Close election match up drives Democrats and Republicans to scramble for overseas voters

Close election match up drives Democrats and Republicans to scramble for overseas voters

The Republican National Committee, which is largely integrated with the Trump campaign, has targeted overseas voting in legal challenges, notably Pennsylvania. If the lawsuit is successful, it would decrease the number of Americans abroad who could vote.

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Why Ugandans must address how Museveni and fellow refugees grabbed power and are now grabbing all land

Why Ugandans must address how Museveni and fellow refugees grabbed power and are now grabbing all land

In Uganda of the 21st century, everything has been reduced to politics: politics of education, politics of health, politics of seeds or food, politics of exclusion, politics of conquest and politics of occupation. The list is long… Politics of conquest and occupation are frequently associated with cross-border refugees or former...

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Russian official says Moscow never counts on ‘a good guy’ becoming US president as state media flatters Trump

Russian official says Moscow never counts on ‘a good guy’ becoming US president as state media flatters Trump

State TV has often showcased guest speakers on its prime time geopolitical talk shows who express a preference for Trump, even if their reasons sometimes vary. Andrei Sidorov, a senior academic at Moscow State University, told a major state TV talkshow this month that Trump would be better for Russia because he would stir division that could trigger a long-held fantasy of anti-Western Russian hawks – the disintegration of the United States during infighting between its constituent states.

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New poll shows Harris 46 per cent to 43 per cent ahead of Trump against backdrop of voter gloom

New poll shows Harris 46 per cent to 43 per cent ahead of Trump against backdrop of voter gloom

The poll gave signs that voters – particularly Democrats – might be more enthused about this year’s election than they were ahead of the November 2020 presidential election when Democrat Joe Biden defeated Trump.

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A fool’s mission: Trying to track the impact of European Union migration funding in Senegal

A fool’s mission: Trying to track the impact of European Union migration funding in Senegal

Back in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, I chose two EUTF projects focusing on agriculture to look into. One was managed by ANIDA in partnership with the Italian and Spanish Development Cooperation Agencies and had received 20 million euros from the EUTF. The other was run by the Belgian Development Agency, Enabel, and had a budget of 18 million euros from the EUTF.

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Whiff of voter bribery as billionaire Elon Musk doles out cash, spins conspiracies in Pennsylvania

Whiff of voter bribery as billionaire Elon Musk doles out cash, spins conspiracies in Pennsylvania

For many at the events, the idea the 2020 election was stolen from Trump was taken as fact despite a lack of evidence. One attendee in Harrisburg asked Musk what he was doing to prevent a recurrence. Musk responded by leaning into the unfounded allegations.

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Abandoned by state, stigmatised by society: Horrors of Central African Republic women raped by ‘UN peacekeepers’

Abandoned by state, stigmatised by society: Horrors of Central African Republic women raped by ‘UN peacekeepers’

The MINUSCA spokesperson said the mission registers all cases that are brought to its attention in a database and maintains the confidentiality of survivors and third parties. They did not confirm or deny if they have a record or receiving cases from Karomschi.

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Rapists or peacekeepers? Investigators alarmed by UN inaction on sex abuse by Rwandan soldiers in Central African Republic

Rapists or peacekeepers? Investigators alarmed by UN inaction on sex abuse by Rwandan soldiers in Central African Republic

“If I haven’t gone to see MINUSCA, it is because I don’t know who to turn to, but also because I am afraid,” said Jeanne*, a fruit and vegetable vendor who said she was raped by a Rwandan peacekeeper last year. “They say that their peacekeepers have come from their country to protect us, only to rape us, so what can we do?”

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US secretary of state Blinken lands in Israel to revive Gaza ceasefire but protagonists unlikely to budge

US secretary of state Blinken lands in Israel to revive Gaza ceasefire but protagonists unlikely to budge

Israel is accelerating military operations to push Hezbollah away from its northern border while thrusting into Gaza’s densely packed Jabalia refugee camp in what Palestinians and UN agencies fear could be an attempt to seal off northern Gaza from the rest of the enclave.

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Russian embassy in Sudan says it is investigating shoot-down of cargo aircraft in Darfur region

Russian embassy in Sudan says it is investigating shoot-down of cargo aircraft in Darfur region

Mobile phone footage showed fighters among the burning wreckage, claiming they shot down the aircraft with a surface-to-air missile. Identity documents shown included a Russian passport and an ID that linked back to a UAE-based company, whose phone number was disconnected.

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