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    We often look back and wonder: "When could we have prevented escalation? What were the critical junctures we missed?" One of those moments is now. (4/4)

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  3. “From a refugee camp in Kenya to the Capitol, this story has come full circle. This is the America I believe in, and the one I will never stop fighting for.” -

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    23 hours ago

    In a move that will be music to the ear's of the world's tyrants, the Trump administration has stopped inviting or responding to UN rights experts. Obama welcomed 16 UN rights-expert visits during his term.

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  6. So, this is pretty big news. A top ruling-party politician from has called for Omar al-Bashir, in power since 1989, to step down. Meanwhile, people continue to be killed in the streets, including several today, according to Voice of America

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    Protestors shot in the head, snipers on buildings, doctors arrested for treating injured demonstrators. Powerful reporting from the anti-govt uprising in Sudan by for

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  8. US State Department on : "Those who undermine the democratic process, threaten the peace, security or stability of the DRC, or benefit from corruption may find themselves not welcome in the United States and cut off from the U.S. financial system."

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    Jan 3

    Today, I reintroduced Articles of against with . I have not changed the text from the Articles I first introduced in July 2017.

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    Jan 3

    Egyptian president spoke to , denied holding tens of thousands of political prisoners. Then asked CBS not to use the interview. It's airing Sunday

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    19 hours ago

    "It is no mean feat for a ruling party to lose seats in an election boycotted by 14 opposition parties. Yet such is the depth of unhappiness with Faure Gnassingbé, the president of ."

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  12. One of the many reasons why a changing of the political guard -- and free and fair elections -- are so important to both safeguard and advance democracy. Concentration of power in the hands of one person, or one party, will always be counterproductive. This is not rocket science.

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    21 hours ago

    NEW: New Congresswoman Rep. Rashida Tlaib defends cursing out Pres. Trump in call for impeachment: "I will always speak truth to power."

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    Jan 2

    If you are a patriotic white male heterosexual, you should be happy about declining discrimination in your favor. Me in

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  15. From to , tens of millions of Africans will go to the polls this year "in the hope of using the ballot to deepen the quality of democratic governance." A good roundup here from the folks at .

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    20 hours ago

    “They were about 100 of us, anglophones, detained underground. It was like hell fire. I urinated blood because of the severe beatings. I was in so much pain that at one point I asked them to kill me so I’d stop suffering.”

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    Jan 3

    Our dir. 's quoted in this article on the frequency of internet cuts in Africa, particularly around elections. This is a concerning development that violates basic rights enshrined in the African Charter, among other conventions.

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  19. has now experienced two weeks of violent street protests, with dozens killed. The opposition is calling for a fresh wave of protests to demand that Omar al-Bashir - in power since a 1989 coup - step down.

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  20. : "With a drought looming and disposable incomes depleted from galloping inflation, poor families are more likely to exchange their daughter for very little."

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