List of Africa articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Zimbabwe’s Currency Hail Mary
Faced with a crippling cash crisis, the southern African country has designed a solution that nobody thinks will work.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Fool Nigeria Once, Shame on You. Fool Nigeria Twice …
Muhammadu Buhari promised to embrace democracy as president, but turned out to be the same autocrat who failed the country 30 years ago.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Zimbabwe Kidnaps and Tortures Activists Amid Protests Over Currency Reforms
The specter of hyperinflation is driving demonstrations against Mugabe, and security forces are responding with brutality.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Kabila’s Trump Card
The U.S. president-elect probably can’t find Congo on a map. For embattled President Joseph Kabila, that’s tremendous news.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 On Calm in Gabon: ‘Wear Your Glasses, Scratch a Little Bit,’ Says Opposition Head
Gabonese opposition head Jean Ping wants international leaders to recognize him as his country's president—and can't say violence won't ensue if they don't.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Trump May Kill the World’s Last Hope for a Climate Change Pact
The climate change summit in Morocco, like the rest of the world, is now grappling with the implications of Trump’s victory.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 For Kenyans Who Survived Post-Election Violence, U.S. Race Feels Like Déjà Vu
Donald Trump says he may not accept the results of Tuesday’s vote. Kenyans know what that looks like – and it’s not pretty.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The United States Needs a Post-Election Peace Plan
I study fractured societies from post-war Côte d’Ivoire to post-Arab Spring Tunisia. Here’s how the next president can heal a divided electorate.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Fleeing Burundi Won’t Protect You From Its Government
A Burundian militia is crossing borders to terrorize refugees and infiltrate the aid agencies that are supposed to protect them.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Has Zuma Met His Match? Damning Report Details South African President’s Corruption
South Africa’s independent watchdog is a saving grace after President Jacob Zuma is skewered by new allegations.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 U.N. Chief Fires His Top Peacekeeping Commander in South Sudan
A scathing internal investigation details multiple failings by U.N. blue helmets to protect civilians during July violence in Juba.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 French Peacekeepers Pull Out as New Violence Erupts in the Central African Republic
France just ended its mission in the CAR, leaving the country with scandal-plagued U.N. peacekeepers.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The World Only Helps When Southern Africans Starve
Donors are now racing to limit the effects of a devastating famine that was entirely preventable.
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rsz_1cover_somalia Meet the Tank Girls Taking on al-Shabab
Somalia’s fight against jihad will be decisive for women’s rights — and may be decided by female soldiers.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Facebook’s Free Basics Is an African Dictator’s Dream
The tech giant’s no-frills app gives governments a version of the internet they can influence, if not totally control.
