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China 'buying out' Africa: Top 5 destinations of Chinese money
On a quest to secure raw materials and energy resources to support the exponential growth of its economy, China has become the fastest-growing investor in Africa. Here are the top five destinations of Chinese capital, in order of estimated Chinese investment.
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5 countries with the longest ongoing US sanctions
Sanctions are once again leading the news with trade embargoes tightening around Iran and debates over whether to loosen US restrictions on Cuba and Myanmar.
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The International Criminal Court's docket in Africa
With the confirmation of charges against four senior Kenyan leaders, there are now seven different countries where the International Criminal Court has filed charges of crimes against humanity. All of those cases emanate from Africa.
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In Pictures: Monitor photographers in Africa
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South Sudan: 5 key questions answered
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Africa Monitor From exile, a Sudanese journalist tells Darfur's stories
Nadia Taha is a producer at Sudan Radio Service in Kenya. She spoke with the Enough Project's Laura Heaton about the dangers and rewards of reporting on the humanitarian crisis in her home country.
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Real help from a virtual world
Video games educate players on global issues and raise funds for organizations in need.
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Sudan's Bashir starts freeing prisoners, polishing up legacy
Sudan’s president Omar Al Bashir is wanted for genocide and war crimes by the International Criminal Court, but as he steps down in 2015 he would like to have a different image.
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Change Agent Cities try a new strategy with immigrants: embrace them
Through its Cities of Migration project, the Maytree Foundation hopes to provide not just inspiration but a set of tools that any city government can use to build a strong, diverse community.
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The Monitor's View: Is Oscar Pistorius really Africa's 'biggest' story?
Last week, when the West and UN were intervening in a host of problems in Africa, much of the world focused on Oscar Pistorius, the Olympic hero charged with murdering his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp. Africa needs a better media spotlight.
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Terrorism & Security Kenyan court clears Kenyatta for presidential bid, despite war crime charges
The International Criminal Court ruled that Uhuru Kenyatta was one of those 'most responsible' for Kenya's 2007 post-election violence. But that won't stop him from running for president.
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Trumpeting technological strength, Iran releases video it says is from downed US drone (+video)
The release of the video comes as Iran showcases a slew of scientific and technological advances to herald the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, which will be celebrated on Feb. 10.
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Dick Van Dyke is honored with lifetime achievement award at SAG ceremony
Van Dyke is best known for movies such as 'Mary Poppins' and 'Bye Bye Birdie' and his TV show 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.' Van Dyke called his TV show 'the most fun I ever had and the most creative period of my life.'
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Opinion: North Korea threatens US – what about its own people?
As North Korea threatens the US, South Korea, and world peace with hints of a third nuclear test, what about its threat to its own people? It has one of the worst human rights records in the world. The UN must open a 'commission of inquiry' into crimes against humanity.
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Some 100,000 flee Darfur, many villages burned, 100 dead: UN
Weeks of clashes around a gold mine dispute in northern Sudan ends with dozens of villages burned, and human toll worse than estimated.
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George Clooney: Village burnings in Sudan are 'a war crime'
George Clooney, co-founder of the Satellite Sentinel Project, which monitors acts of war in Sudan and South Sudan, said that the recent village burnings that took place in the region are 'a crime against humanity.'
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Goma's fall: Could UN troops in Congo have done more to prevent it?
The ease Tuesday with which rebels overran Goma, one of DR Congo's largest cities, underscores UN peacekeepers' 'difficult problem': their limited mandate.
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There Was a Country
Chinua Achebe offers a moving personal history of the short-lived African nation of Biafra.
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Interventions
Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan writes of decades spent pursuing the elusive goal of world peace.
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Israel faces off with African migrants on Egyptian border
A weeklong standoff between a group of Eritreans seeking entry to Israel and a get-tough Israeli government policy on African migrants ended today with the deportation of most of the Eritreans.
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Sudan's struggling government loses top officials in plane crash
Two generals, the Minister of Endowment, and a former adviser to President Omar al-Bashir were among the 32 people who died Sunday.
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Sudan allows aid into border areas after oil deal struck with South Sudan
The border areas are facing an impending famine. An oil transit fee deal between Sudan and South Sudan is a move toward ending conflict between the two nations.
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Opinion: Vast humanitarian crisis in Sudan – again
Hillary Rodham Clinton's brief visit to South Sudan provided an opportunity for the United States to show leadership in countering a vast humanitarian crisis in the border region between Sudan and South Sudan. Once again, the world is looking away.
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Keep Calm Good Reads: Mali jihadis, and the consequences of military intervention
Military intervention toppled Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, but it also helped create a possible Islamist haven in northern Mali ... which has prompted more calls for military intervention.
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Sudan: 'Arab Spring' protests wane, but activists remain optimistic
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has been a 'genius' at cracking down on opposition, activists say. But the government's control may work to its disadvantage, as economic woe continues.
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Africa Monitor Why do the Sudanese protests get so little news coverage?
The Bashir administration's hold on power is precarious. But you won't see that story on TV news or your newspaper's front page.
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Opinion: Time to curb the illicit global arms trade
Conventional weapons that are sold or diverted to unscrupulous regimes, criminals, and terrorist groups kill hundreds of thousands of civilians every year in places like Syria and Sudan. World leaders must act soon on an arms trade treaty being negotiated this month at the United Nations.
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Opinion: Why there will be no foreign military intervention in Syria
Despite the apparent failure of the meeting in Geneva over the weekend and a new Human Rights Watch report of widespread torture by the regime of Bashar al-Assad, a foreign military intervention in Syria is unlikely. In fact, there is reason to doubt that Washington really wants Assad to fall.
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Africa Monitor How Many People Are Surviving on Leaves in the Nuba Mountains?
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof Tweeted that 800,000 people in Sudan's South Kordofan state are surviving by 'eating just leaves.' When does overestimation do harm to a just cause?
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Keep Calm Sudan and South Sudan to resume negotiations
After weeks of fighting, in which South Sudan took out one of Sudan's last remaining oil fields, the two countries are returning to the negotiation table, under African Union mediation.
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