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In this weekâs segment, we discuss events in the Horn of Africa as the Somaliland region requests U.S. recognition and the Trump administration ends some sanctions against Eritrea. But we begin byâĶ-
Ajamu Baraka discusses U.S. influence over the United Nations and its Security Council as the 81st General Assembly high-level meetings take place.
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