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“Nigeria’s poor economy creates the conditions for kidnapping. Over the past year, the government has not been able to fix its foreign exchange problem,” William Linder, a retired CIA officer and head of 14 North, an Africa-focused risk advisory, told the BBC.
The handling of the first U.S. Ebola case has been one embarrassment after another for the U.S. health care system.
The official results from national elections last month just don’t add up for Mbalenhle Mthethwa, a loyal adherent of a new political party led by Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s former president. “The elections were not free and fair,” she said, echoing the stolen-election narrative advanced by Mr. Zuma. Ms. Mthethwa, a 38-year-old chef, lives in […]
Voice of AmericaUN Members to Elect 5 Countries to Security CouncilVoice of AmericaUNITED NATIONS—. U.N. member states elected five countries to the Security Council on Thursday, each for a two-year term. Angola, Venezuela and Malaysia were put forth by their regional groups and ran uncontested, easily achieving more than …