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• Why Tillerson pitch of US as soft-power partner will be a hard sell in Africa
• Will NRA follow the path of Big Tobacco?
• Did North Korea just make a try for trust?
• Sierra Leone's elections may look like a party – but pride in the polls is serious

Why Tillerson pitch of US as soft-power partner will be a hard sell in Africa Posted: 06 Mar 2018 01:41 PM PST For decades, the United States has vaunted the advantages and promise of deeper engagement with Africa, but more often than not the action has failed to match the rhetoric. President George W. Bush introduced his groundbreaking PEPFAR AIDS-response program, while Barack Obama intervened to save a region from Ebola and then established a vast public-private electrification project to help boost Africa's development. Recommended: Think you know Africa?

Will NRA follow the path of Big Tobacco? Posted: 06 Mar 2018 12:14 PM PST Twenty years ago, a historic settlement between tobacco firms and 46 states shackled the smoking trade in the United States. Tobacco dollars funded a new national anti-smoking advocacy campaign. Some activists are now renewing calls for national gun-control organizations to focus on the tools used against tobacco, from liability lawsuits to gritty ad campaigns intended to "deglamorize" consumer usage.

Did North Korea just make a try for trust? Posted: 06 Mar 2018 11:36 AM PST For 27 years, five American presidents have tried to denuclearize North Korea. Three times the regime appeared to have suspended its nuclear program. Kim Jong-un, the current leader in Pyongyang, has launched more missiles than his father and grandfather combined.

Sierra Leone's elections may look like a party – but pride in the polls is serious Posted: 06 Mar 2018 10:52 AM PST The crowd making its way down the windy stone streets at the center of Freetown could easily be mistaken for a carnival. "1996 was the first time many Sierra Leoneans voted, and they took pride in doing it," says Joseph Bangura, a historian and director of the African Studies program at Kalamazoo College in Michigan.

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