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We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People
A US State Department insider examines the one thing no one in Iraq wanted to admit: defeat.
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How rising global food prices could affect Africa (VIDEO)
Higher global food prices are likely to spell trouble for aid organizations working to relieve famine in the Horn of Africa.
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John Danner shoots for the stars with Rocketship charter schools
Rocketship schools employ computers and coaches to help teach low-income kids, and see student performance rise dramatically.
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Jason Atkinson seeks to place public service above partisanship
'We have to turn off ... the idea that I am right, and you are evil,' the Oregon politician says.
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In Africa, reporters face ethical questions when reporting on rape
In light of this week's sentencing of a Congolese military officer for sexual violence, correspondent Jina Moore discusses the many gray areas of reporting on rape in Africa.
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Is the opposition giving up in Uganda?
Uganda President Museveni's grip on power seems so strong ahead of the upcoming presidential election that an opposition candidate is considering pulling out of the race.
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Why do development efforts continue to fail?
Guest blogger Jina Moore explores the background behind failed development projects, and why many organizations make the same mistakes over and over again.
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In Africa, women don't need to be in politics to fight corruption
Regardless of whether female politicians in Africa are less susceptible to corruption, average women can fight graft in conversations with their own husbands.
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Journalism in East Africa just got tougher: CPJ
The Committee to Protect Journalists released warnings about the safety of reporting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Kenya and Burundi.
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This Week in the Great Lakes: Congo and UN tango over child soldiers while US preaches engagement
A holiday season roundup of this week's news from Africa's Great Lakes region: women march in the Congo for more legal action against rapists, Rwandan journalists petition for changes to defamation laws, and Al Shabab remains a threat in Burundi.
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Does the Bill Gates approach to education work for peacebuilding?
Bill Gates and the UN Peacebuilding Commission seek to replicate successful techniques, but correspondent Jina Moore argues that the most successful peacebuilding techniques tend to be unique to each country.
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This Week in the Great Lakes: Ben Affleck explains why Congo is worth caring about
A roundup of this week's news from Africa's Great Lakes region: Rwanda offers shares in its only brewery, Burundi sends 850 more soldiers to Somalia, and Ben Affleck talks about Congo.
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This Week in the Great Lakes: Rwanda is obstructing the trade of ... something
A roundup of this week's news from Africa's Great Lakes region, from biofuels in Rwanda to threatened terrorist attacks against Burundi and Uganda by Somali Islamist militias.
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This week in the Great Lakes: Rwanda expands beyond gorilla tourism
A roundup of this week's news from Africa's Great Lakes region, from Rwanda's shift to English language education and Uganda's missing journalist to allegations of corruption by Congolese generals in the nation's gold mining industry.
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Uganda journalist missing after a mysterious meeting
Human rights observers think that Ugandan radio journalist Arafat Nzito is being held by the Ugandan government's security forces.
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The fight over Malawi's flag
Malawi's president changed the country's flag, and the country's Roman Catholic Church clergy are furious. Meanwhile, Malawians wonder whether the new flag even represents their identity.
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UN rethinks how to measure, define "poor"
The UN released its annual Human Development Report this week with a new index for measuring poverty that considers not just income, but other determinants, such as health and education.
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Resolution 1325: What the UN can learn from the women of Burundi
On the tenth anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, guest blogger Jina Moore analyzes its impact in Africa and says that while concrete progress is minimal, it has changed the conversation.
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Press Freedom Index: The top 10 worst countries
Syria, Rwanda, and Yemen have fallen to the bottom of the World Press Freedom Index, the media watchdog Reporters Without Borders said today. The three countries join other single-party dominated governments at the bottom of the annual index, while six democratic Northern European nations tied this year as the best places for media freedom. Finland, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland have ranked at the top since the index was created in 2002, Reporters Without Borders Secretary-General Jean-François Julliard said in a statement. "The defense of media freedom continues to be a battle, a battle of vigilance in the democracies of old Europe and a battle against oppression and injustice in the totalitarian regimes still scattered across the globe," he said. Click through the following slides to read about the 10 lowest-ranking nations.
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Rwanda is no US when it comes to press freedom – but it's also no Somalia
Rwanda got a bit of a raw deal to be ranked near the bottom of Reporters Without Borders' annual press freedom list this year, says guest blogger Jina Moore.
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Can microfinance programs heal rape victims in Congo?
Microfinance programs geared toward African women can actually help heal victims of rape the same way that psychological counseling does – by restoring self-respect.
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Liberia’s 'Rape Court': Progress for women and girls delayed?
Court E – Liberia's innovative new courtroom just for rape cases – must now weather a national media drama and all the scrutiny that comes of trying a high-level government employee.
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Rwandan Education Ministry could cut all scholarships for university students
The Rwandan Education Ministry announced that it may cut scholarship funding for university and use that money for primary education, where it leads the region in enrollment.
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Kenyan whistleblower commemorated in a book
A Kenyan whistleblower who exposed the largest financial scandal in Kenya is the subject of the book, 'The True Story of David Munyakei,' which will be showcased next week in the US.
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A fair trade approach to Africa's diamonds
A US company brings fair trade principles to Africa's diamond industry and aims to improve the life of diamond miners.
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