West Africa general news
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Jan
(NYT) Jihadists Deepen Collaboration in North Africa
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By
Madina Toure
By CARLOTTA GALL JAN. 1, 2016
SAHARA DESERT, Niger — A group of light armored vehicles skated over the moonscape o...
29
Dec
(Globe and Mail) Africa’s new brooms clean house
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ROBERT ROTBERG | Special to The Globe and Mail | Published Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015 8:00AM EST
Robert Rotberg is foundin...
29
Dec
(VOA) CPJ Report Highlights Journalists’ Struggles in Africa
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By
Lenny Ruvaga
December 29, 2015 11:06 AM
NAIROBI—The Committee to Protect Journalists has released its annual report...
22
Dec
(Newsweek) The Real Africa, Through the Lens of African Photographers
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By Mirren Gidda On 12/22/15 at 2:00 AM
Africa has long been irresistible to art photographers. The diversity of its 54 nations, it...
21
Dec
The New Face of Star Wars: John Boyega (CNET.com)
John Boyega hadn’t been born when “Star Wars,” with its cast of relative unknowns, electrified pop culture. The trilogy forever transfo...
17
Dec
(Deutsche Welle) Will Africa have its own ‘Arab Spring?’
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The Arab Spring happened five years ago but this is not an anniversary to celebrate as Tunisia remains the one success story. But that ...
16
Dec
(Face2Face Africa) Obama Appoints Adewale Adeyemo as Deputy National Security Adviser
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16 December 2015 | By Face2Face Africa Staff
U.S. President Barack Obama has named Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo his deputy national secur...
15
Dec
(The Conversation) African stories to get and keep kids reading during school holidays
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Holidays are a great occasion for reading, whether kids are doing so alone or a family is sitting down together with a book. But what d...
15
Dec
(The Economist) For most urban Africans, owning anything other than a slum home is out of reach
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LAGOS, the congested commercial capital of Nigeria, has a population variously estimated at anything from 12m-21m. But what is certain ...
10
Dec
(Ventures Africa) This Nigerian-born fashion designer decorated the White House
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Nigerian-born fashion designer, Duro Oluwu, was enlisted by the First Lady of the United States of America to decorate the white house ...