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Africa

'Everything Is Destroyed': 90% of Mozambique Port City Wrecked by Tropical Cyclone Idai

Beira, Mozambique

Demanding End to Trump's Devastating Budget Cuts, US Aid Workers Protest First Lady's Photo-Op in Malawi

Julia Conley, staff writer

"We see firsthand in Malawian hospitals the shocking effect the budget cuts may ultimately have."

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Fueled by Floods, Storms, and Drought Made Worse by Climate Crisis, Global Hunger Levels Rise for Third Straight Year

Julia Conley, staff writer

"The inescapable fact is that climate change is now leaving people around the...

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With New Niger Drone Base, Trump's CIA Poised for Expanded African Footprint: NYT

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

MQ-9 Reaper

A newly-expanded base in Dirkou reflects agency harnessing its Trump-returned...

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South African Officials Among Many Denouncing Trump's "Disgusting" White Supremacist Talking Point on Land Reforms

Cecil

As Trump Rolls Back Barriers, Big-Game Hunters—Including Rich GOP Donors—Granted Dozens of Permits for Lion "Trophies"

After Calling Practice 'A Horror Show,' Trump Reverses Ban on Animal Trophy Imports

South African business leader Bonang Mohale, left, wrote an open letter urging World Economic Forum attendees who oppose President Donald Trump's reported comments about African countries, to walk out of his speech there on Friday.

To Protest Racist Comments and Policies, Walkout Planned for Trump's Davos Speech

World Leaders Denounce Trump's "Reprehensible and Racist" Insults

Conservation Groups Slam Trump's 'Reprehensible' Reversal on Elephant Trophies Ban

Rick Perry

'Inexcusable': Rick Perry Pushes Fossil Fuel Expansion to Fight Sexual Assault

Sen. Lindsey Graham 'Didn't Know' About Niger? He Should Read More Nick Turse

Carnage in Somalia Was 'Revenge' for Children Killed in US Raid: Report

When the Victims Are in Somalia, Many Notice Coverage Double-Standard

As Deathtoll Rises, EU Condemned for 'Failing Policies' on Refugee Crisis

Violence and Persecution Uprooted Record 65.6 Million People in 2016, UN Agency Reports

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The Peace Mothers

From Fambul Tok - family talk - a short film on the efforts of the extraordinary women of Sierre Leone to heal their communities, one village at a time, after a devastating decade-long civil war. A happy and peaceful Mother's Day.

Newswire

Greenpeace

Response to Devastation of Cyclone Idai

Survival International

Letters Implicate WWF in Illegal Land Grab and Human Rights Abuses

Amnesty International - USA

Up to 100 Civilians Shot and Burnt Alive as UN Peacekeepers Leave Posts in Alindao

Amnesty International - USA

Cameroon: 70 Schoolchildren Taken in Mass Abduction Must Be Freed

Oil Change International

Report: Public Finance for Energy in Africa Focuses on Fossil Fuels, as Key Energy Access Solutions Are Left Behind

Amnesty International

UN Committee Tells Cameroon To Put An End To Torture By Security Forces In The Fight Against Boko Haram

Views

Gerry Condon

The Wall, The Endless War, and the Troops Who Pay

Vijay Prashad

Empire in Decline, Really? The American War Machine Continues to Grow

Andy Rowell

Iconic African Baobab Trees Dying Due to “Changing Climate”

Ahmed Mokgopo

How a Development Bank is Propping Up the Fossil Fuel Industry in South Africa. And Why it Must Reverse Course

Ruth Conniff

Americans Need To Get Out More

Cynthia Kaufman

Owning Our Shit: The US Role in Global Migration

Ramzy Baroud

Shadow Armies: The Unseen, But Real US War in Africa

Tom Engelhardt

Welcome to 2018: Another "Non-War Year" in Oblivious America

Uju Okoye

Nikki Haley’s Trip to Africa Will Be Exercise in Hypocrisy

Phoebe Wynn-Pope

People Are Looking Death In The Face While We Turn The Other Cheek

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