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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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June 5, 2020
United States
Trump’s Threat to Use the Military Against Protesters: What to Know
Amid protests against racial injustice, can President Trump deploy the military to bring “law and order” to American streets?
September 3, 2013
Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigeria’s Ruling Political Party Splits
Nigeria’s ruling political party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has split into two factions. According to press reports, at a special convention on August 31, seven governors and former vice pr…
March 6, 2015
Sub-Saharan Africa
Anxiety Grows Over Election Rigging in Nigeria
The Nigerian media as well as my personal contacts are expressing heightened anxiety that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is preparing to rig the national elections, now scheduled for Ma…
April 19, 2011
Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigerian Presidential Elections: The Devil Is in The Ballot Collating
People watch as electoral officers count the ballots after voting ended at a polling centre in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos April 16, 2011. (Akintunde Akinleye/Courtesy Reuters) International …
March 10, 2014
Sub-Saharan Africa
Aliyu Mohammed Gusau Named Nigeria’s Defense Minister
Approximately 1,300 people have been killed since the beginning of the year, and 130 in the first week of March, in violence associated with “Boko Haram” in northern Nigeria. The carnage is accelerat…
