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All Africa show
April 23rd, 2009
We dedicate the entire show to African stories, looking at the elections in South Africa, organized criminal gangs in Kenya, women taking up self-defense in Egypt, and the music of Hugh Masakela.
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Zambia abortion
April, 2009
In the African nation of Zambia, abortion is legal, but few women realize it because abortion carries tremendous stigma and few medical clinics are prepared to offer the procedure. Rose Hoban visited a hospital in Lusaka. (contains graphic imagery)
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Zimbabwean rap poets
April, 2009
Two of Zimbabwe's leading protest poets, Comrade Fatso and Outspoken, grew up on the streets of Harare. They speak with anchor Marco Werman about their hip-hop street poetry. (includes video).
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U.S. policy options for Somalia
April, 2009
The dramatic rescue of cargo ship captain Richard Phillips from Somali pirates made headlines around the world. President Obama welcomed the rescue of but was quiet on the subject of broader U.S. policy toward Somalia. The World's Jeb Sharp has more.
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Interview with President Sirleaf
April, 2009
Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Liberia's president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. She was nearly killed in Liberia's civil war. But Sirleaf survived to become Africa's first elected female president.
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Sudan war crimes warrant
last update: March 25, 2009
The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Sudan's president on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. But the court in the Hague stopped short of accusing Omar al-Bashir of genocide. He denies the charges and has dismissed any ICC ruling as worthless.
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Zimbabwe at the crossroads
last update: April 18, 2009
Washington has praised Zimbabwe's unity government for the progress which it says it has made towards reform. But U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, made no mention about lifting American or international sanctions.
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China and Africa
February, 2009
China's president is visiting Africa for the fourth time. His visit reinforces China's strategy of developing close economic ties with African nations as Laura Lynch reports from Zambia.
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South Africa land reform
January, 2009
Post-apartheid South Africa promised to redistribute farmland seized by whites decades ago. Progress has been slow, and tensions are building over a growing turf battle, as Laura Lynch reports.
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War in Congo
last update January 23, 2009
Laurent Nkunda, leader of the strongest rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, has been arrested in Rwanda. During the fighting between government and rebel troops in 2008, 250,000 people were displaced in the strife-torn region around Goma, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Khartoum barbershop
January 2009
President Obama downplayed his foreign roots while on the campaign trail. Now his African heritage, and multi-ethnic family are part of the presidential narrative. Mr.Obama doesn't appear to have family in Sudan. But that doesn't mean people there aren't claiming him for their own. Some are even borrowing his name to drum up a little business. Heba Aly has the story
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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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