List of Africa articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Burundi Violence Confounds U.S. Optimism About African Democracy
Western observers were quick to call Nigeria's smooth power transition a stepping stone for Africa. But nations facing different challenges are not finding their election seasons to be any easier than before.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Next Victims of Ebola
The epidemic may be nearing “zero cases” — but it's still disrupting the delivery of vaccines for measles, polio, and other deadly childhood diseases.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What Did the U.S. Learn From Ebola? How to Prepare for Bioterrorist Attacks
The United States prepared for an Ebola crisis that never came. What it learned in the process was that it's not yet ready to confront a bioterrorist attack.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 When Migrants Flee Progress, Not War
Nearly one-fifth of people crossing the Mediterranean are leaving a country touted for achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Turns out, a better life requires more than a U.N. checklist.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 For Military Operations From Somalia to Saudi Arabia, Hope Is a 4-Letter Word
The Saudi military intervention in Yemen shares a name with the failed U.S. mission to Somalia.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Clear as Mud
NGOs criticize companies’ transparency on “conflict minerals” as firms prepare to file their second annual report on the use of gold, tin, tungsten, or tantalum from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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MKCoursin_Portraits413 The Migrants Who Make It
For survivors of the long, dangerous journey across the Mediterranean, the promised land often isn’t all that it seemed.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘I Am a Kwerekwere’
Life as a foreigner in xenophobic South Africa.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ethiopia’s Anti-Extremist Policies Could Put It in Militants’ Crosshairs
The United States has long touted Ethiopia as an important ally in East African peacekeeping. But Sunday's execution of 30 Ethiopians in Libya could put new pressure on the young democracy to step up in the fight against the Islamic State.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Fear Grips the Rainbow Nation
Hiding out from the violence in squatter camps, South Africa's immigrants take stock of their future in a country that doesn't want them.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Kenya’s 9/11
Nairobi’s widespread crackdown after the Garissa university massacre sparks concern that it will cause even more suffering.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Kinder, Gentler Buhari
Muhammadu Buhari has a second chance to prove to Nigeria that he can end corruption, revive the economy, and defeat Boko Haram. But to do so, he'll have to show his softer side.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ethiopia’s Economic Miracle Is Running Out of Steam
Why it’s time for East Africa’s big success story to change the way it does business.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Genocide Under Our Watch
Newly declassified White House documents place Richard Clarke and Susan Rice at the forefront of U.S. efforts to limit a robust U.N. peacekeeping operation before and during the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
