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Kenyan security forces evacuate people after an explosion at DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, on Tuesday.

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American Among Those Killed As Explosions, Gunfire Rock Nairobi Hotel

7:53pm January 15, 2019

The attacks took place at an upscale complex in Kenya's capital. An explosion tore through a bank, then a suicide bomb detonated in a hotel lobby before attackers entered the building, shooting.

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Somali Islamist Extremists Claim Responsibility For Attack In Nairobi

4:53pm January 15, 2019

by Eyder Peralta

Islamist extremist Somali militants attacked an upscale hotel complex in Nairobi, Kenya, with explosives and gunfire. The country has been previously targeted in deadly attacks by the extremists.

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Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo enters the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, on Tuesday, where judges dropped the charges against him.

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International Criminal Court Drops War Crimes Charges Against Ex-Ivory Coast Leader

1:07pm January 15, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

Laurent Gbagbo had been charged with crimes against humanity allegedly committed in the wake of his 2010 electoral loss. Charges against his former youth minister also were dropped.

Former Egyptian Foreign Minister Reacts To Trump Administration's Policy Approach

7:43am January 13, 2019

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with former Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy about the mixed messages coming from the Trump administration on their foreign policy.

Obama Speech Adviser Compares 2009 Speech In Cairo With Pompeo's Address

5:43pm January 11, 2019

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Daniel Shapiro, former ambassador to Israel, about the differences between President Obama's Cairo speech and the one Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave on Thursday.

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More Women In Niger Take Control Of Their Marriages, Seek Divorces

5:57am January 11, 2019

Rachel Martin talks to Dionne Searcey, West Africa bureau chief for The New York Times, about shifting divorce patterns in Niger, where women now feel empowered to initiate divorces.

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Congo's Powerful Catholic Church Disputes Results Of Presidential Election

8:50pm January 10, 2019

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Congo's electoral chief announced the provisional results naming opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi as the new president. The Catholic Church immediately challenged the results based on observations.

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Opposition Leader Wins Congolese Presidential Election

6:05am January 10, 2019

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Felix Tshisekedi was declared winner of the long-delayed presidential election in the Democratic Republic of the Congo — amid suggestions of vote-rigging.

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Opposition presidential candidate Felix Tshisekedi casting his ballot in Kinshasa. Tshisekedi won the election amid concerns of vote-rigging.

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Surprise Winner Of Congolese Election Is An Opposition Leader

11:19pm January 09, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

Felix Tshisekedi was declared winner of the long-delayed election amid suggestions of vote-rigging. Observers had seen another opposition candidate as leading the field to replace Joseph Kabila.

A still image taken from a video posted Monday shows a military officer who identified himself as Lt. Kelly Ondo Obiang giving a statement from a radio station in Libreville, Gabon. In it, he urged citizens to take control of the streets to support a coup

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Gabon Says Coup Attempt Is 'Under Control' After Soldiers Seized Radio Station

11:35am January 07, 2019

by Bill Chappell

Armed soldiers took control of a state radio station early Monday morning and broadcast a statement saying the nation was under their control and that a new leader would be chosen.