List of Africa articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Dredging Up the Demons
Is collective memory of national nightmares always a good thing?
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<> on April 2, 2011 in Pyongyang, North Korea. Longform’s Picks of the Week
The best stories from around the world.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 As Elections Loom, There’s a Crisis at South Africa’s Public Broadcaster
Critics warn that the state broadcasting company is currying favor with the ruling party — at the cost of journalistic objectivity.
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Refugee Runners Ready for Rio The Olympic Team With No Flag
The first Refugee Olympic Team will arrive in Rio dreaming of gold — and the countries they were forced to leave behind.
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Booklist_image1 Around the World in 40 Books
Headed to Rio, Paris, or Cape Town this summer? We asked distinguished writers and thinkers to pick their favorite books about 20 of the world’s great cities.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Liberia’s Education Fire Sale
Everyone knew the country's public school system was a mess — but nobody thought the government would try to fold up shop.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Nigeria’s Solution to Noise Complaints? Shut Down Some Churches and Mosques.
Lagos is shutting down churches and mosques due to increased noise complaints.
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00_top_Fotor This Punchline Has Been Approved for All Audiences
Chad’s most famous comedian used to skewer President Idriss Déby's notoriously abusive government. Then he got seduced by praise and gifts — and decided to campaign for the dictator instead.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Cameroonian Family To Be Reimbursed After Son Struck by State Department Convoy
More than two months after a convoy of vehicles carrying Samantha Power hit and killed a Cameroonian child, the family is being paid by Washington.
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FS_topimage Fragile States Index 2016
In 2015, long-simmering crises crossed borders, even continents, in a reminder that it takes very little for regional instability to go global.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Brexit Is Bad News for Africa. Period.
Everything from the economy to peacekeeping missions will suffer.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Start-Ups For the State
Rwanda wants to create a culture of entrepreneurship. But can it really be done by decree?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What It Takes to Get an Alleged Mass Rapist and 67 Militiamen Arrested in Congo
The government wouldn't stop a powerful politician from allegedly gang-raping 50 young girls -- until it got a little bad press.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Britain Just Charged This Refugee Who Fled Civil War with Obstructing Traffic
A Sudanese refugee who walked on foot through the tunnel from France to Europe was found guilty of obstructing train traffic.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Fake Democracies Damage Real Ones
Madagascar shows what happens when the world treats a corrupt regime like a functioning democracy.
