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Sample portions of chicken and kale stew over rice

Maine’s largest school district serves up African-inspired dishes to get more students excited about school lunch

In Portland, Maine, high schools are infusing North African flavors into school lunches as the district experiments with being more inclusive of its diverse student body.

Maine’s largest school district serves up African-inspired dishes to get more students excited about school lunch
A man wearing a protective face mask and hat walks past the London Stock Exchange Group building

OECD predicts worst non-wartime recession in 100 years; Britain marks 2 months without burning coal for electricity

OECD predicts worst non-wartime recession in 100 years; Britain marks 2 months without burning coal for electricity
Members of a teenage robotics team from the African nation of Burundi, who were reported missing after taking part in an international competition, are seen in pictures released by the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC, July 20, 2017.

Six teens on Burundi robotics team go missing in US, two seen in Canada

Six teens on Burundi robotics team go missing in US, two seen in Canada
These women spend part of their days running a café and another part reporting on government killings.

These women run a cafe by day, and risk their lives to report on their government’s killings by night

These women run a cafe by day, and risk their lives to report on their government’s killings by night
Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza bids farewell to his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma as he departs at the airport after an Africa Union-sponsored dialogue in an attempt to end months of violence in the capital Bujumbura, February 27, 2016.

Burundi schoolkids deface portraits to defy president

Burundi schoolkids deface portraits to defy president
A watch from Fonderie 47.

How old guns are turned into beautiful new jewelry

An innovative company is trying to recycle old guns into designer watches — and they're having some success.

How old guns are turned into beautiful new jewelry
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Burundi’s last civil war killed 300,000. A new one is coming

Once again, Burundi is spiraling toward civil war.

Burundi’s last civil war killed 300,000. A new one is coming
Alexis Sinduhije, Samantha Power and Bryan Rich at the Committee to Protect Journalists awards in 2004

Burundi exile to US's Samantha Power: 'You shake the hand of the killers'

He used to be friends with Samantha Power, the US ambassador to the United Nations. But now a former Burundian journalist is sanctioned by Washington for advocating violence.

Burundi exile to US's Samantha Power: 'You shake the hand of the killers'
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, and Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza speak to the press in Gitega, Burundi.

US Ambassador Samantha Power: 'The match could be laid' to ignite Burundi conflict

Burundi’s leader seems hellbent on dragging his country into more ethnic violence.

US Ambassador Samantha Power: 'The match could be laid' to ignite Burundi conflict
A woman mourns after her son was killed during gunfire in Burundi's capital Bujumbura, December 12, 2015. At least 87 people have been killed in fighting in the last week.

Why Burundi is not Rwanda

Burundi is edging toward civil war, according to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Meanwhile, the African Union has warned that Africa should "not allow another genocide to take place on its soil."

Why Burundi is not Rwanda
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Fresh from Burundi to America — this man is watching war break out from afar

Raphael Nzirubusa remembers feeling torn about staying in the US or joining his family in Burundi while war escalated there in the early 1990s. A priest in the US warned against leaving and told Nzirubusa, "We’ll pray for you, but you’re going to have to stay."

Fresh from Burundi to America — this man is watching war break out from afar
A man gestures during a protest in Bujumbura, Burundi, on May 13, 2015 against Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to run for a third term.

Get Up, Stand Up, Shut Down: Unrest in Burundi targets the airwaves

When armed men stormed into Bonesha FM this morning and shut down the Burundian radio station, it was only the latest act in an ongoing radio war between pro- and anti-government forces in the country.

Get Up, Stand Up, Shut Down: Unrest in Burundi targets the airwaves
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Immigrants in New Hampshire are creating an unlikely ethnic food hub

In New Hampshire, it wasn't always this easy to get mangosteens and other produce from Asia and Africa. But with immigrant communities growing in the area, some locals are finding ways to get familiar foods from back home onto the plates of Nepalese, Bhutanese and other immigrants here in the US..

Immigrants in New Hampshire are creating an unlikely ethnic food hub

It takes more than a few medals to make someone an Olympic hero

These days, we often admire sports stars as heroes because they are winners. Olympic Historian David Wallechinsky says that's not the Greek tradition, nor should it be the way we define Olympic heroes. He gives The Takeaway host John Hockenberry some examples of Olympians who fit his definition of hero.

It takes more than a few medals to make someone an Olympic hero
Ann Morgan reading

One reader, 197 books, one year to finish them all

In 2011, Ann Morgan, a journalist and author in the UK, set herself the goal to read a book from every country in the world in one year. And she blogged about it.

One reader, 197 books, one year to finish them all