List of Africa articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Little Mogadishu, Under Siege
In the wake of the Garissa University attack, Somali expats in one Nairobi neighborhood are caught between an increasingly indiscriminate al Shabab and a heavy-handed, brutal police force.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why the United States and Nigeria Will Never #BringBackOurGirls
A series of blunders by Goodluck Jonathan and his failure to work with the Pentagon led to the tragedy that allowed Boko Haram to kidnap over 200 Nigerian schoolgirls. Now, there's little hope that they'll all be found.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Should International Groups Be Monitoring Sudan’s Elections?
You can’t assess an election’s integrity without choosing to monitor it, but the decision to do so can be seen as conferring undue legitimacy on an unfair vote.
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The best stories from around the world.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 From Westgate to Garissa, al-Shabab’s Murderous Wave
The Somalia-based terrorist group's attacks in Kenya are ramping up in frequency -- and show no signs of letting up soon.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Buhari Is the Man to Defeat Boko Haram
Tens of thousands of people have died in Nigeria’s war against homegrown extremists. But the country may have finally elected a leader who can turn things around.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Miserable Mystery in Congo
Dozens of female infants and girls in a single town have been abducted and raped in the middle of the night. Could witchcraft be to blame?
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jaffar ‘This Man I Call Father’: My Facebook Friendship With Idi Amin’s Son
Meet Jaffar Amin. He does voiceover work, likes MC Hammer, and posts family histories on Facebook. Oh, and his dad was Africa’s most notorious dictator.
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a482720457(1) Exclusive: Rwanda Revisited
Former President Clinton said he never knew the extent of suffering during Rwanda's genocide. But America's diplomats on the ground knew exactly what was happening -- and they told Washington.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Al-Shabab Crosses the Rubicon
With its horrific attack on a Kenyan university, the Somali militant group has given up all pretense of governing — and has joined the depths of global jihadi depravity.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘It Is Survival of the Fittest Here’
In Nigeria's IDP camps, residents fight over bags of rice and live in constant fear of attack from the surrounding communities. Can the country's newly elected president finally rally the government to their cause?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Africa’s Singapore Dream
Why Rwanda's president styles himself as the heir to Lee Kuan Yew.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How the United States is Trying to stop al-Shabab
Days after President Obama announced a trip to Nairobi, an al-Shabab attack at a university in Kenya has left at least 70 dead. U.S. efforts to stop the group are falling short.
