In this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s senior editor, Frederick Deknatel, and associate editors, Robbie Corey-Boulet and Omar Rahman, discuss the recent cut in U.S. aid to Egypt and what’s behind French President Emmanuel Macron’s outreach to Africa.

For the Report, Shreen Saroor and Mytili Bala talk with Peter Dörrie about stalled transitional justice in Sri Lanka and the fate of thousands of people who were adducted or disappeared before, during and after the country’s long civil war.

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Relevant Articles on WPR:

• In Postwar Sri Lanka, Hope Fades for Families of the Disappeared
• Egypt’s Ties With North Korea, Not Human Rights, Are Likely Behind U.S. Aid Cuts
• Why the EU’s Approach to Curbing Migration Is Doomed to Fail
• Iran May Have a Lot of Friends in a Future Sanctions Fight With the United States
• Should Somalia Prosecute or Offer Amnesty to Al-Shabab Leaders Who Surrender?
• Bannon May Be Out, but Trump’s Sovereigntism Is Here to Stay

Trend Lines is produced and edited by Peter Dörrie, a freelance journalist and analyst focusing on security and resource politics in Africa. You can follow him on Twitter at @peterdoerrie.

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