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Boko Haram seen behind female suicide attack in northeast NigeriaAt least 14 people died in Thursday's attack in Maiduguri. Nigerian authorities say Boko Haram militants are increasingly turning to suicide bombers to strike at civilians.
In 'Daily Show' start, Trevor Noah lands on his feet 鈥� to South African applauseNoah chose to keep much of the show's old format on his first run Monday night. 'The Daily Show' officially debuts in South Africa tonight.
FocusA top Nigerian export: fervent 海角大神ityJust like the missionaries who carried 海角大神ity to Africa's most populous nation a century ago, millions of Nigeria's diaspora are doing the exact same 鈥� in reverse 鈥撀爓ith a full-bodied pentecostal version of the faith.
Despite Boko Haram bombings, Nigeria's battered north sees progressMany northern Nigerians credit the breakthroughs made against the Islamist group to President Buhari. But can the Nigerian military adjust to the group's shift to more suicide bombings?
One week after coup, Burkina Faso's president says he's back in powerRegional leaders appear to have clinched a deal between feuding military factions and restored the rule of civilian President Michel Kafando ahead of presidential elections due next month.聽
Burkina Faso: Military gives coup leaders a surrender ultimatumPro-government troops have taken control of key parts of the capital. Regional leaders are also ramping up negotiations.
Would more female soldiers improve UN peacekeeping missions?With women only making up 3 percent of peacekeepers, the United Nations is ramping up efforts to add more to its operations as a way to combat violence and abuse by its troops.聽
Burkina Faso coup leader says he will hand back powerThe soldiers who seized power last week belong to a presidential guard unit that is loyal to ex-President Blaise Compaore.
Cover StoryCure for broken metropolises: the insta-cityTeeming with problems, cities in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East try a new approach 鈥� building private cities from scratch.
South Africa's 'cultural villages': showcase on past or seedy voyeurism?At Shakaland, visitors experience a working model of a 19th-century Zulu homestead. But such outlets raise questions about the best way to teach about South Africa's traditional past 鈥� and who benefits.
Burkina coup leader: A key partner for US military in W AfricaBurkina Faso has worked closely with the Pentagon on managing regional conflicts and fighting Islamist terror groups. On Thursday, a transitional government was ousted by a senior military aide to the former president.聽
Amid gunfire, military in Burkina Faso announces coupThe Burkinabe military took charge of the country less than a month before October elections were scheduled.
Are prosecutors persisting with 'failed case' against Oscar Pistorius?Lawyers for Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius say prosecutors are persisting with a "failed case" by taking an appeal against Pistorius' acquittal for murder to South Africa's Supreme Court.
Challenging anti-foreign violence, South African farm offers haven to migrantsA self-proclaimed redneck farming couple has taken in nearly 150 desperate migrants聽on their hillside farm near Durban amid anti-foreign violence.
FocusIn aftermath of Ebola, Sierra Leone finds forgiveness is a powerful resourceA method that has proved powerful in bringing reconciliation after the civil war is being deployed to help families and communities torn apart by the Ebola crisis.
Once influential, slave descendants in Sierra Leone face a less certain futureThe small but powerful Krio community has played a critical role in the development of Sierra Leonean culture today. But in the years after the decade-long civil war and Ebola crisis, they find their influence dwindling.
Why would Zimbabwe step back from extraditing Cecil's hunter?Zimbabwean authorities appear to be backing off of聽extraditing Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer for killing聽Cecil the lion because it could hurt the country's hunting business.
What new violence in South Sudan spells for the regionConflicts between government forces and rebel leaders has prompted the United States to threaten renewed UN sanctions against the world's newest country.
Close to 200 migrants feared dead off Libyan coastAlmost that same number of people have been rescued from the waters of the Mediterranean Sea.
Despite concerns, South Sudan peace deal signed by presidentSalva Kiir said he had faced intimidation during the peace process and added negotiations were "carelessly" handled by regional and world leaders.
