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Can Cape Town integrate? Housing advocates battle apartheid legacy.Like other South African cities, Cape Town was built to divide. Now advocates are pushing for affordable housing in an affluent seaside community.
ANC is put to the test as South Africans head to the pollsEarly voting began Monday in South Africa's municipal elections, as opposition groups seeking to capitalize on scandals linked to President Jacob Zuma challenged the African National Congress.
Why can鈥檛 the UN stop sexual violence in South Sudan?The conflict in South Sudan is essentially an ethnic one. And sexual violence has been a common weapon.聽
Has a police crackdown on Mugabe's once loyal supporters begun?Frustration is growing in Zimbabwe over its rapidly deteriorating economy and alleged corruption, which President Mugabe's former supporters blame on a 'bankrupt leadership.'
Johannesburg tours reintroduce residents to the city they grew up inGuide James Manguza takes people out of their 'bubble' to neighborhoods that have long been considered no-go zones for the Sout African city鈥檚 tourists and suburbanites alike.
South Sudan: opposition split deepens turmoil amid crumbling peace accordA breakaway faction of opposition politicians replaced First Vice President Riek Machar with Taban Deng, whose appointment appears to throw out nearly a year of careful negotiations that were bolstered by the US and a group of East African countries.聽聽
Why Africans are showing solidarity with Black Lives Matter movementActivists in both South Africa and Kenya are drawing on the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile to highlight the global echoes of their own social justice causes.
Fighting resumes in South Sudan, striking UN campHeavy fighting in Juma between forces loyal to the president and supporters of the vice president has raised alarm that the country could return to civil war.聽
South Sudan: world's youngest country marks a complex milestoneHopes were high on July 9, 2011, as South Sudan celebrated its independence from Sudan. But development has been slow, and political and military conflict has wracked the nation.聽
With the creation of an all-Africa passport, a push toward African unity?The African Union is set to launch an e-passport that allows visa-free travel through its 54 member states, a move that comes amid turmoil in the European Union.
Ebola's aftermath in Sierra Leone: 'this is how I know women are so strong'Women were disproportionately affected given their roles as caregivers. Today, women try to lean on one another to move their lives forward post-recovery.
First LookWhere in the world are the Obama women?Michelle, Sasha, and Malia are in North Africa and Spain for a six-day tour to highlight education, especially for girls, as USAID commits $27 million to the Obamas' Let Girls Learn initiative.聽
Ahead of Pretoria mayoral contest, a comeuppance for S. Africa's ruling ANCRiots erupted last week after the ANC chose to swap the incumbent for a newcomer to run in the Aug. 3 vote.聽Many see a wide gap between party leaders and the public that could influence national elections.聽
Bring Back Our Girls asks, 'Where is Amina Ali?'Nigeria's Bring Back Our Girls movement is demanding that the government provide news of the only Chibok schoolgirl among 219 kidnapped to escape Boko Haram.
Lessons after Orlando? Why South Africa ended ban on gay blood donorsCalls are rising after the Pulse gay nightclub shootings to end the US ban on blood donations by gay men. South Africa, as a high HIV-positive population, offers another model.
First LookForty years after the Soweto uprising: How far has South Africa come?June 16, 2016 marks the 40th anniversary of protests in Soweto, a Johannesburg neighborhood, which helped unshackle South Africa from apartheid.
Sierra Leone's politically minded pop star captures his country's earEmmerson Bockarie says he doesn't want to go into politics. But his songs have a powerful effect in a country where opposition politics is weak and literacy is low.
Running her way from refugee camp to Rio: Olympics' first refugee teamAnjelina Nadai of South Sudan, who spent much of her childhood in a Kenyan refugee camp, is one of 10 refugees named today to the Olympic refugee team.
Chad's former dictator handed life sentence for war crimes, tortureHissene Habre, who led the country from 1982 to 1990, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Monday. Rights groups believe his regime may have killed 40,000.聽
Thousands attend Mugabe's 'One Million-Man' march as factions jockeyPresident Mugabe, Zimbabwe's only leader since 1980, presided over a march of supporters in Harare in Wednesday. Political factions destabilize his ZANU-PF party, he told marchers.聽
