•Intolerant leaders now coin 'fake news' to arrest journalists Joseph Ax A near-record number of journalists around the world are behind bars for their work, including two Reuters reporters whose imprisonment in Myanmar has drawn international criticism, according to a report released on Thursday. There were 251 journalists jailed for doing their jobs
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U.S unveils strategy to counter ‘predatory’ China, Russia in Africa
The Trump administration has unveiled a new Africa policy focused on combating the “predatory” practices of China and Russia, and ending what it calls “indiscriminate assistance” and “unproductive, unsuccessful and unaccountable” UN peacekeeping missions. Announcing the new policy, the national security adviser, John Bolton, said it would put US interests first, so would
US looks to counter China, Russia’s growing power in Africa with new strategy
Beijing has made deep inroads across the continent and now Russia is also trying to plant its flag. Dan De Luce and Courtney Kube The Trump administration plans to unveil a new strategy for Africa this week focusing on countering China's growing influence on the continent, as well as Russia's attempts to gain footholds
Inside China’s audacious global propaganda campaign
Beijing is buying up media outlets and training scores of foreign journalists to ‘tell China’s story well’ – as part of a worldwide propaganda campaign of astonishing scope and ambition. Louisa Lim and Julia Bergin As they sifted through resumes, the team recruiting for the new London hub of China’s state-run broadcaster
Infrastructure Gap: Sub-Saharan Africa needs to spend $93bn-$1trn yearly till 2030–World Bank
Yinka Adegoke The infrastructure shortage in most of sub-Saharan Africa needs a major financing solution but given fiscal constraints and other financial limitations it isn’t likely to come from African governments anytime soon. The size of the infrastructure gap would require $93 billion a year till 2030 to get the region to
Blackberry, others move into the cyber security game
Sean Kanuck The US may finally be recognising cyber security for the strategic challenge that it represents. Last week, the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) voted to send its ‘cybersecurity moonshot’ report to the White House. The panel’s recommendations outline a proposed ten-year effort to prioritise cyber security for US national security, commercial industry
US, China at odds over UN push to fund African peacekeeping
US military edge has eroded to ‘a dangerous degree,’ study for Congress finds
•As China’s military grows, Pentagon says U.S. forces ‘atrophied’ •China is rapidly modernizing its forces in an attempt to match the US might in Asia Paul Sonne and Shane Harris The United States has lost its military edge to a dangerous degree and could potentially lose a war against China or Russia, according
US, other ‘big five’ cyberwar nations opts out of inter’l cybersecurity agreement
•United States — along with Russia, China, Iran and Israel--the big five of cyberwar countries refuse to answer "Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace" Louise Matsakis During speech at the annual UNESCO Internet Governance Forum in Paris Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron announced the “Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace,” a
How to respond to China in Africa
•Think economics, healthcare, and good governance. Lyle J. Goldstein The murder of the Washington Post writer Jamal Khashoggi has finally prompted the leading U.S. media sources to take a hard look at the Yemen War in all its putrid odor. It seems that the killing of a journalist may change the “arc