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Niger is telling US troops to leave as it ushers in Russian soldiers. Here’s why.

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The ANC helped end apartheid. 30 years later, voters might end its majority.

As genocide threatens again, the world wakes up to Sudan’s civil war

Maasai women are told to stay home. These rangers fight poachers instead.

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Dive into the tropical fish nursery of the future

A glassy sweeper egg, moments from hatching, is seen through a microscope at Roger Williams University’s Wet Lab in Bristol, Rhode Island, where parent offspring are bred for the New England Aquarium's aquaculture program. The round bubble is an oil droplet, which is a nutritional source similar to an egg yolk.

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This journalist exposed corruption in the Malawian army. Now he’s on the run.

As neighboring countries fall to coups, Senegal keeps its democracy alive

A Senegalese woman wanted to farm and own land. So she launched a growing movement.

Kenya promised cops to Haiti. Its citizens didn’t like that.

Kidnapped students safe and in high spirits. But Nigeria still has an abduction problem.

High voter turnout in Senegal for contested presidential election

Women are fighting for more than political power in Senegal’s presidential election

War tore Ethiopia’s diaspora apart. Peace activists are stitching it back together.

In Senegal, domestic violence survivors craft hope in silver

Can electric vehicles keep Africa moving?