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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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Hundreds of Darfurian rebels overran an African Union peacekeeping base in central Darfur, African Union officials said.
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In southern Africa, a child?s name is chosen to convey a specific meaning, and not, as is common in the West, the latest fashion.
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Nicholas Rajula, who is vying for a seat in Kenya?s Parliament, claims to be a distant cousin of Senator Barack Obama, an assertion that Mr. Obama?s campaign denies.
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As many Somalis teeter on the edge of survival, a famine looms, ministries are not functioning and the transitional government is running out of money.
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The two-year-old peace deal between Sudan?s government and southern rebels is in danger of collapsing as the two sides are deadlocked over borders, reform and oil.
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With his own views and plans, Saif al-Islam el-Qaddafi, son of Libya?s longtime ruler, is an emerging force for liberalization in his country.
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Circumcision, as supporters call it, or female genital mutilation, as opponents refer to it, was suddenly a ferocious focus of debate in Egypt this summer.
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After suffering 50 years of war, the Dinka people are finally witnessing peace, development and change.
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The number of deaths of young children around the world has fallen below 10 million a year, according to Unicef.
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Millions of people die in pain because they cannot get morphine, which is legal for medical use in most nations.
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