On Wednesday, for the first time in three years, the Bank of Canada raised its key interest rate. It’s a modest hike — just 0.25% — but it’s been a controversial one, with several economists arguing that governor Tiff Macklem was jumping the gun, when Canada has by some measures ...Show more
Will Anthropic's IPO go boom or bust?
In the few years since its inception, Anthropic has become one of the buzziest companies in tech. In their own words, they’re an AI enterprise that “puts safety at the frontier”. And this week they’re one step closer to going public with one of the biggest initial public offering ...Show more
Niger and Gabon are the latest countries in Africa's Sahel to experience military coups. But that’s not the only issue that is facing the area. Beverly Ochieng from BBC Monitoring in Nairobi explains why several countries in the region are among the worst on the Global Terrorism ...Show more
Last week, President Bazoum, the first democratically elected president to succeed another in Niger, was detained by his own guards. A military junta is now running the country. Niger was one of the few democracies left in the Sahel. From Mali in the west to Sudan in the east, a ...Show more
“It is not cast in stone that a military junta is always bad. What if it’s the only thing that we have?” On the 26th of July 2023, a group of soldiers in Niger ousted president Mohamed Bazoum from power. His presidential guard commander general Abdourahamane Tchiani proclaimed hi ...Show more