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Refugee camps, intended to be temporary, host people for an average of 12 years.
Nigeria's recent election encouraged alliances among Muslims and Christians.
The passage of the Group Areas Act in 1950 brought forceful expulsion and sequestration to all areas of the country.
After twenty years of electoral dominance by the African National Congress, are South African politics finally becoming competitive?
The U.S. is funding development in restive Northern Nigeria, but soft power isn't blunting anti-American sentiments.
Migrants are dying as they cross the Mediterranean. Is there a better way?
The cause of Camus's native countrymen moved him, yet he yearned helplessly toward the European culture that had formed him.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie discusses her new novel, Americanah—a love story that delves into the complexities of race with humor and empathy.
The Liberian army embarks on its first combat mission since the end of the country's brutal civil war.
The Egyptian uprising has been rightly celebrated as a momentous event.
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Many development experts promote information and communication technology (ICT) as a way to relieve global poverty. They should pay more attention to the human beings who use it.
Though both the victims and perpetrators of human rights violations on African soil have been Africans, the pursuit of justice has been conducted largely by international institutions.
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