No Day After
NEED TO KNOW No Day After CAMEROON Cameroonian President Paul Biya is 92 and has ruled his Central African country for 42 […]
Mother Russia
NEED TO KNOW Mother Russia RUSSIA For Russia to remain a great power in the world, the world needs more Russian babies. […]
Rich, Dark Earth
NEED TO KNOW Rich, Dark Earth AMAZON RAINFOREST If the fabled fountain of youth exists, modern society might be destroying it. In […]
Bombshell Postal
NEED TO KNOW Bombshell Postal SOUTH AFRICA The head of South Africa’s Post Office, Fathima Gany, recently dropped a bombshell on lawmakers. […]
Stuck in the Middle
NEED TO KNOW Stuck in the Middle JORDAN The Jordanian government approved an electoral law two years ago, and amendments to it […]
What It Takes
NEED TO KNOW What It Takes INDIA Does India have what it takes to become a great power on the world stage? […]
Weaponizing Migration
NEED TO KNOW Weaponizing Migration NICARAGUA In Senegal, Haiti, India, China, and Libya, the hot new ticket is Nicaragua. Famed for its […]
Victories, Great and Fixed
NEED TO KNOW Victories, Great and Fixed ALGERIA Imane Khelif returned to Algeria a hero. The Olympic gold medalist who garnered headlines […]
The Pressure Cooker
NEED TO KNOW The Pressure Cooker TAJIKISTAN A statue of Ismoil Somoni is a big attraction in Dushanbe, the capital of the former […]
Neighborly Relations
NEED TO KNOW Neighborly Relations NORTH MACEDONIA Five months after he was elected to office in early May, North Macedonia’s nationalist, right-wing […]
Getting Polished
NEED TO KNOW Getting Polished BOTSWANA The president of Botswana, Mokgweetsi Masisi, appeared transfixed recently as he held up the rough-hewn, 2,492-carat […]
Tilting at Windmills
NEED TO KNOW Tilting at Windmills AZERBAIJAN Vafa Nagi is running for a seat in parliament as an independent in Azerbaijan’s parliamentary […]