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Africans are taking a shine to basketball. That’s good for the NBA.The NBA is taking a bet on Africa. And Africans are taking a bet on an unfamiliar sport.
First LookSudan’s military consolidates grip on capital, retaking more key government buildingsThe gains come a day after the military seized control of the Republican Palace in Khartoum from a notorious paramilitary group.
Congo’s wars uprooted her life. But they couldn’t silence her poetry.What does war look like from the inside? Ask Congo’s young slam poets.
Why rich oil reserves are a mixed blessing for UgandansA controversial oil pipeline project in Uganda and Tanzania has displaced tens of thousands, generating an outcry from residents and activists.
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Washington adopts a Zimbabwe innovation: Grannies offering park-bench therapyIn Zimbabwe, therapy-trained grandmothers, sitting on public benches, offer personal comfort to those in need. The idea has spread to Washington.
USAID cuts threaten America’s most successful global health campaignUncertainty over U.S. foreign aid’s future, as Trump ally Elon Musk dismantles USAID, has thrown the global campaign to contain AIDS into disarray.
Botswana’s new president is a human rights lawyer on a missionIn October, voters in Botswana ousted their ruling party of 58 years. The new president, Duma Boko, carries the weight of their calls for change.
Madagascar fights to save the forests that made it famousDespite pledges to halt deforestation and youth-led efforts to reverse it, Madagascar is losing its trees faster than almost anywhere else on Earth.
Young Mozambicans lose patience with entrenched ruling partyFifty years after ousting Portugal’s colonial government in Mozambique, Frelimo is still in power. But young people’s desire for change was evident in protests against the inauguration of the country's new president.
War shut down Sudan’s universities. But its students refused to give up.Sudan’s civil war has dealt a catastrophic blow to the country’s universities, forcing many students to continue their education abroad.
In pursuit of a modern capital, Ethiopian leader razes historyEthiopia’s government is razing entire neighborhoods in Addis Ababa in the name of urban transformation, provoking dismay among many residents.
In Kenya, community health volunteers fight for pay and statusCommunity health workers are hailed as a cost-effective way to plug gaps in health care systems. Now they are fighting for their own rights.
Why Zimbabweans keep watching their money go up in smokeThe Oct. 8 fire at a market in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, highlights the fragility of life for those toiling on the margins of a collapsing economy.
First LookWest Africa regional bloc approves exit timeline for 3 coup-hit nationsThe move by ECOWAS comes after a nearly yearlong process of mediation to avert the unprecedented disintegration of the grouping.
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