American comics used Saudi Arabia’s first global comedy festival to skewer a debate raging at home. Critics said the event was part of Saudi efforts to draw attention away from a political crackdown.
Days of protest in the regional capital, set off by a convergence of rival marches, are fueled by familiar complaints like high prices and demands for electoral reform.
A youth-led movement against the president of Madagascar is sustaining protests across the country. John Eligon, the Johannesburg bureau chief for The New York Times, explains what’s happened.
John Eligon, Christina Thornell, Jon Hazell and Laura Salaberry
A U.S. aid agency had committed hundreds of millions of dollars to the project, which could help provide clean water. Now its board wants to pull out of the agreement.