Dispatch
The view from the ground.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 South Sudan’s Next Civil War Is Starting
Just when a peace deal seemed within reach, President Salva Kiir is threatening to plunge the country back into bloody conflict.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Making a Murderer in Uganda
Kidnapped by rebels when he was 9, Dominic Ongwen grew up to command fighters who slaughtered, raped, and pillaged. Is he guilty of heinous crimes — or was he a hostage the whole time?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Britishness of Not Banning Trump
Parliament's little-attended debate over banning the inflammatory Republican front-runner shows the country has a more fitting way to deal with The Donald — ridicule.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 School Is Back in Session in Garissa, for Now
The university targeted by al-Shabab last year has reopened. Will Kenya's softer, gentler approach to counterterrorism keep it safe?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Dragon Mart Explains the World
A head-spinning visit to Dubai’s massive Chinese mega-mall.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Berlin’s Hipster Ghetto
Refugees and cool kids are living side-by-side -- but not together -- in one of Germany’s most immigrant-heavy neighborhoods.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Last Newspaper in Burundi
Media houses have been shuttered, journalists attacked, and critics of the government murdered. But one broadsheet is still covering the African country's descent into chaos.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Islamic State Hits Turkey Where It Hurts
The terror group is ramping up its fight against Ankara. Its latest battleground: the Turkish economy.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What It’s Like to Live in the Capital of the ‘Caliphate’
Religious sermons, air strikes, and itchy mandatory beards -- just another normal day in Raqqa.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How to Get Away With Manslaughter, Bollywood-Style
Why did India's underclass stand by superstar Salman Khan, even after he ran over five people sleeping outside a bakery?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 When ‘Underage’ Refugees Look Anything But
Under strain from an influx of asylum-seekers claiming to be children, Sweden is now considering instituting mandatory age tests.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Between Rocks and a Hard Place in Africa
Botswana squeezes more money from diamonds than any other country. Why are so many of its citizens still going hungry?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Venezuela Just Swore in Its First Transgender Legislator
By becoming a member of the country's National Assembly, Tamara Adrián just made history. But what will she do next?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Germany Is Housing Refugees in Communist Ghost Towns
Will asylum seekers revitalize the crumbling housing projects of eastern Germany -- or turn them into ghettos?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Not to Fix an African Narco-State
Europe is trying to stop Guinea-Bissau's drug trade by throwing money at the traffickers.
