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Xi awarded 3rd term as China’s president, extending rule

YoopyaMar 10, 2023March 10, 20230

Chinese leader Xi Jinping was awarded a third five-year term as the nation’s president Friday, putting him on track to stay in power for life

Senegal: Door of No Return: Yellen visits onetime slave-trading post

YoopyaJan 22, 2023January 22, 20230

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen paid a solemn visit Saturday to the salmon-colored house on an island off Senegal that is one of the most

Pro-Bolsonaro rioters storm Brazil’s top government offices

YoopyaJan 9, 2023January 9, 20230

Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who refuse to accept his election defeat stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace Sunday, a week

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy appeals for bipartisan support in speech to U.S. Congress

YoopyaDec 22, 2022December 22, 20220

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the U.S. Congress on Wednesday that the tens of billions of dollars of aid it had approved to help it

US: 18-year-old college student elected mayor of Arkansas city

YoopyaDec 9, 2022December 9, 20220

An 18-year-old college student has been elected to serve as mayor of a small east Arkansas city, becoming one of the youngest people to serve

Africa: Burkina Faso does not intend to hire Russian fighters like Mali, according to a US diplomat.

YoopyaOct 27, 2022October 31, 20220

According to US Under Secretary for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland, Burkina Faso’s interim President Ibrahim Traore has assured US diplomats that he has no intention

Burkina Faso coup: the MPSR refocuses its goals

YoopyaOct 1, 2022April 5, 20230

Friday, September 30, 2022 would have been one of the longest days since the year began. Indeed, since detonations and gunshots in Ouaga 2000 around

Biden says US will not walk away from Middle East

YoopyaJul 16, 2022April 6, 20230

President Joe Biden, speaking at a summit of Arab leaders, said Saturday that the United States will not walk away from the Middle East as

Burkina Faso junta faced with protests over exiled ex-leader

YoopyaJul 10, 2022April 6, 20230

Protesters in Burkina Faso demonstrated Friday against the return of former President Blaise Compaore, as the ruling junta faltered in its efforts to hold a

Burkina Faso’s ousted ex-president Compaore returns for summit

YoopyaJul 8, 2022April 6, 20230

Burkina Faso’s ex-president Blaise Compaore returned from exile on Thursday, almost eight years after he was toppled in an uprising, to take part in a