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Hague court 'expected' Nigeria to arrest Sudan's Bashir. It didn't. (+video)

Instead of arresting the Sudanese leader who faces 10 charges, including genocide and war crimes, Nigeria gave him the red carpet treatment.
In Nigeria, Sudan's Bashir plays cat and mouse with international court

Nigeria gives Sudan's president an honor guard and red carpet treatment, even though he is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes.
In Nairobi, 200 idle children arrested in bars as adults fight over teacher pay

Kenya's teachers are demanding that a pay raise from 16 years ago gets implemented. Kids are not in class, and parents are angry.
Change Agent Planting mangrove trees pays off for coastal communities in Kenya

Members of the Dabaso Creek Conservation Group have planted an estimated 10 million mangrove trees. The forests, in turn, have provided for the community, bringing in birders and other tourists and becoming a habitat for crabs and fish to harvest.
Is Kenya birthing a new country named Jubaland?

A Jubaland warlord backed by Kenya flew to another semi-autonomous region in Somalia and was hailed this weekend as Jubaland's president.
Kenyan peacekeepers accused of creating buffer state inside Somalia

Mogadishu says Nairobi is creating an autonomous state of Jubaland on its border and backing a hand-picked warlord to run it. It's asking Kenyan troops to leave.
Change Agent Solar kits bring clean light to Kenya's poor

Buyers make payments securely from home using their mobile phones, which also can be kept charged with the solar kit.
Ethiopia: Big Nile dam could ease Africa power failures

Ethiopia: Big Nile dam echoes the Hoover Dam in scale and scope, offering the hope of a brighter economic future in Ethiopia and the Nile region. Ethiopia's big Nile dam – called the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam – will cost $4.2 billion and be able to produce 6,000 megawatts of electricity.
Obama's big Africa push: Let there be light (+video)

President Obama pledged loan guarantees to help expand electrification in sub-Saharan Africa.
Kenyans in small uproar as Obama Africa trip bypasses his father's homeland

Obama has affirmed his African family roots. But with Kenya's leaders facing ICC trials this fall, a trip to Nairobi was probably a non-starter.
Obama prepares to visit an Africa more skeptical of his presidency

Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush left a mark on Africa that Obama so far has not. Will Obama's second term change that?
Big data: How cellphones help track diseases

The same type of data used by the NSA to track terrorists can be used by public health researchers to combat the spread of diseases.
13 books about food for summer reading

13 food-related books that provide a big-picture look at the various problems and solutions around the food industry.
6 international organizations that support jobs and businesses

Many organizations, both in the United States and abroad, seek to help entrepreneurial individuals and small businesses through microfinance and other means. Here are six organizations that support job creation and new businesses around the world.
Kenya giving laptops to all first-graders, amid controversy

Newly elected Uhuru Kenyatta, with Microsoft's help, wants universal e-literacy for students in this East African nation. Critics call it ill conceived, costly.
ICC trials for Kenya's new leaders may shift partly back home

Newly elected president Uhuru Kenyatta and deputy president William Ruto were indicted by the ICC for 2007 election violence. Is Kenya ready to watch the hearings up close?
Britain issues unprecedented apology to colonial-era Kenyans

In surprise reversal, UK says it is sorry and will compensate locals for round-up, torture, and harm in 1952 colonial crackdown.
Focus East Africans told to resettle: Are these 'land grabs' or progress?

In Ethiopia, a plan known as 'villagization' has freed up vast tracts for foreign corporations and brought a storm over methods of development at the World Bank.
Kenya attacks raise worries Somalia's Al Shabab are reorganizing

Some analysts view recent Al Shabab attacks inside Kenya as a sign that the Somalia-based militant group is adapting to an African Union campaign against them.
Change Agent Changing the world, McDonald's style: 5 great social franchises

Social franchises – businesses with a charitable purpose – develop and market cheap, innovative products that solve a social problem. Here are five examples.
Africa Monitor President at home, on trial abroad: How Kenya's new leader is coping

Kenya's new president and deputy say they are cooperating with the International Criminal Court's investigation against them, but the ICC prosecutor says that's simply not true.
Global News Blog Kenyan police clear protesters - and a drove of pigs - from Parliament's gates

Demonstrators are upset with efforts by Kenya's lawmakers to give themselves a pay raise.
Change Agent Two extraordinary African women tell their stories

As disabled women refugees, Dahabo Hassan Maow and Aitm Caroline Ogwang faced tremendous obstacles. But they've overcome every one and now advocate for other women in need.
40 patients escape from Kenya psychiatric ward

40 patients escape from Kenya's only public psychiatric facility. Nine patients have been returned. Some 70 male patients overpowered the guards at the hospital and that 40 managed to escape Sunday.
Kenyan official seeks ally in UN to drop criminal charges against new president

Kenya's UN ambassador says the crimes against humanity indictments of the country's president and his deputy are flawed. Can his move influence the International Criminal Court?