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Paul Rusesabagina, who sheltered more than 1,000 people in his hotel during the Rwandan genocide, says the brutal violence in Syria, the Central African Republic and the Congo shows history repeats itself while people fail to learn from it.

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'Hotel Rwanda' Manager: We've Failed To Learn From History

1:38pm April 05, 2014

by NPR Staff

As a hotel manager in Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina sheltered more than a thousand people, saving their lives during the 1994 genocide. Now, 20 years on, he says history is repeating itself.

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Democrats: Benghazi Probes Are Wasteful, Politically Motivated

7:53am April 03, 2014

by David Welna

Citing millions of dollars spent already, Democrats argue politics is not a good reason to spend millions more investigating the attack on the U.S. diplomatic outpost in Libya more than a year ago.

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Egyptian Court Sentences 529 Morsi Supporters To Death

7:33am March 25, 2014

by Leila Fadel

An Egyptian criminal court on Monday sentenced them to death over the killing of a police officer. Human rights groups say the unprecedented verdict followed a sham trial that wrapped up in 2 days.

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Far From Home, South Sudanese Basketballer Finds Footing On Court

7:59pm March 19, 2014

In three years, Mooseheart High School's basketball team went from also-ran to champion. One of the reasons? Mangisto Deng, a 6-foot-7-inch player from South Sudan. He tells of his journey and team.

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A villager holds diamonds dug out from a mine outside the village of Sam Ouandja in northeast Central African Republic in 2007.

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Jewels Lie Beneath The Violence In The Central African Republic

8:08pm February 27, 2014

by Gregory Warner

A Muslim-led coup last year triggered the violence in the majority-Christian country. But there's a deeper reason: resentment over diamonds and gold, mined by Christians and traded by Muslims.

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Violence In South Sudan Targets Hospitals

7:30am February 27, 2014

Doctors Without Borders says patients have been shot, medical supplies looted and a hospital destroyed. David Greene talks to Sarah Maynard, a program director for the group, about the violence.

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Muslim women line up at a Red Cross distribution outside the mosque in Bouar. United Nations peacekeepers guard the mosque, where thousands of Muslim residents gather each evening for safety.

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Will Helping Muslims Flee Central African Republic Aid 'Cleansing'?

7:58pm February 14, 2014

by Gregory Warner

Thousands of Muslims have resorted to hiding in mosques or even churches, afraid of being killed by Christian militias. Many are asking for help crossing the border, but the United Nations is hesitant to support the minority's exodus.

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Muslims Flee CAR Capital, Chased By Christian Jeers

9:04pm February 07, 2014

A convoy of nearly 500 vehicles full of Muslim families filed out of the capital of Central African Republic on Friday, watched closely by crowds of cheering Christians. Two months of sectarian violence preceded the exodus, which Associated Press photographer Jerome Delay witnessed firsthand. Melissa Block speaks to Delay about the situation.

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Ex-Rwandan Officer Goes On Trial In France For Genocide

7:19am February 05, 2014

by Eleanor Beardsley

A former army captain alleged to have participated in the 1994 Rwandan genocide is on trial in Paris, where the case might shed light on France's support of those involved in the massacre.

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Nigeria's New Anti-Gay Law A Harsh Reminder Of Global Attitudes

11:35am January 18, 2014

This week, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan quietly signed into law one of the most repressive anti-gay measures in the world. NPR's Lynn Neary talks to Jonathan Cooper of the U.K.-based international gay rights group Human Dignity Trust about the state of gay rights in Nigeria and around the world.

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