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‘Sold ... a dream’: Young Senegalese sour on the president they choseYoung Senegalese voters were a driving force behind Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s victory in last year’s presidential election. Now, many are disillusioned.
Forest conservation has an unlikely ally: FaithSacred forests have long been shielded from destruction by their communities. Recognition of that reality is growing in conservation circles.
In Congo, a reporter returns to a city transformed by warOn the front lines of war in eastern Congo, a Monitor reporter struggled to make sense of the suffering she witnessed.
Near war’s front lines, a Congolese village hesitantly rebuildsIn February, rebels conquered eastern Congo’s largest city, forcing displaced people sheltering there to return to homes in the middle of a war zone.
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Rebels took eastern Congo’s largest city. Now they must run it.As it continues to take territory, the Congolese rebel group M23 wants to show it is more than just an army, and that it can also govern.
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.
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.
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Difference MakerThis restaurateur never made it past fifth grade. Now she runs a roadside library.
As Israel blocks aid, Gaza’s mothers watch their children starve
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India and Pakistan have fought before. Why this skirmish has the world on edge.
