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Overnight News Digest: Almost Hanukkah, Almost Christmas [1]

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Date: 2022-12-16  

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We will start with some Africa news, then move to Asia then Europe, and end with the Americas in roughly geographical order.

This first item comes from Deutsche Welle:

A shift in the US perspective on Africa Silja Thoms 14 hours ago China was the elephant in the room as the Biden administration sought to regain trust among African leaders gathered in Washington this week. Analysts say the US made some progress to that end. "The United States is all in on Africa's future," US President Joe Biden told African heads of state at the US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington this week. The three-day summit was just the second of its kind. The first was some eight years ago, when the Obama administration invited nearly all African heads of state to the US. The issues discussed were as diverse as the African countries themselves. Topics ranged from health, food security, climate change to democracy, peace, digitalization, and space exploration. Trade and economic relations were also top of the agenda.

From Al Jazeera:

Burkina Faso summons Ghana envoy over president’s claim on Wagner President Nana Akufo-Addo alleged during the US-Africa Leaders Summit that Burkina Faso has hired Russian mercenaries. Burkina Faso has summoned Ghana’s ambassador to protest allegations that the embattled Sahel nation has hired Russian mercenaries, the foreign ministry says. The summons on Friday was issued after Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo alleged on Wednesday that Burkina Faso had hired the mercenaries.

From the Daily Beast (via Yahoo! News):

Russian Official Allegedly Opened Mail Bomb Thinking Son’s Head Was Inside Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin. An official linked to Vladimir Putin’s private army opened a letter bomb thinking it could contain “his son’s head,” according to notorious The alleged assassination attempt on Dmitry Syty, the head of the Russian House cultural center in Bangui, Central African Republic, took place on Friday morning, according to Russian state news outlet TASS. A Russian told the outlet that when Sytyv “received an anonymous parcel Friday and opened it, an explosion occurred,” adding that the “injuries are serious. The head of the Russian House has been hospitalized.”

Al Jazeera’s Inside Story, via YouTube:

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