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In Mombasa, Africa's first 'alternative currency' helps Kenyans fight povertyIn a slum called Bangladesh, the year-old Bangla-Pesa is used by 181 businesses, schools, and churches as barter for goods and services that would otherwise be wasted.聽- 'Apostate' mom still faces Islamic death sentence. Will global pressure sway Sudan?Daniel Wani of New Hampshire says Islamic court ruling condemning his wife, who says she is 海角大神, to lashes and death is 'not legal.'
Nigeria accuses its own Army of aiding and abetting Boko HaramTen generals are under arrest for aiding the extremist group that abducted more than 200 girls in April, causing a global outcry. In Abuja, meanwhile, a ban on protests over the kidnapping was reversed.
Nigeria's Boko Haram: Is it here to stay?New analysis suggests the shadowy insurgency benefited from the 2013 war in Mali, that its leader 'Abubakar Shekau' may be both a single person and the name for a collective leadership, and that the group's ability to destabilize remains strong.
Why Central African Republic's year of violence can't be explained as 'religious'Adding up all the dynamics of history, culture, and grievance doesn't explain what's happened with Muslims and 海角大神s. When it comes to violence, not everything has a reason.聽
Nigeria buzzes over possible negotiations with Boko HaramA negotiated swap for the girls makes so much sense.聽
Malawi elections in limbo as mellow African nation faces drama, uneaseAs the votes got counted last week, President Joyce Banda saw the numbers and shouted fraud.聽
Can 2,500 more African UN troops contain South Sudan carnage?Blue helmets from Kenya, Rwanda, and Ethiopia will try to freeze civil war in South Sudan ahead of June 5 talks. The move comes after a donor conference raised $600 million to avert famine.聽
Obama singles out Boko Haram and Nigeria declares 'total war' on shadowy groupYet in his West Point speech, the US president said that no American operation can solve every problem like the Nigerian insurgency.
Imagery is everything: George Clooney's Africa satellites will track crime gangsSatellites have been used with great effect to confirm human rights abuses and war crimes. Now they will try to 'follow the money' and track those aiding war in East Africa and beyond.
US aid to help Nigeria with Boko Haram: What it means so farUS efforts on the 300 girls is small and may not help. But it is large enough to start 'mission creep' and get America blamed for a war on Islam. Nigeria claims now to have found the girls.
Did Robert Mugabe fake a flood in Zimbabwe this February?Human Rights Watch alleges that villagers were evacuated from a 'national disaster' and put to work as cheap labor in sugarcane fields.
Handling Boko Haram: Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan in denial about his own ArmyPresident Jonathan now calls Boko Haram the 'new frontier' of terror. Yet in doing so he ignores the old and ongoing excesses of his own security forces.聽
Boko Haram's car bombs signal new escalation of terror in NigeriaThe blasts came after Paris meeting on the extremist Muslim group. At home in Nigeria, few are certain about how to engage Boko Haram.- Boko Haram blasts away amid disarray in Nigeria at top echelonTwin bombs in Jos, not far from Abuja, killed more than 40 people Tuesday. The government has issued conflicting statements about its willingness to negotiate with Boko Haram.
- Refugee soccer team from Darfur hopes to compete in SwedenDarfuri footballers come from 9 of the 13 major camps. They've had tryouts and training but are still short on scratch.聽
Twin spikes in terror and crime hit NairobiKenya's reputation as stable and economically promising is under stress as the US, UK, and France issue travel warnings and locals worry about the resurfacing of an old moniker, 'Nairobbery.'
As Malawians head to vote, can President Joyce Banda survive?The colorful and confident Ms. Banda suffered a 'Cashgate' scandal -- but the president who cut her own salary is now running on her clean-up of government.
So Joseph Kony's son is now 'deputy leader' of the Lord's Resistance ArmyThat news has been bandied about for some time: Yet it fits Mr. Kony's pattern of marginalizing talent and senior officers in the pursuit of absolute control and those who are loyal.
