So thrilled to hear that “New Cold Wars” was an instant NYT bestseller on its first week. Grateful to all who made that possible, from the fabulous team that helped me and Mary Brooks report and write the book, to the many who we discussed it with this week, on TV, blogs, news

One Sister Fled Boko Haram. The Other Was Trapped. Their Lives Will Never Be the Same.

Another extraordinary story about the Chibok Girls from ⁦Joe Parkinson⁩ and ⁦drew hinshaw⁩ wsj.com/world/africa/b…

17 horses died on a Nebraska veterinarian’s property over the summer. 39 more were seized, many emaciated and near death. Why is no one paying criminally? And why is the vet who owned them still practicing – and profiting off their sale? Read more: buff.ly/4aQ479Q

“No future president, unless he has lost his mind, will try to serve more than two terms…It could have been achieved without disgracing the country and creating this much grief.” Senegal’s ⁦Boubacar Boris Diop⁩ in ⁦New York Times Opinion⁩ nytimes.com/2024/03/21/opi…

It’s worth your time to read this. hcn.org/articles/what-…

Lêkê, the national shoes of Ivory Coast and beyond, from Elian Peltier nytimes.com/2024/02/07/wor…

Senegal’s President Calls Off a National Election. His Critics Call It a Coup. nytimes.com/2024/02/03/wor…

President Macky SALL delays Feb 25 presidential elections without giving a date- calls for national dialogue.

A deeply troubling story about drinking water problems officials are failing to address in a Nebraska women’s prison journalstar.com/news/state-reg…

New state data shows there were 908 unfilled teaching jobs in Nebraska this year, up from 769 in 2022. But with fewer districts participating in the survey, the number is likely a lot higher.

One in four unfilled teaching jobs were in special education. omaha.com/news/local/edu…

Sixty-one people.

“French is an African language and belongs to Africans. The decentralization of the French language is a reality.” Great story from Elian Peltier nytimes.com/2023/12/12/wor…

Ethanol's cornification of the Midwest has come at a cost to aquifers in some spots. Now, airlines want to use corn ethanol, too, which could double demand nytimes.com/interactive/20…

At least two people died building this new UN headquarters, where mostly migrant labourers worked up to 13 hours a day, seven days a week, for minimal pay, enduring verbal and physical abuse on the job.

Our investigation: france24.com/en/live-news/2…

Who’s buying the most Nebraska land? The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A church nonprofit bought 57,500 acres in past 5 years, FFP analysis shows.
It now owns as much land as there is in Douglas and Sarpy counties. Combined. buff.ly/3SR2faU

New from FFP: Who's buying Nebraska? Scroll through the Top 10 lists of top buyers to learn more about them, and read the full story on who is buying up Nebraska land, and why it matters. buff.ly/46nmU9L

The City News ghosts that will haunt any hotel at 35 E. Wacker will be epic costar.com/article/518321…

Economists call it the “informal sector.” ⁦Lynsey Chutel⁩ breathes life into the term with this extraordinary story on jobless youth hunting for work nytimes.com/2023/11/11/wor…

Meet Rokhaya Diagne. Hackathon champ. A.I. whiz kid. Malaria warrior. At 25, she’s part of Africa’s youth boom prepped to change the world nytimes.com/2023/11/03/wor…

We asked all 50 states about their groundwater rules. Their answers reveal dizzying laws full of gaps that make it even harder to protect aquifers. W/⁦Delger Erdenesanaa⁩ nytimes.com/interactive/20…