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March 8, 2012

Villain Kony goes viral

by Whitney Williams

Africa | If Joseph Kony lived in relative anonymity before this week, he's found internet notoriety now. A video about the atrocities carried out by Kony's Lord's…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2012/03/villain_kony_goes_viral]

Jan. 16, 2012

Nigerian crisis

by Mindy Belz

Africa | Six Nigerian journalists make their way to Uganda despite a nationwide strike in their home country threatening air travel

[http://www.worldmag.com/2012/01/nigerian_crisis]

Jan. 6, 2012

Deadly deadline

by Jamie Dean

Africa | Nigerian Christians face an ultimatum from an Islamic terror group, but many say they have nowhere to go

[http://www.worldmag.com/2012/01/deadly_deadline]

Nov. 11, 2011

Dropping bombshells

by Jamie Dean

Africa | Fresh attacks in South Sudan-including raids on a Samaritan's Purse refugee camp-could signal a return to war

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/11/dropping_bombshells]

Nov. 10, 2011

Nigeria's bad day

by Mindy Belz

Africa | Tensions are high following Muslim-directed violence toward Christians in the northern part of the country

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/11/nigeria_s_bad_day]

Sept. 12, 2011

Food, water & some rain needed

by Mindy Belz

Africa | Victims of the Horn of Africa famine aren't through suffering

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/09/food_water_some_rain_needed]

Aug. 5, 2011

Fighting famine

by Mindy Belz

Africa | Aid groups battle against acute malnutrition

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/08/fighting_famine]

July 6, 2011

Treating Africans as friends, not dependents

by Anthony Bradley

Africa | Many African countries lag behind the rest of the world economically in ways that perpetuate cycles of poverty and dysfunction. These cycles can give the…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2011/07/treating_africans_as_friends_not_dependents]

Dec. 17, 2009

Mission impossible

by Jamie Dean

Africa | UN peacekeepers face an intractable dilemma that pits supporting Congolese troops against protecting vulnerable civilians

[http://www.worldmag.com/2009/12/mission_impossible]

Sept. 25, 2009

Books to campaign by (not Bono's how-tos)

by Mindy Belz, Alisa Harris

Africa | Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa - by Dambisa Moyo Probably no more compelling economic treatise has been written of…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2009/09/books_to_campaign_by_not_bono_s_how_tos]

Sept. 25, 2009

Dealmakers

by Alisa Harris

Africa | Entrepreneurship 'unlocks people's minds'

[http://www.worldmag.com/2009/09/dealmakers]

Aug. 10, 2009

Crash in Kenya

by Mindy Belz

Africa | The deaths of an Africa Inland Mission pilot and mechanic leave a void in the efforts to reach the unreached

[http://www.worldmag.com/2009/08/crash_in_kenya]