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143 Boko Haram Fighters Killed In Clashes With Cameroon's Military

7:59pm January 13, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The militants, who are waging a deadly war in Nigeria, had attacked a Cameroonian military camp, a government official said. Nigeria's neighbors are being drawn into the battle with the group.

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Boko Haram May Control Up To 20 Percent Of Nigeria

6:45pm January 13, 2015

Audie Cornish speaks with Alexis Okeowo, New Yorker correspondent, for a check-in on Boko Haram and the territory they now control in Nigeria.

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Alex Sanchez with his wife, Blanca, and sons Duvan and Irvin. Sanchez has been eligible to live and work legally in the U.S. since 2001, when his home country, El Salvador, experienced a major earthquake.

For Some Immigrants, Temporary Life In U.S. Can Mean A Long Stay

6:45pm January 13, 2015

by Alexandra Starr

A little-known program allows some immigrants to stay in the U.S. when a disaster strikes their home country. Designed to be short-term, Temporary Protected Status can sometimes last for many years.

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Young Egyptian's Suicide Reverberates Among Activists

5:20pm January 13, 2015

by Leila Fadel

The suicide last year of a well-known Egyptian activist shocked Cairo and highlighted the hopelessness of many amid the country's turmoil and stagnation.

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On a 2007 visit to Savelugu Hospital in Ghana, President Jimmy Carter asks a group of children if they've had Guinea worm. A raised hand is a yes.

'Watch Out, Guinea Worm, Here Comes Jimmy Carter'

12:08pm January 13, 2015

by Diane Cole

Those words were written on a poster that greeted the former president on a visit to Nigeria. His Carter Center has vowed to wipe out the nasty worm. And right now we're down to 126 cases.

Donating A Single Rollerblade Is Not Going To Help Disaster Victims

7:09am January 13, 2015

by Kathryn G. Kempton

Yet that's what someone gave after the Haitian earthquake. A staffer at one nonprofit offers a plan to discourage unuseful donations from individuals and corporations and get what's really needed.

A total of 69 people died this weekend after drinking traditional beer in northwestern Mozambique. Here, men load the coffins of victims onto a pickup truck at the Chitima health center in Tete province Sunday.

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Poisoned Homemade Beer Is Blamed For 69 Deaths In Mozambique

8:51pm January 12, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The brewer of a batch of traditional homemade beer is listed among nearly 70 people who died after drinking it following a funeral in Mozambique, leaving authorities with many questions.

Kimani Maruge became a first-grader at age 84. The Google doodle shows him in his school uniform.

The World's Oldest First-Grader Is Honored By A Google Doodle

7:13pm January 12, 2015

by Marc Silver

At age 84, Kimani Maruge put on a school uniform for the first time and went to school. Today's doodle pays tribute to his inspirational story.

A group of Nigerian traditional hunters and vigilantes gather on vehicles on their way to engage Boko Haram militants in Mubi from Yola, Adamawa State, in November. The hunters have being assisting the Nigerian military in their fight against the Islamic

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Reports Of Boko Haram-Led Massacre In Captured Nigerian Town

6:48pm January 10, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Baga, in the country's northeastern Borno state, was seized a week ago. Amnesty International says that as many as 2,000 people may have been killed by the Islamist extremists in recent days.

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Nigerian Forces Fight To Free Town From Terrorists

11:31am January 10, 2015

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Hundreds are feared killed after Boko Haram militants seized the northeastern Nigerian town of Baga. Nigerian government forces are battling to regain control of the town and nearby base.

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