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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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The Sons of Saad Afifi, the most popular sugar cane shop in Cairo, embodies what the city was in simpler times, and what it is becoming in modern times.
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The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said that he would investigate human rights violations in the Central African Republic.
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Far from being a repository of Africa?s future hopes, decrepit universities have become hotbeds of discontent.
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Bono, the rock star and antipoverty campaigner, says that most of the G-8 nations have fallen behind on their promises to double their aid to Africa.
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When a lawyer decided to try to win asylum for Salifou Yankene, the detained teenager was almost ready to give up, overtaken by guilt and despair.
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A new generation of theater artists are trying to define their roles and searching for new subject matter in a post-apartheid South Africa.
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Internecine brawls are evidence that all is not well inside Zimbabwe?s only opposition party of note.
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The rate at which young children perish has worsened in many countries due to sanctions, war and disease, but some nations showed signs of progress.
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A jet with 114 people on board crashed early Saturday after sending out a distress signal over a rainforest.
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Eight years into civilian government after a long spell of military dominance, Nigeria?s institutions are blossoming despite the recent electoral chaos.
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