List of Africa articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Al-Shabab Threat Against Mall of America Could Be a Call to Action
Al-Shabab might lack the operational capability to attack the Mall of America. But the threat could be a call to arms to Minnesota's Somali-American population.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Second Chance for South Sudan
The end of war brings a chance to start anew. Step one: Scrap failed institutions.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Give This Film an Oscar Now
The Academy Award-nominated film "Timbuktu" explores the war within Islam.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 State Department Not Alarmed by Shutdown of Money Flow to Somalia
State Department spokeswoman downplays role of remittances in Somali economy.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ebola’s Toll Was Horrific. It Could Have Been Much Worse
Hundreds of thousands infected. Tens of billions of dollars lost. Africa’s Ebola outbreak looked apocalyptic, but an unprecedented global response kept the worst from happening.
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001watertopimage The Waters Beneath
From floods to droughts to plastic-bottle wastelands, a world with -- and without -- water.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Suffocating Congo’s War
Rules imposed by Dodd-Frank are cutting off a critical source of funding for armed groups that have plagued the country for more than 20 years.
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CHAD-NIGERIA-UNREST-CAMEROON Longform’s Picks of the Week
The best stories from around the world.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Room for Debate in Rwanda
The first post-genocide generation is growing up. One remarkable organization is teaching them how to argue about politics.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 To Forgive a Warlord
The wheels of justice are turning for Joseph Kony's top deputies. But could rehashing the worst days of the Lord’s Resistance Army at The Hague tear Uganda apart?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Special Ops Staying Put in the Horn – For Now
No Pullout, Spokesmen Say, Despite General's Comments
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 U.N. Envoy to Somalia Warns Against Cutting Off Remittances
Money sent home by family members abroad is the “lifeblood” of the African country’s economy, but it’s getting harder to get the money over there.
