This scares me.” are you aware how much the constant threat of violence, principally from MAGA sources, is now warping American politics?” nytimes.com/2024/02/18/opi…

So sad for these graduates, many of whom missed high school graduation because of Covid lockdowns. My Columbia graduation was one of the most joyous, inspiring days of my life.

"African agriculture also plays a crucial role in combating climate change. Improved agricultural practices could sequester up to 23 per cent of global carbon emissions by 2050, according to the IPCC." telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

my latest piece for Foreign Policy looks at a new form of disinformation warfare, adversarial AI that could upended democracies everywhere. Here’s how African leaders can save the day. w/ Frances Haugen Lindiwe Mazibuko Still here but posting @pcunliffejones.bsky.social African Stream foreignpolicy.com/2024/06/21/adv…

Astounding. Only 60% of Australians accept climate disruption is human-caused, global poll finds theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Natalie Portman you can save thousands of journalism jobs with a well-timed defamation lawsuit

“Despite Australia’s own strict espionage laws and deeply-entrenched culture of secrecy — which would most likely have ensured many years in prison had his leaks focused on the Aust govt — his return won support from politicians on left & right.” #aasange nytimes.com/2024/06/25/wor…

Everyone in Washington should have to watch this:

Our The Wall Street Journal colleague is free and we have three stories on the front. Doesn’t get much better in our game. I’m going on holiday now.

“Russian military group Wagner, stationed in Burkina Faso, Niger, and other Francophone countries, is involved in buying smuggled cocoa from Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire.” starrfm.com.gh/2024/09/cocobo…

“The most effective way of helping people in extreme poverty is to give them unconditional cash in a single lump sum and get out the way,” says ex-UK development minister Rory Stewart who wants an overhaul of the aid sector's impact on Africa semafor.com/article/09/17/…

Finally the media asks the q. "some female Harris supporters can’t shake the uneasy feeling that men in their lives are struggling to support a woman — especially a Black and South Asian woman — even if they don’t want to admit it." nytimes.com/2024/10/23/us/… via @NYTimes

“Getting access to information and staring down threats [are] dominant factors in the region… But when good journalism is done, it can have a tremendous impact.” — Prue Clarke, editor-in-chief, Liberia’s New Narratives. More #AfricaFocusWeek: twp.ai/1IFEGk

Lung cancer diagnoses on the rise among never-smokers worldwide theguardian.com/society/2025/f…

After World War I, Germany had to fork over billions to cover damages. After World War II, Japan was forced to pay reparations. But with Ukraine, Trump is flipping history upside down by demanding that the invaded, not the invader, pay up. Luke Broadwater☀️ nytimes.com/2025/02/27/us/…

A knock on effect of aid cuts. No aid? We’ll ram through those anti-lgtbq, abortion, fgm bills the US has been opposing.

Nigeria, Meta launch AI accelerator programme premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/…

A new report found the no. of journalists in the US has dropped by 75% since 2000 — from 40 journalists for every 100,000 residents to just 8.2. "more than 1,000 counties — one out of three — do not have the equivalent of even one full-time journalist." muckrack.com/research/local…