Africa | 07/01/09
Booksellers won't stock 'It's Our Turn to Eat,' fearing reprisals. But it's sold on street corners – and read aloud in churches.
Africa | 06/28/09
Despite a few hiccups, the Confederations Cup soccer tournament was a 'great success,' say local and international soccer authorities.
Africa | 06/26/09
Five hundred people are arriving daily at an overcrowded aid camp in Kenya. Fighting has driven more than 159,000 from Mogadishu.
06/25/09
It has massed troops on the Somali border. Islamist militias have threatened retaliation if Kenya acts.
Daily Update > Terrorism & Security | 06/26/09
The aid is aimed at helping the weak government combat the militant Islamist groups battling for control of Somalia.
Africa | 06/22/09
Less than a year after fleeing in the face of an Islamist insurgency, Ethiopian forces have come back to help prevent a moderate government from collapsing at the hands of militant Islamists.

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