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BUSANI BAFANA/INTER PRESS SERVICE Brightly colored cans, bags of fertilizer and packets containing all types of seeds catch the eye upon entering Nancy Khorommbi’s agro dealer shop, tucked at the corner of a roadside service station in…

The ruler of what is now Angola fought her would-be conquerors for decades ADF STAFF Southwest Africa never had a stronger advocate than Queen Nzingha of Ndongo, in what is now Angola. She fought to protect her people from slave traders…

Clues: This is the largest church in the world. It can hold 18,000 people inside its walls, and the esplanade can accommodate 300,000. Its design is based on St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, with a 149-meter-tall dome and colonnade…

Vigilante groups offer short-term security, but northern Cameroon needs long-term development ADF STAFF When a female suicide bomber came to Mora, Cameroon, and refused to stop at a checkpoint, it looked like another gruesome attack was…

U.S. Africa Command Staff An ancient African proverb says, “When spider webs unite, they can halt a lion.” This bit of wisdom shows what we all know intuitively: We’re stronger when we work together. This is as true on the local level…

When our administration assumed office, our first task was to tackle and defeat Boko Haram. We restructured and re-equipped our Armed Forces. We strengthened cooperation among Lake Chad Basin Commission members and Benin. By December…

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE The Brain Freeze, an eardrum-bursting, tricked-out Nairobi bus — or matatu as it’s known in Kenya — studded with blue neon lights is like a nightclub rushing down the streets. Music pumps from vehicle…

BBC NEWS AT BBC.CO.UK/NEWS Tanzania has removed more than 10,000 “ghost workers” from its public sector payroll in a crackdown on corruption. Payments to the nonexistent employees cost the government more than $2 million a month,…

Wages War on Pests in South African Vineyard REUTERS At 9:45 a.m. each day, more than 1,000 Indian Runner ducks are released for the first of two sorties at Vergenoegd vineyard in Stellenbosch, South Africa. Their mission: Seek and eat…

Cameroon evolves to thwart Boko Haram’s changing tactics ADF STAFF Photos by The Cameroonian Armed Forces On the afternoon of October 15, 2014, Boko Haram launched an audacious attack. About 1,000 fighters crossed the barren border…