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By MARC SOMMERS Rwanda’s Paul Kagame is accustomed to accolades. On May 12, he received yet another honorary degree, this time from William Penn University in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Celebrating Kagame is in vogue because he is credited with leading a remarkable...

After Setbacks, Shabab Militants Learn to Kill on the Cheap They have lost their leader, their ports, their checkpoints and their territory. They have lost thousands of men and much of their money. They have no fleet of armored personnel carriers like...

And a whole lot more, given the pace at which the outbreak is moving. We begin with this from JapanToday: World fears mount that Ebola battle being lost The World Bank warned Friday the fight to stop Ebola was being lost, as the U.N. pleaded for more...

Testimony Steven Feldstein Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations Washington, DC May 20, 2...

Bosco’s exit The Mid-Term Report of the sometimes controversial UN Group of Experts focuses on the major events of the conflict in eastern Congo since the beginning of the year. Predictably, one of the main subjects is the fighting within M23...