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- Food rations in Africa are halved. Thousands are surviving on one meal a day.When the Trump administration slashed funding for international aid, it halved food rations for refugees in Kenya, like Ugandan Martin Komol. As funding for the U.N. World Food Program has dropped, there are limited resources to fill the gap.聽
- In Johannesburg, a library sparks hope for the city鈥檚 futureJohannesburg鈥檚 central library recently reopened after a five-year closure, a signal of the city鈥檚 revival after years of decline.
- 鈥楽omeone is watching鈥: Foreign students clean up social posts amid visa crackdownsInternational students are deleting social media posts and accounts as the Trump administration tightens visa rules and expands digital surveillance. The policy is raising concerns over unfair profiling and pushing young people to self-censor online.聽
- Trump hopes to buy rare earths from Africa even as he cuts aidPresident Donald Trump has cut aid to Africa and insulted one of its elder statesmen. Will that harm his search for rare earths essential to high-tech goods?
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- No country recognizes Somaliland鈥檚 independence. Why the US might.No country recognizes the sovereignty of Somaliland, a self-governing region of Somalia. The Trump administration might soon change that.聽
- Their parties were fierce rivals. Now they rule South Africa together.South Africa鈥檚 unlikely coalition government has survived a year. Few thought that possible.
- As US aid dries up, Zimbabweans find new solutions to store waterIn the wake of the United States鈥 aid cuts, which supported projects in agriculture and food security across Zimbabwe, locals are devising their own solutions. For instance, one community built rainwater storage tanks from chicken wire, canvas, and cement.
- 25 years after infamous land grabs, Zimbabwe turns a pageTwenty-five years after the seizure of thousands of white-owned farms, Zimbabwe has begun paying back farmers whose land was taken.
- He used to rob people on Nairobi鈥檚 streets. Now he shows them to tourists.Dennis 鈥淭yphoon鈥 Mboya gives tours of the Nairobi, Kenya, informal settlement where he grew up, and uses his own story to inspire other young people in his community.
- 鈥楽old ... a dream鈥: Young Senegalese sour on the president they choseYoung Senegalese voters were a driving force behind Bassirou Diomaye Faye鈥檚 victory in last year鈥檚 presidential election. Now, many are disillusioned.
- Forest conservation has an unlikely ally: FaithSacred forests have long been shielded from destruction by their communities. Recognition of that reality is growing in conservation circles.
- In Congo, a reporter returns to a city transformed by warOn the front lines of war in eastern Congo, a Monitor reporter struggled to make sense of the suffering she witnessed.聽
- Near war鈥檚 front lines, a Congolese village hesitantly rebuildsIn February, rebels conquered eastern Congo鈥檚 largest city, forcing displaced people sheltering there to return to homes in the middle of a war zone.
- Rebels took eastern Congo鈥檚 largest city. Now they must run it.As it continues to take territory, the Congolese rebel group M23 wants to show it is more than just an army, and that it can also govern.聽
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