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Progress countering HIV/AIDS in Africa may be at risk

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AFRICA

HIV and AIDS have slipped from the public radar in recent years but nonetheless remains a serious health challenge across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Efforts to control the epidemic…

HIV advances will fail to reduce global burden for now

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INTERNATIONAL

The implications of advances on HIV therapies.

Sanctions end aids Burundi but may entrench old flaws

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BURUNDI

This move, which was evidently coordinated and timed to coincide with President Evariste Ndayishimiye’s Brussels visit during the EU-African Union Summit, represents a major…

Aid cuts would hit US influence

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UNITED STATES

On January 18, a Gallup study found that global approval of US leadership had fallen to 30%, a record low, down from 48% in 2016 and 1 percentage point behind China; Germany has…

Boosting local agency improves health aid outcomes

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INTERNATIONAL

Health aid effectiveness.

Economic focus aids Eritrean diplomatic rehabilitation

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ERITREA

Eritrea's diplomatic re-engagement.

COVID-19 crisis will hurt Africa’s informal sector

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AFRICA

Domestic policies and international aid designed to counter the economic impacts will have only limited reach into informal economies, despite their key role in continental…

Religious tolerance aids the Gulf’s expats and rulers

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GULF STATES

The pope’s trip highlights the efforts of several Gulf countries to brand themselves as religiously tolerant. Both the UAE and Saudi Arabia are also hoping that the promotion of…

High US student debt aids GDP overall but raises risks

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UNITED STATES

Economics implications of US student debt.

Global drug control norms will shift

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INTERNATIONAL

Shift in the global fight against drugs.