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Wagner group mercenaries in Africa: why there hasn’t been any effective opposition to drive them out
Wagner has assisted rebel leader Khalifa Hiftar’s Libyan Arab Armed Forces. GettyImages John F. Clark, Florida International University It is…
China’s population grew older and richer: policy lessons for some African countries
China’s population peaked, and is now falling. Tang Ke/VCG via Getty Images Lauren Johnston, University of Sydney For decades China…
Gold fraud: the Goldenberg scam that cost Kenya billions of dollars in the 1990s – and no one was jailed
Shutterstock Roman Grynberg, Griffith University and Fwasa K Singogo, Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI) The Goldenberg scandal in the…
Mosul faced mass heritage destruction by the Islamic State. We asked residents what they thought about rebuilding
After the Islamic State captured the northern Iraqi city of Mosul in mid-2014, they unleashed a wave of devastating human…
What the Wagner Group revolt in Russia could mean for the war in Ukraine
A man takes down a poster reading Join us at Wagner in Russian amid an insurrection by the Wagner Group,…
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Failed Wagner Group coup leaves Putin humiliated and Belarus dictator Lukashenko more secure – for now
For Vladimir Putin, the abortive Wagner Group coup has been a humiliating affair that exposed his lack of control over…
Wagner debacle in Russia raises red flags for African states and how they manage their security
10 tons of ammunition previously laid in civilian settlements by Libyan militia and Wagner group mercenaries . Hazem Turkia/Anadolu Agency…
Titanic submersible: The Titan search-and-rescue effort shows that risky undertakings need to consider any potential rescue needs
The vessel Polar Prince towing OceanGate Expeditions submersible vessels from St. John’s, N.L., as it leaves to tour the Titanic…
Missing Titanic sub: what are submersibles, how do they communicate, and what may have gone wrong?
OceanGate Stefan B. Williams, University of Sydney An extensive search and rescue operation is underway to locate a commercial submersible…
Sudan’s war is wrecking a lot, including its central bank – a legacy of trailblazing African American economist and banker Andrew Brimmer
Andrew Brimmer gets sworn in as a member of the Federal Reserve Board. President Lyndon Johnson, right, Brimmer’s wife and…
