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The country’s rebirth after its civil war sets a new standard for reconstitution of the military ADF STAFF When Sierra Leone’s civil war ended in January 2002, the country was in shambles. Some 50,000 people had died, and more than 2…

Integrating  Women Into African Militaries Must Go Beyond Quotas and Traditional Roles ADF STAFF photos by REUTERS At one time, some of the fiercest and most capable Soldiers in Africa were women: the Amazon warriors of the Dahomey…

AMISOM The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has given 4,500 durable footballs to the government of Somalia to promote peace and help teach life skills to children and youth groups throughout the country. The One World Futbol…

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Music superstars Johnny Clegg and Youssou N’Dour paid homage June 15, 2014, to late South African icon Nelson Mandela at the 20th edition of the World Festival of Sacred Music in Morocco. The show in Fez, the…

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE On Cape Town’s waterfront at the southern tip of Africa, the world’s biggest museum of contemporary art from across the continent is being carved from a conglomeration of concrete tubes nine stories high. The $50…

The film Africa United was screened at the 2014 Rwanda Film Festival. It tells the story of three Rwandan children trying to get to the opening ceremony of the 2010 World Cup. THE EASTAFRICAN After the 1994 Rwandan genocide that claimed…

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE The social media giant Facebook has unveiled an app to allow people who have mobile phones but no Internet access to get online services for health, education and basic communications. The Internet.org app was…

Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama, left, and Jay Ireland, president and CEO of GE Africa, discuss expanding access to power sources across Africa.  REUTERS U.S. and African companies and the World Bank on August 5, 2014, pledged…

Lake Turkana Wind Power officials check a mast that measures wind direction and speed at a study site in Loiyangalani, near Lake Turkana in northern Kenya, in 2012. THE EASTAFRICAN The Overseas Private Investment Corp. (OPIC) has…

DEFENCEWEB The Mauritanian Navy has unveiled a five-year development plan that includes the acquisition of two 60-meter offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) and an undisclosed number of midsize vessels to secure the country’s 754-kilometer…