’s 7.4 million registered voters cast their ballots in the presidential run-off vote on Sunday. Voting was reported relatively peaceful in other parts of the country, but official sources said the attack took place in the Tillaberi region near Niger’s border with Mali and Burkina Faso while the officials were trans...

Defending his move to dissolve the House of Representatives, Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli has blamed some leaders of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) for attempting to form a "parallel government". Oli made the comments while highlighting the major achievements of the government during his address from the prime minister’s office in Singha Durbar on the occasion

Read more about Nepal PM Oli blames ruling party leaders tried to form parallel government on Business Standard. Nepal plunged into a political crisis on December 20 after Oli, in a surprise move, dissolved the House of Representatives, amidst a tussle for power with his rival Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'

Qatar National Library to explore impact of global pandemic on lives of people  28 Jan 2021 - 8:28 The Peninsula The world has changed in countless ways as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The global health crisis has exposed inequalities in human development and magnified the challenges faced by many communities across the world.  While the world wrestles against the coronavirus, it confronts many questions—perhaps the biggest being how societies will cope going forward, and which direction they will take.  On Thursday,  February 4, Qatar National Library, in partnership wit...

https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/10/29/whats-wrong-with-the-peace-corps/ The American Interest What’s Wrong with the Peace Corps? Ryan Rommann “I am a Peace Corps Volunteer.” Like 98 percent of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, I was proud to declare this and believe my two-year service was worthwhile. I grew professionally and personally, and I did some good. But the program is broken in many ways. More than 210,000 Americans have served as volunteers in 139 countries since the program’s founding in 1961. John F. Kennedy envisioned the Peace Corps as a call to service for qu...