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Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at anti-Jewish violence in the Netherlands, global concerns ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, and China’s new stimulus measures. ‘Hit-and-Run Squads’ Overnight antisemitic attacks on Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam left at least five people hospitalized on Friday. According to the Israeli Embassy in the […]
In Africa, one doesn’t need to look hard these days to spot crises. Case in point: the broad swath of the continent known as the Sahel. There, in recent years, one country after another—Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Guinea—has seen ineffectual elected governments fall to military juntas. In Africa, one doesn’t need to look hard these […]
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In the first week of August, as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Bangladesh ending her 15 years in power, we had just completed a draft report on the state of civil society, ready to submit to a funding partner. Our interviews and discussions painted a bleak picture. Against the backdrop of the demise of democratic […]