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The searchers drove as far as they could into the swamp and then set out on foot, crawling over soggy earth until they found signs of so many lost lives. A white tennis shoe. A…
The rebel leader who has controlled the northern half of war-divided Côte d’Ivoire for four years took office as the country’s prime minister on Wednesday — the first step in a…
One year after Liberia swore in Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf as Africa’s first elected female head of state, three young women braid each other’s hair under a street light that didn’t…
Hollywood’s take on conflict diamonds has brought attention back in a big way to how gems associated with wealth and glamour have too often meant war and suffering in Africa. The…
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s president maintained a sizable lead on Monday over the former rebel leader challenging his seat in a historic runoff election. The tally of…
Rioting mobs destroyed polling stations in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s east and electoral officials organised a revote over burned ballots in the north on Monday, yet much…
