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(Africa) Improving infrastructure in Africa: Creating long-term resilience through investment (Brookings)

Alain Ebobissé No country in Africa has been spared by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the hard-fought economic gains of recent years are under threat everywhere. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/africa-in-focus/2021/03/04/improving-infrastructure-in-africa-creating-long-term-resilience-through-investment/

(USA) Getting the COVID-19 vaccine: Progress, and equity questions for the next phase (Brookings)

Elaine Kamarck and William A. Galston Since we began writing about COVID-19 vaccines almost two months ago, problems that loomed large in the early going have eased...

(Iraq/Pope Francis) The pope goes to Najaf: The person and the institution of Sistani (Brookings)

Marsin Alshamary On March 6, Pope Francis will have paid a courtesy visit to Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, the head of the Shi’a religious establishment...

(USA) The danger in calling the SolarWinds breach an ‘act of war’ (Brookings)

Tarah Wheeler When news broke late last year that a massive, years-long Russian cyberespionage had penetrated large parts of the U.S. federal government and its...

(USA) Race and jobs at risk of being automated in the age of COVID-19 (Brookings)

Kristen Broady, Darlene Booth-Bell, Jason Coupet, and Moriah Macklin Automation allows both workers and companies to increase productivity through the use of technology. https://www.brookings.edu/research/race-and-jobs-at-risk-of-being-automated-in-the-age-of-covid-19/

(Ethiopia/Sudan) The unintended consequence of Ethiopia’s civil war might be a border war with Sudan (Atlantic Council)

Cameron Hudson Ethiopia is at war with itself—and the international community is struggling to respond. In nearly four months of fighting across Ethiopia’s Tigray region,...

(USA/Saudi Arabia) United States and Saudi Arabia: Recalculating their Route (INSS)

Eldad Shavit, Yoel Guzansky President Biden has kept his election promise and published a report by the United States intelligence community stating that Saudi Crown Prince...

(Russia/Iran) Russia and Iran Sign an Intelligence Pact (BESA Center)

Ardavan Khoshnood The Islamic Republic of Iran has experienced a number of serious counterintelligence failures over the years. Last month, Iran and Russia, a close...

(Cybersecurity) GRUB2 boot loader maintainers fixed hundreds of flaws (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini Now maintainers at the GRUB project have released security updates to address more than 100 vulnerabilities https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/115258/hacking/grub2-boot-loader-flaws.html

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