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Rhino-Horn Trade OK'd By South African Court, Lifting Domestic Ban

6:20pm May 23, 2016

by Dana Farrington

International trade of rhino horns is still banned, though illicit trade continues. South Africa has the world's largest rhino population; more than 1,000 were killed by poachers last year.

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Kenya Threatens To Close Refugee Camp

10:32pm May 21, 2016

by Gregory Warner

The Dadaab camp has been home for decades to hundreds of thousands of Somalis who fled violence in their homeland. But Kenya says the camp breeds terrorists.

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Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari speaks with freed Chibok schoolgirl Amina Ali Nkeki, who is carrying her baby, as Borno state governor Kashim Shettima (C) looks on in Abuja, on May 19, 2016.

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Nigerian President Offers Support After First Of 219 Missing Schoolgirls Rescued

2:37pm May 21, 2016

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

The freed "Chibok Girl" met with Nigeria's president two days after being "rescued" from Boko Haram. She's one of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped in 2014 by extremists who have ravaged the region.

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Lariat Alhassan had lots of great paint to sell but no office where she could meet clients. And then she heard an ad on the radio that seemed too good to be true.

Nigeria, You Win! Your Development Plan May Be The 'Best In History'

8:08pm May 20, 2016

by Alex Goldmark

The idea of just giving away nearly $60 million to tiny businesses seemed crazy. Did it work?

A member of Doctors Without Borders looks out over the general hospital in the Central African Republic's capital city, Bangui, in April 2014.

Doctors Without Borders Suspends Work In Parts Of Central African Republic

2:46pm May 20, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The group says armed men killed a staff member during an attack on a convoy that lasted more than 40 minutes. It's one of many recent attacks worldwide on the group's staff.

Families of passengers who were flying in an EgyptAir plane that vanished from radar en route from Paris to Cairo react as they wait outside the Cairo airport on Thursday.

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Search Continues For EgyptAir Flight That Went Missing Over Mediterranean Sea

5:43pm May 19, 2016

by Doreen McCallister

EgyptAir says there were 66 people aboard Flight MS 804 when it disappeared from radar in the early hours of the morning. No debris from the plane has been found so far.

A drone takes a practice flight in Virginia with medical supplies — part of a project to evaluate the flying machines for use in humanitarian crises.

Condoms By Drone: A New Way To Get Birth Control To Remote Areas

3:34pm May 19, 2016

by Sophie Cousins

A pilot project in Ghana is one of several experiments to see if drones can deliver everything from contraceptives to blood for transfusions.

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One Of 219 Missing Nigerian Schoolgirls Reportedly Found Alive

11:45am May 19, 2016

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Nigerian authorities say one of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram two years ago has been found.

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An aerial photo from March 5, 2015, shows the burned-out school in Chibok, Nigeria, where Boko Haram militants seized 276 teenage schoolgirls on April 14, 2014.

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First Of 219 Missing Nigerian Schoolgirls Has Reportedly Been Found

4:19pm May 18, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

In April 2014, more than 270 girls were abducted from their dorm rooms in Chibok, Nigeria, in the dead of night. Some escaped their captors, but 219 remained missing.

A woman's back sends a message at a protest march in Capetown in 2011.

Health & Safety

Rape And Facebook Make Tense Headlines In South Africa This Spring

12:41pm May 17, 2016

by Don Boroughs

Students have posted the names of accused rapists on Facebook. And a judge sparks a furor with Facebook messages that seem to say rape is part of black culture.