West African Countries Take a Step Away From Colonial-Era Currency

A bloc of eight countries will rename their French-backed currency and France will scrap a contentious requirement for reserve deposits.
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‘A New Message’: Russia Trains Its Propaganda Machine on Africa

Many of the players who drove Moscow's campaign for influence in the West are now backing Putin's African charm offensive.
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Has Western L.G.B.T.Q. Activism Actually Hurt the Cause in Africa?

Robbie Corey-Boulet's "Love Falls on Us" points out the negative consequences of American humanitarian efforts abroad.
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Less Trash, More Schools — One Plastic Brick at a Time

Plastic garbage collected by a women's group is being recycled into bricks and used to build schools in West Africa.
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A Brutal Disease Kills Monkeys. Flies Could Be Spreading It.

A downside of social living among monkeys and chimpanzees, a new study suggests, is being at greater risk of deadly disease.
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3 Teenage Migrants Are Charged in Malta With Hijacking Ship at Sea

The suspects, said to be a sociology major and two high school students, allegedly forced a small tanker that had rescued them and others off Libya to head for Europe.
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Laurent Gbagbo, Former Ivory Coast Leader, Acquitted of Crimes Against Humanity

Mr. Gbagbo is the first former head of state to be tried at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
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