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First LookHouse arrest of Mugabe triggers speculation of military coup in ZimbabweZimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and his wife have been confined to their home by the Army. Military officials say the move is an effort to return the nation to 'genuine democracy.'聽
Liberia bet big on charter schools. One year in, what's it learning?Few educator experts disagree that the West African country's education system needs an overhaul. But many are skeptical about the pilot program, which brings debates about private-public partnerships to a new corner of the globe.
First LookKenyan government preventing election challenges, say human rights groupsPresident Uhuru Kenyatta won 98 percent of the vote in the Kenyan presidential election. Human rights groups contesting these results say the government is stopping them from filing any legal challenges in court.
FocusAfrica's first female president set new course for Liberia. But what about for its women?For 12 years, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf聽has presided over peace聽鈥� and controversy. On the eve of her successor's election, Liberians say 'Ma Ellen' is leaving a mixed legacy, particularly for women.
First LookAn unsettled Kenyan election settles on its final winnerPresident Uhuru Kenyatta won the rerun of Kenya's presidential election, after its Supreme Court nullified the August election result.聽
First LookAfrican girls join the fight to end illegal child marriagesNiger holds the highest rate of child marriage in the world but young activists are raising awareness in their communities to ensure that girls at risk are aware of their rights.聽
First LookKenyatta's win in Kenya hampered by low election turnoutIn Kenya's second attempt at a presidential election, President Kenyatta's win is impeded by a boycott of the election, especially in areas supporting the opposition candidate.
On the eve of reelection day, Kenya's courts thrust into limelightKenya will proceed with a rerun of its August presidential election on Thursday, after too few Supreme Court justices showed up to hear an appeal 鈥� putting a spotlight on the courts' important, sometimes unprecedented, role in the election saga.
From ISIS to elephants: the tale of a unique anti-poaching forceThe same geospatial mapping techniques and data analysis used by the US military to fight terrorism are now being deployed in a sophisticated offense to rival poachers鈥� criminal networks.
Letter from Liberia: Protecting a hard-won peaceLiberians are plenty divided on who should become president. On Tuesday, they picked from a field of 20 candidates. But, as Ryan Lenora Brown writes from Monrovia, voters agreed on how to carry out the election: without violence.
Liberia's election closes chapter of history 鈥� but for voters, past is presentA decade after the end of a brutal civil war, one democratically elected president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, is about to willingly step aside for another聽鈥� something that has not happened in most Liberians' lifetimes.聽
Canvas cities: Does the world need a new model for refugee camps?Camps are turning into permanent enclaves, with schools, courts, and cinemas. Everyone wants displaced people to go home; making long-term plans for housing and governance implies they never will.
As risks and restrictions rise, migrants turn back 鈥� but with new purpose at homeReturnees face myriad challenges, from social stigma to trauma. But they are also uniquely equipped to help educate others about the perils of irregular migration聽鈥撀燼nd have a stake in healing the root problems that led them to leave in the first place.
Reshaping colonial cities, African architects reclaim history 鈥� and the futureSouth Africa's Umkhumbane Museum, located in the multiracial township of Cato Manor in Durban, took the grand prize in the Africa Architecture Awards, the first ever pan-African award for building design.
The fantasy photo booth: in South Sudan, using pictures as 'vacation' from warOf the hundreds of locations that customers can choose to pose in front of, all share one common quality: They are not South Sudan.
First LookKenyan election board delays repeat election datePresident Uhuru Kenyatta says the ruling of election by the Supreme Court is a 'coup' against the will of the people.聽
In South Sudan's capital, a bridge 鈥� and a nation 鈥� on holdWhen South Sudan declared independence, its tattered infrastructure presented enormous challenges, but also a strange sense of possibility. Now, renewed fighting has stalled聽attempts at nation-building 鈥� in a physical sense as well as a political one.
First LookLegally sourced chocolate could help end deforestation in West AfricaThe spread of illegal cocoa plantations, which supply beans to popular candy brands, have caused widespread deforestation across much of the Ivory Coast's protected land reserves. The solution lies in the hands of consumers: buy fair-trade chocolate.聽
First LookSoccer academies take action to help young athletes reach their potentialThe path to stardom in European clubs can be treacherous for hopeful youth, but training academies are looking to a new education model to provide their recruits with life skills that will help them succeed off the pitch.聽
In Juba's only post office, ghosts of a young country's hopes for 'normal'Since gaining independence in 2011, South Sudan has struggled to establish its postal system. In this quiet post office, forgotten mail offers an intimate archive of聽upheavals that have shaken the world's youngest country.