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Aid Group Confirms Ebola Outbreak in DRC Growing
With mistrust and security issues, cases are likely to be going unreported," the IRC said
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Botswana
Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September…
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America’s Least-Noticed War
While no one was watching, the Trump administration started launching a wrath of strikes in Somalia.
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The forgotten refugees of Western Sahara
Omar is seated on a carpet in his father's tent. He was born here, the 21-year-old says – here in…
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For Africa, Chinese-Built Internet Is Better Than No Internet at All
The Chinese telecommunications company Huawei has made huge inroads in Africa in recent years even as the United States urges…
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Can You Guess Which Country is the Least Happy
Indeed this year, Finland was ranked as the happiest country in the world for the second year running.
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How a 200-Year-Old Pipe Connects Maryland and Sierra Leone
Genetics has many stories to tell about enslaved people.
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How a major anti-colonial victory divided Ethiopia
The Victory of Adwa has been a very divisive issue in Ethiopia for decades. It's time to change that
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Guess What? Every Map Has Been Lying To You
Picture a map in your mind. Chances are good that the map you've imagined is the Mercator projection since it's…
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Meet Disney’s First African-American Animator, Floyd Norman
If no one ever told you no, would you think to limit yourself? Floyd Norman's peers were surprised when he…
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Cyclone Idai causes widespread damage across Southern Africa
Hundreds of people are missing, while more than 1.5 million people have been affected across the three Southern African countries.
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2017 U.S. Airstrikes In Somalia May Amount To War Crimes
The United States may have committed war crimes as it bombed al-Shabab militants in Somalia, a new report Amnesty International…
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South African Surgeon Implants World First 3D-Printed Middle-Ear Bones
The Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Tshwane has successfully completed the world's first ever middle ear transplant, using 3D-printed middle…
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Belgium’s Africa Museum reopens, as country confronts its violent colonial past
The years-long renovation of Belgium’s grand museum devoted to Central Africa was intended to overhaul an institution that was packed…
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The new scramble for Africa
THE FIRST great surge of foreign interest in Africa, dubbed the “scramble”, was when 19th-century European colonists carved up the continent…
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