War stories: the view from Russia
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 8 March 2022
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
With the propaganda machine at fever pitch, not everyone in Russia agrees on—much less agrees with—what is going on in Ukraine. Dissent is being met with increasing repression. A wave of jihadism is crashing across the states of West Africa and the battle lines are moving south. And reasons for both hope and concern in our annual glass-ceiling index.
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| 1:16.7 | The Sahel region stretches across Africa, just south of the Sahara. |
| 1:19.9 | Jihadists there are feeling increasingly emboldened. |
| 1:25.2 | Mali appears lost, and the front lines are shifting south into Benin and Ghana. |
| 1:27.1 | Is West Africa prepared? And it's time for our annual glass ceiling index, |
| 1:32.3 | looking at the role and influence of women in the workforce. |
| 1:35.3 | The gender pay gap is thinning and more women are in work, |
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