Nigeria has successfully introduced new banknotes on about 10 occasions since independence in 1960. So why has the latest attempt been so controversial and traumatic? And what measures need to be taken to avoid a future debacle?
In early March 2023, I mixed with the Make America Great Again faithful at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference – a popular meeting, often known as CPAC, for conservative activists and political figures.
When he was presented to a cheering crowd at St Peter’s Square, Vatican City, on 13 March 2013, few people outside Latin America knew much about Jorge Bergoglio.
The hot U.S. labor market is showing few signs of cooling down, with the latest jobs report showing continued strong gains, particularly in service industries such as retail and hospitality. The robust employment landscape may put pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise rates more than expected later this month in a bid to further tame inflation.
Une grève « inédite » et « historique » : c’est en ces termes que la presse francophone qualifie volontiers le mouvement social que connaît le Royaume-Uni depuis l’été 2022, marqué par une mobilisation massive de nombreux corps de métier autour des problématiques de la baisse du pouvoir d’achat, de la fragilisation des statuts socio-professionnels et, indirectement, de la qualité des services publics.
There’s about US$430 billion on the line for 40 million people in the Supreme Court’s upcoming decisions on student debt forgiveness.
La réforme des retraites voulue par Emmanuel Macron est à l’origine depuis janvier 2023 d’un mouvement social de grande ampleur. Il se caractérise notamment par des manifestations régulières pendant lesquelles plusieurs centaines de milliers de personnes arpentent les villes pour dire « non » à un allongement de la durée de cotisation et un report de l’âge du départ à la retraite de 62 à 64 ans.
Japanese authorities are preparing to release treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean, nearly 12 years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster. This will relieve pressure on more than 1,000 storage tanks, creating much-needed space for other vital remediation works. But the plan has attracted controversy.
Technology nearly derailed the conclusion of the 2023 presidential elections in Nigeria. The Independent National Electoral Commission could not fulfil its promise to transmit election results from the polling units on its result viewing portal (IReV). This led to calls by some political parties for cancellation and fresh elections. The Conversation Africa asked political scientist Abiodun Fatai how Nigeria can improve its election digitisation.
Il y a 70 ans, dans la soirée du 5 mars 1953, disparaissait Joseph Vissarionovitch Djougachvili, mieux connu sous le nom de guerre de Staline, « l’homme d’acier ».
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Feb. 28, 2023, regarding a multistate lawsuit to block the Biden administration’s student loan debt cancellation program. The Conversation asked John Patrick Hunt, a law professor at the University of California, Davis, and Celeste K. Carruthers, an economics professor at the University of Tennessee, what’s at stake and what clues the court has given as to how it may rule on the matter.
North Korea celebrated the 75th anniversary of the foundation of the Korean People’s Army in February. As it showed off 12 of its massive intercontinental ballistic missile in a military parade, expert Korea-watchers spotted there appear to have been some significant changes in the country’s military and political hierarchy.
Avez-vous remarqué, dans le film de Sofia Coppola Marie Antoinette (2006), ce mystérieux musicien métis qui enseigne la musique à la reine ? Vous êtes-vous déjà demandé qui il était ? Le biopic Chevalier, qui devrait sortir en avril 2023 sur les écrans français, s’inspire de son histoire.
It’s been announced that South African opera star Pretty Yende will sing at King Charles III’s coronation on 6 May in Westminster Abbey, London. The 37-year-old soprano was elated.
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