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LRA Rebel Commander Appears Before International Criminal Court

11:27am January 27, 2015

At a hearing in The Hague, Dominic Ongwen faced war crime charges. As the top Ugandan rebel commander of the Lord's Resistance Army, he's accused of forcing child soldiers to beat, maim and kill.

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A Former Child Soldier Will Stand Trial In The Hague For War Crimes

9:00am January 27, 2015

by Gregory Warner

Dominic Ongwen is accused of forcing child soldiers to beat, maim and kill. Only he himself was once a victim — abducted by Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army as a 10-year-old walking home from school.

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Schoolchildren and activists scramble up a bridge Monday after police try to break up a protest with tear gas at the Langata Road Primary School in Nairobi, Kenya.

Police Fire Tear Gas On Kenyan Kids Protecting A Soccer Field

8:15pm January 26, 2015

by Gregory Warner

Hundreds of kids in Nairobi protested the loss of their playground to a developer Monday. In the end, the children did what ordinary Kenyans are rarely able to do: defend a public space.

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Guinea's Grand Imam, El Hadj Mamadou Saliou Camara, tells his fellow clerics: "If there is any doubt at all, then no one must touch the body."

Guinea's Grand Imam Pulls No Punches In His Ebola Message

2:23pm January 26, 2015

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Religious leaders must play a role in stopping the outbreak in this West African country, the cleric says. And that will mean changing not only attitudes but funeral practices.

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Protester chant slogans in downtown Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday to mark the fourth anniversary of of the 2011 uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak. Several people have been killed in clashes with security forces.

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Several Killed In Egypt Amid Clashes Marking Anniversary Of Uprising

6:33pm January 25, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Police cracked down on demonstrators marking the fourth anniversary of mass protests that ousted President Hosni Mubarak.

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Kerry Urges Nigeria To Hold Credible Elections In Face Of Violence

1:14pm January 25, 2015

by Michele Kelemen

Secretary of State John Kerry is in Lagos, Nigeria, ahead of the country's presidential elections. The visit also comes amid an upsurge of violence from the Islamist militants Boko Haram.

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An official stands in front of relief materials at a camp for displaced people in Maiduguri in Borno State last week. The town, where many have gathered after fleeing Boko Haram attacks, is now said to be under assault from the Islamist extremist group.

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Suspected Boko Haram Militants Attack Another Nigerian Town

10:58am January 25, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The reported assault is on a city about 100 miles southwest of where the Islamist extremist group killed as many as 2,000 people earlier this month.

Mistrust, Anger Holds Guinea Back From Fighting Ebola

9:59am January 25, 2015

Local resistance is hampering the nation's efforts to eradicate the virus by mid-March. Correspondent Ofeibea Quist-Arcton tells NPR's Rachel Martin how health workers are dealing with it.

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Cellphones are everywhere in the developing world, as this Nairobi street scene shows. Bill and Melinda Gates believe the phones can be used for everything from farmer education to instant banking.

Dear World: Bill And Melinda Gates Have 'Big Bets' For 2030

1:19pm January 23, 2015

by Linda Poon

Their annual letter to the public has been published. They're betting that in 15 years, polio will be eradicated, Africa will feed itself and 2 billion people will use their phones as mobile banks.

You've got to get down — literally — when greeting someone in Northern Ghana.

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Hello, I Must Be Squatting

12:48pm January 23, 2015

by Kiley Shields

You're a new Peace Corps volunteer in Northern Ghana. A villager comes by. Do you a) give a high-five, b) nod your head respectfully, or c) squat and say "n naa."