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Ghana election (audio slideshow)
December 2008
Voters in Ghana went to the polls this month and leaders hope the election will serve as an example of democracy at work in Africa. The World's Laura Lynch sent this slideshow from Accra.
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Delivering AIDS drugs
December, 2008
Delivering AIDS drugs remains a Herculean task in many parts of the world. The World's David Baron followed a delivery of anti-retrovirals from factory in India to patient in a small village in Ivory Coast, a journey of 8,000 miles.
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Liberia's women in white
November, 2008
The film "Pray the Devil Back to Hell" documents the story of a group of women who organized protests for peace aimed at ending Liberia's nearly 20-year civil war.
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Significance of Obama's victory for Africans
November, 2008
Lisa Mullins speaks with Reuben Abati, a columnist and editor for The Guardian Newspapers of Nigeria, about the significance of Barack Obama's victory for Africans
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Kenyans celebrate Obama victory
November, 2008
The BBC's Muliro Telewa visited the village of Kogelo in western Kenya. It's the hometown of Barack Obama's father, and people there are celebrating President-elect Obama as one of their own.
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Obama in Liberia (audio slideshow)
November 2008
Africans were watching America's election with great hopes. Barack Obama's message of change inspired one Nigerian immigrant living in Liberia to rename his video store after the candidate. Jessie Graham and Kathleen Flynn spent an afternoon talking politics with Alexandar Joseph and his customers in Monrovia.
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South Africa child trafficking
October, 2008
Human trafficking is one of the biggest criminal industries in the world. Child trafficking - recruiting and transporting kids to work effectively as indentured laborers - continues despite international campaigns to stop it. Correspondent Gretchen Wilson reports on one of the victims from South Africa.
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Sudan's neglected north
October, 2008
Heba Aly reports on a village at the edge of the Nubian Desert in northern Sudan. Sudanese people there say they're being marginalized by their government.
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A childhood in Africa
September, 2008
Marco Werman speaks with author Helene Cooper about her memoir, "The House at Sugar Beach - In Search of a Lost African Childhood." It tells the story of Cooper's family in Liberia -- and by extension chronicles Liberia's history -- from its founding by freed American slaves to its modern civil war.
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Tshiluba language
September, 2008
Tshiluba is your first clue in this Geo Quiz from Africa. It's spoken by more than six million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Samburu elephants
September, 2008
Few know the African elephant as well as Iain Douglas-Hamilton. He's studied the animals, and fought to protect them, for more than 40 years. This month's National Geographic Magazine profiles his work in Kenya's Samburu National Reserve. Lisa Mullins talked with him.
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Angelique Kidjo's iPod
August, 2008
Host Marco Werman asks world music superstar Angelique Kidjo, "what's on your iPod?" The answers may surprise you!! Watch the video of the full interview and listen to Marco's Global Hit!
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Ethiopia food crisis
August, 2008
International aid agencies are raising the alarm in Ethiopia. Officials say the country is facing its worst hunger crisis since the famine in 1984. David McGuffin reports from one of the worst hit areas in Ethiopia.
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AfriGadget (audio slideshow)
August 2008
Afrigadget was recently named as one of the 50 coolest websites in 2008. The World's Technology correspondent Clark Boyd heard from AfriGadget founder Eric Hersman what Africans can do with junk...
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Circumcision in Uganda
July, 2008
Recent studies suggest that male circumcision can provide some protection against HIV infection. Health officials in Uganda would like to promote male circumcision as part of a campaign to reduce HIV/AIDS. But Uganda's president doesn't support the idea. The World's Jennifer Goren has the story.
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South African satire
April, 2008
South African satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys uses laughter to confront racism. He's used humor to teach students about AIDS prevention, now he's making fun of America's presidential slugfest.
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Zimbabwean music
March, 2008
Musician Thomas Mapfumo knows President Robert Mugabe a little better than most Zimbabweans. The World's Marco Werman samples some songs that trace Zimbabwe's post-colonial struggles under Mugabe.
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Kenya crisis
March, 2008
President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga have signed an agreement to end Kenya's post-election crisis. The deal was brokered by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
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Healing Kenya
March, 2008
At least 1,000 people have died in Kenya since ethnic violence broke out following flawed presidential election. As politicians try to knit the country back together, Sheri Fink reports on how one group of medical workers is finding ways to work together again.
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Born of genocide
February, 2008
Rape was a weapon in the Rwandan genocide. Thousands of Rwanda's women became pregnant. Their children are now on the cusp of adolescence. And in most cases, mother and child are not doing well.
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Religion in Nigeria
February 2008
Lisa Mullins talks with The Atlantic magazine's Eliza Griswold about reporting in Nigeria's middle belt, and the history of religious tensions in the region. Photos: Seamus Murphy.
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Congo rape
January 2008
The civil war in Congo officially ended in 2003 but despite the peace deal fighting has continued. One of the most gruesome features of the conflict is the widespread use of rape as a weapon. Jeb Sharp visited a hospital where rape victims are cared for.
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