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Monitoring Media Narratives Across Africa
Last updated: October 2026
Monitoring Media Narratives Across Africa
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President Donald Trump made multiple false claims in his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, though he largely stuck to a prepared text. Here is a fact check of some of his assertions. Trump and wars Trump, repeating a frequent false claim, …
Eritrean Information Minister Yemane Gebremeskel welcomed the United States' decision to lift sanctions affecting his country, describing the move as reflecting "a reservoir of constructive political goodwill" and saying it could pave the way for a new chapter in bilateral cooperation, particularly in investment and …
Dark academia-style coffee shop opening in KC, offering competition-level brew Stepping into Provis Coffee Roasters in North Kansas City feels like entering the library of some prestigious university. That’s the aim, anyway. With navy walls, dark-wood bookshelves and antique furniture, plaid skirts and collared jackets …
An extra 2.7 million lives could be saved in the next pandemic if countries share vaccines in a less selfish way, a new study has found – although the death toll in richer countries would rise. Researchers modelling a hypothetical global outbreak of flu found …
The 23 Eastern Catholic Churches: Ancient Traditions in Communion With Rome While the Catholic Church is often viewed from a Latin-Rite perspective, it also includes 23 Eastern Churches that are in full communion as part of the one Catholic fold. When the Catholic Church is …
BEIJING, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- For years, similar China-blaming narratives have resurfaced whenever Western manufacturing has shed jobs, with accusations ranging from overcapacity, unfair subsidies to dumping. The latest smear narratives circulating in Europe reveal real local anxieties over eroding manufacturing competitiveness. But China is …
The nicknames of the world’s biggest rivers give a sense of how we feel about them: “the great river”, “the river that swallows all rivers”, “Mother Ganga” and “Old father Thames”. They feed and water us, and many other animal species. They carry our trade …
Mahmoud Khalil was completing a master’s degree at Columbia University when, in March 2025, plain-clothed officers from the Department of Homeland Security snatched him from his home in New York and took him to an immigration detention centre; he was then transferred to another facility …
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BEIJING, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- For years, similar China-blaming narratives have resurfaced whenever Western manufacturing has shed jobs, with accusations ranging from overcapacity, unfair subsidies to dumping. The latest smear narratives circulating in Europe reveal real local anxieties over eroding manufacturing competitiveness. But China is …