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FocusBoko Haram: An angry Nigerian youth revolt in the language of jihadWhat started as an elite university student talking shop in the late 1990s has evolved today into a disparate group of radicals, bank robbers and disaffected.
FocusBoko Haram's hometown: Living with the ugly Nigerian cult is not funIn Maiduguri, extreme poverty, corruption, and ruthless local soldiers helped shape extremist insurgency.
FocusBoko Haram: Uncle Sam's aid is unlikely to deter Nigeria insurgentsEnding insurgencies is hard, as are needle-in-a-haystack manhunts in lawless areas where distrust of the government and foreigners runs high.
South Sudan cease-fire blows up, days after the ink driesRenewed fighting endangers millions in the world's newest nation. Some good news: the government will now allow food barges up the Nile to help feed hungry refugees.
Will Nigeria really allow Western advisers to help tackle Boko Haram?President Jonathan says he's fine with foreign military aid on the kidnapped girls. But Nigeria鈥檚 Army has been loath to allow close up inspection of its operations and its many problems.
Boko Haram leader Shekau is dead say Nigeria officials, as nation rolls its eyesThree weeks after hundreds of teenage girls were abducted while taking exams, it remains unclear how many girls were taken, who they are, who did it, at what time, and exactly how.
Election outcome: South Africa is moving away from a one-party stateThe 2014 elections mark the emergence of new parties like the Democratic Alliance and the Economic Freedom Fighters -- and portend a politics based on issues not loyalty to ANC.聽
Month after Boko Haram kidnapping of girls, what's shocking is what remains unknownAccounts conflict about how many girls were taken, when, how, why -- and what is truly being done about it, adding to Nigerians' anger.
Boko Haram kidnapping outcry goes evermore viralPublic protest and social media in Nigeria, and in places like New York and Washington, have created a tipping point for help in recovering the abducted school girls.
South Sudan civil war: Rights reports slam both sides as leaders go to talksUN and Amnesty give clear evidence of crimes against humanity, including rape as a weapon of war 鈥� and point a way forward. The reports are聽based on more than 1,000 interviews with victims, witnesses, and others.
South Africa's embattled ANC squeaks past 'psychological threshold' to stay in powerSouth African elections boosted opposition parties at the expense of the African National Congress, whose leader Jacob Zuma may not serve out a full second term.
Unlike Boko Haram's many massacres, girls' kidnapping brings it homeThe fate of almost 300 teens has galvanized Nigerians and captured world's attention. Why was this a tipping point in reaction to the five-year insurgency?
Goodluck Jonathan should take Western help to find girls, before trail goes coldPresident Obama, with teenage girls of his own, has called Boko Haram's kidnapping of more than 250 school girls an 'outrage.' Eight more girls were taken on Tuesday.
As South Africa votes, this shanty town explains anger at the ANCWith elections today, Bekkersdal is a no-go zone for politicians from the African National Congress. Residents say they are not part of the 'good story' the ANC claims for the nation.聽
Facing Al Shabab attacks, some Kenyans call for Somalia withdrawalThe Kenyan government is committed to keeping troops in lawless Somalia. But opposition parties want troops to come home soon, arguing the extended deployment in Somalia has brought terrorism to Kenya.
A South Sudan surprise: breakthrough on peace talks? Maybe.President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar are to arrive in Addis Ababa on Friday after five months of bitter fighting.聽
FocusIn South Africa, upstart candidate treads a path radically different from Mandela'sJulius Malema, booted from the ruling ANC and running in tomorrow's election, is promoting radical changes and charging that the ANC has preserved apartheid's economic inequalities. And he's gaining an audience.
As anger soars, Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan promises to find kidnapped girlsThe leader of the extremist group Boko Haram has threatened to sell the schoolgirls, who were abducted three weeks ago. President Jonathan now says he'll accept international help in trying to rescue them.
Will Nigeria accept US and UK help, to stop Boko Haram? It should.President Goodluck Jonathan should avail Nigeria of the same international help, for example, used to track and capture Joseph Kony of the Lord's Resistance Army in eastern Africa.聽
South Sudan oil town changes hands for fourth time. Why?Ethnic politics and shifting loyalties around Bentiu, an oil-gateway town, make it difficult for either the government or rebels to hold. Meanwhile, as war continues, previous peace agreement seems worthless.聽
