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The world looked away from Congo’s rape crisis. She did not.This year, a rebel army called M23 has captured large sections of eastern Congo, exposing women there to a familiar weapon of war: rape.
Trump reignites South African debate over white farmers: Persecuted or privileged?The Trump administration promises to resettle South Africa’s white Afrikaner community as refugees in the U.S. Many in South Africa wonder why.
Offering hope and community, soccer helps Somalis heal from warIn Somalia, amputee soccer is giving young people with disabilities a new lease on life.
Sudan’s community kitchens shut down amid attacks and aid cutsSudan’s emergency response rooms are a vital lifeline to communities devastated by the country’s civil war. Now, USAID cuts threaten their future.
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The cure for congested cities? Kenya is building new ones.Many African satellite city projects have aimed too high, and failed to launch. But one such project in Kenya, Tatu City, is bucking the odds.
Cover StoryCan giving cash, no strings attached, help end poverty? In Malawi, they’re finding out.In Malawi, one aid group seeks to upend ideas about international assistance by giving individuals a one-time cash payment, without conditions.
How bitcoin drives cheap green energy production in KenyaBitcoin struggles to keep its carbon footprint low. African renewable energy companies struggle to stay afloat. One company has an idea to fix both.
The ExplainerIs the world’s youngest country about to go to war – again?South Sudan stands on the brink of civil war for the second time since it became independent in 2011, and the space for deescalation is shrinking.
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.
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.
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