List of Africa articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Seeking Global Reform to Build a Better South Africa
The 69th session of the UN General Assembly has opened in New York. Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, South Africa's minister of international relations and cooperation, will be there with mixed emotions.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Facing Death Without Spreading Disease
Sierra Leone’s traditional burial practices spread Ebola, and officials struggle to count the toll.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Escape From a Nightmare
Refugees who fled from brutal violence in the CAR can look across a river border and see the men who still want them dead. Will they ever be able to return home?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Sierra Leone’s Ebola Epidemic Is Spiraling Out of Control
Why has Liberia -- once the epicenter of the outbreak -- been able to stop a rampaging killer disease, while the country next door can't even count its dead?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Nigeria’s Double-Edged Front Line
Vigilantes have become vital in the country's fight against Boko Haram. But is there a way to ensure they're not also making things worse?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Nigeria to Washington: Take Your Military Aid and Shove It
Nigerian leaders only just asked the United States for more military assistance to counter Boko Haram, but now the government has gone and canceled the only special program the U.S. military had in place to train Nigerian soldiers to fight the terrorist group.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 It’s Time to Start Giving a Shit About Toilets
Don't snicker: Open defecation is one of the world's most stubborn problems. And the inability to adopt even Victorian-era sanitation is keeping India from being a superpower.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Pentagon’s Budget Dilemma
The Defense Department's response time to the Ebola crisis and ISIS fight -- and the money to pay for such operations -- is being severely limited by the lengthy legislative process and the brewing budget war in Congress.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What Next for the Lwili Revolution?
What the history of successful nonviolent movements teaches us about the political transition in Burkina Faso.
