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What does Boko Haram's pledge to Islamic State really mean?The pledge of allegiance comes as a multinational force of 10,000 troops strikes hard at the Nigerian extremist group. The extremist Islamic State has not yet responded to Boko Haram's gesture.
In Congo, Army wives battle for normalcy in a decades-long warFrom overcrowded barracks to the frontlines, Congolese Army wives聽are an unseen and vulnerable population with next to zero support from the government. They struggle to make full lives out of little. Here is a story of one wife.- Who's behind deadly Mali restaurant attack?The Islamist group al-Mourabitoun claimed responsibility for Saturday's attack in Mali that killed five people, including two foreigners.聽
Boko Haram hits Nigerian town hard despite multinational offensiveThe militant Islamist group killed 68 in Njaba, but has suffered setbacks in some areas after Nigeria teamed up with other West African countries to launch air and ground attacks.聽
With less rain, farmers in Kenya quit food crops to cash in on legal drugThe government has struggled to come up with ways to make traditional farming more appealing as farmers in the north turn to growing miraa, a legal narcotic that needs little water and has a steady demand.
Kenya burns trove of ivory in first-step promise to destroy stockpileGovernment stores of ivory are often raided and sold on the black market by corrupt officials, activists say. It can command nearly $1,000 per pound.
Last Ebola patient is released in LiberiaThere are no other confirmed cases of Ebola in the country, meaning Liberia聽can begin to count up to 42 days to be declared Ebola free.
Somalia's remittance crisis eclipses news of first US ambassador since 1991A crackdown on transfers to Somalia to block Al Shabaab funding has had a major impact on Somali-American communities. Lawmakers are working on a contingency plan to prevent a potential humanitarian crisis.
Liberia's president calls for 'Marshall Plan' to fully eradicate EbolaPresident Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is countering the danger of Ebola 'donor fatigue' by calling for a major international aid effort. The three聽worst-affected聽African nations are at a turning point as they now try to rebuild their economies.- American missionary kidnapped in NigeriaA female US missionary聽has been abducted from Kogi State in Central Nigeria.聽Africa's most populous nation聽is one of the world's worst country's for kidnapping.
South Sudan abductions set back efforts to end use of child soldiersSouth Sudan has said little since 89 boys were abducted in聽the largest reported episode of forced recruitment of child soldiers.聽The Army has repeatedly committed itself on paper to end the use of child soldiers, but little has changed.
Boko Haram insurgency takes rising economic toll on Nigeria's neighborsCameroon's Far North Region has seen a decline in all areas of industry as residents flee the wrath of Boko Haram. Chad and Niger are also feeling the heat.聽
Niger investigates airstrike on Boko Haram that killed 36 civiliansThe investigation threatens to fray relations in the multinational coalition against Boko Haram.聽Nigeria's Air Force is suspected of carrying out the airstrike, having allegedly mistaken the civilians for militant fighters.
In South Sudan, a renewed bid to pull child soldiers out of conflictIn a country notorious for the use of child soldiers, an estimated 3,000 child soldiers are being reintegrated into society after a peace deal in a remote area was signed last May. But getting them to drop their guns is just the first step.
One college fights South Sudan's civil war in the classroomDecades of war and a lack of development have created a scarcity of qualified teachers in the young country.聽A small teaching college, battling to keep access to education open, sees itself as key to South Sudan's development.
As Ebola ebbs, Sierra Leone targets another kind of recovery: normalcyThe government has announced that public schools, which were shuttered last summer to curb the spread of the deadly virus, will reopen in March amid a declining number of new cases. Making up for a lost school year is the new battle.
Why UN peacekeepers have failed to protect the people of DarfurAmid rising violence and a new report of mass rape in the war-ravaged region, questions have arisen over the effectiveness of the UN mission in Darfur.
With Ebola cases down dramatically, US military ends mission in West AfricaBetween November and February, new cases of Ebola in Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone plummeted from 2,032 to 371, according to data from the White House, which attributed the decline to 鈥楿S-led containment efforts.鈥�
Nigeria confronts fallout of delayed electionSkepticism of the military's ability to curb Boko Haram is rife after Nigeria's electoral commission said it was postponing the presidential vote by six weeks over security issues.聽
For Mugabe, term as African Union chief could salvage a tarnished legacyThe isolated Zimbabwean president's perch at the top of the AU could reengage him with Europe by easing a travel ban imposed in 2002, and give greater voice to his longstanding push for African economic self-sufficiency.聽
