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Resentment and Rations as Eritrea Nears a Crisis
Facing rising prospects of war with Ethiopia and increasing tensions with the West, Eritrea has hit its most difficult point since winning its hard-fought independence 14 years ago.
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Democracy campaigners in Egypt say that while Washington may criticize Egypt?s human rights failings, it does little to follow up to ensure results.
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Thanks to surging oil production, Angola?s economy is booming, but most Angolans remain as poor as ever.
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A withering new internal report has found that the World Bank has long neglected African agriculture, one of the most important sectors in addressing chronic poverty.
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Political and legal experts suspect that a brutal two-year battle for the power in the A.N.C. is spreading from within the party to the government itself.
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The withdrawal of South Sudan?s former rebel movement from the power-sharing government is the gravest blow yet to the fragile peace accord signed two years ago.
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Women are being systematically attacked on a horrifying scale in Congo, where large regions remain lawless.
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For most of his career, Tomislav Damnjanovic smuggled weapons to American opponents around the world, but since 2003 he?s played a crucial role in the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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South African officials said that they had closed the huge Elandsrand mine for up to six weeks to determine the cause of the mishap.
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As the leader of a country teetering on the edge of officially becoming a pariah state, Isaias Afewerki, the president of Eritrea, seems fairly relaxed.
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Higher prices, partly due to demand for ethanol made from corn, have helped slash American food aid to its lowest level in a decade.
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