List of Africa articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 It’s Not Benghazi, It’s Everything
While Republicans played politics, Libya was imploding. Now the Pentagon is readying an embassy evacuation, and the country may be beyond salvation.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Deal That Wasn’t
Vladimir Putin went to Shanghai to sign an energy pact worth billions of dollars. Too bad China wasn't ready to play ball.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Is the Vatican Guilty of Torture?
History has shown that the Catholic Church can be a great force for good. But it can only live up to that promise by properly addressing the clerical sex abuse scandal.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 South Africa’s Never-Ending Party
Jacob Zuma's seemingly invincible ANC is back on top -- but that doesn't mean it will continue to rule “until Jesus comes back.”
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Photo by Reuters Rock Star in a Hard Place
Nigeria's high-flying finance minister built Africa's biggest economy. But can she survive her country's turbulent domestic politics?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Promise of Hashtag
If only Twitter could save Nigeria's stolen schoolgirls.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Birth Defect in the Heart of Africa
Could anything have prevented the tragedy that is now befalling South Sudan?
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-/AFP/Getty Images What Mobutu Did Right
Seventeen years after he fled the country, Mobutu Sese Seko is still being held responsible for the shortcomings of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Here's why that view is overly simplistic.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Nigeria’s Absent Commander-in-Chief
With the country descending into chaos, President Goodluck Jonathan is running out of excuses and places to hide.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 10 Million Sardines in a Sea of Skyscrapers
How sprawling megacities -- from Lagos to Mumbai -- might just save the world.
