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Africans mark significant progress on World AIDS dayHealth authorities report that the continent has seen deaths from AIDS and new HIV infections on the decline in recent years, and the social stigma against those with the disease is lifting.
In DR Congo, Goma residents worry about life after rebels' departureRebels who took Goma, DR Congo's second-largest city, have sent mixed messages about withdrawal. Some residents say security improved after the rebels claimed the city.
Congo crisis: a deal with rebels, then maybe no dealCongolese M23 rebels battling the government said Tuesday that they are withdrawing, reportedly unconditionally, from Goma. Then another M23 leader raised fresh demands.- FocusIslamists silence the musicians who guide rural MaliFor centuries, griots have directed ceremonies, smoothed over disputes, and served as repositories of history and genealogy. Now in northern Mali they are out of a job.
FocusWill Mali be Africa's Afghanistan?Mali was hit by two successive shocks to its system this year 鈥� with the north seized by rebels and a coup in the capital 鈥� leaving its government fragile and the international community mulling intervention.
Global first: Brit visits all 201 states without flyingGraham Hughes says Iraq and Afghanistan were easy. Islands like聽Nauru were the real challenges.
In world's most religious country, humanists rally for secular spaceA group of humanists is looking to find its niche in Ghana, recently ranked most religious in a survey of 57 nations.
Congo rebels advance as regional leaders seek cease-fireThe war continues to expand in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with rebels vowing to extend the gains they've made in the east of the country as more civilians are forced to flee their homes.
Goma's fall: Could UN troops in Congo have done more to prevent it?The ease Tuesday with which rebels overran Goma, one of DR Congo's largest cities, underscores UN peacekeepers' 'difficult problem': their limited mandate.- What has the US already tried in Mali?The US and the international community are debating how to intervene in war-torn Mali. But over the past decade, the US has already been heavily involved.聽
Aid workers, civilians flee as rebels take key DR Congo cityRebels took control of Goma, the main city in the east of DR Congo. Congo's government has said it will not negotiate with them, raising fears of renewed fighting.
The ExplainerWho are the rebels in Goma and what do they want?M23 rebels have taken over a key city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Religious violence feared after bus bombing in KenyaYouths armed with machetes and stones targeted civilians of Somali origin in revenge attacks after a bus bombing in Nairobi. Officials are urging calm, fearing religious violence.
Sick of traffic, Kenyans on board with Nairobi's new commuter railThe Kenyan capital, home to some of the world's worst traffic, launched its new commuter rail this week in part of a homegrown modernization effort.
Africa warms to new Archbishop of Canterbury Justin WelbyMembers of Africa's largely conservative Anglican communion say Welby understands the challenges that the church faces on the continent and can stave off a schism.- Malawi suspends anti-gay lawsMalawi's moratorium has attracted a lot of attention in Africa, where two-thirds of countries criminalize homosexuality.
In a Kenyan village, delight at Obama's reelectionMitt Romney never had a chance in Nyang'oma Kogelo, the Kenyan village where US President Obama's father was born.- In Somalia, a comedian critical of Al Shabab is assassinatedWarsame Shire聽Awale聽was known for pillorying Al Shabab, Somalia鈥檚 Al聽Qaeda-allied Islamist militants, in radio plays and poems.
Iranian warships dock in Sudan after alleged Israeli airstrikesThe visit has put Sudan's links to Iran under closer scrutiny.
Pirate attacks off Somalia plummet thanks to navies, armed guardsThe pirate attacks are down 65 percent to their lowest level since 2009.