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Fanta Charlotte Dabone, a mother of three who fled her village after it was attacked by extremists, participates in Recreatrales, an international theater festival held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Kilaye Bationo)
Fanta Charlotte Dabone, a mother of three who fled her village after it was attacked by extremists, participates in Recreatrales, an international theater festival held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Kilaye Bationo)

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Theater festival offers solace in Burkina Faso, a nation torn by violence

NOV. 12, 2024

Nelly Shukuru, 51, hold the scarf she had planned on using to hang herself after spending three years displaced in the Lushagala camp in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
Nelly Shukuru, 51, hold the scarf she had planned on using to hang herself after spending three years displaced in the Lushagala camp in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

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Years of war in Congo have created a dire mental health crisis. But little support is available

OCT. 16, 2024

A farmer harvests avocados at a plantation in Kayanza province, Burundi, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
A farmer harvests avocados at a plantation in Kayanza province, Burundi, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

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How farmers in Burundi banded together to get fair prices for avocados

OCT. 9, 2024

Egypt Sudan Performers
Sudanese Camirata troupe dancers, who lost some of their relatives during the conflict in Sudan, Hoda Othman, right, and Kamal perform Al Saysaed dance from East Sudan during a rehearsal, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Sept.10, 2024. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

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In music and dance, Sudanese performers transport refugee audiences back home

OCT. 4, 2024

APTOPIX Congo Mpox Outbreak Epicenter
Emile Miango, 2, who has mpox, lies in the hospital, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Kamituga, South Kivu province, which is the epicenter of the world’s latest outbreak of the disease in eastern Congo. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

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AP journalists are the first to show what’s happening in an mpox epicenter in Congo

SEPT. 27, 2024

Central African Republic Russia’s Influence
Vegetables are displayed at a market in Bangui, Central African Republic, on March 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

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AP exposes competition between Russian and US security companies in Central African Republic

SEPT. 20, 2024

APTOPIX Congo Mpox Outbreak Epicenter
Emile Miango, 2, who has mpox, lies in the hospital, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Kamituga, South Kivu province, which is the epicenter of the world’s latest outbreak of the disease in eastern Congo. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

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A gold mining town in Congo has become an mpox hot spot as a new strain spreads

SEPT. 19, 2024

Zimbabwe Tree of Life
The sun sets behind a baobab tree, known as the tree of life, in Mudzi, Zimbabwe, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Aaron Ufumeli)

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An ancient African tree is providing a new ‘superfood’ but local harvesters are barely surviving

SEPT. 18, 2024

South Africa Health Train
A patient eyes are tested for lenses to be made for a new pair of glasses outside the Phelophepa eye clinic carriage, in Tembisa, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

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How a traveling ‘health train’ has become an essential source of free care in South Africa

SEPT. 12, 2024

Central African Republic Russia’s Influence
Flowers are laid at the statue of Russian mercenaries as a tribute to the late Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in Bangui, Central African Republic, on March. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

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The US-Russia battle for influence in Africa plays out in Central African Republic

SEPT. 11, 2024

Chad Women Land Rights
28-year-old Milla Nemoudji, a woman who was divorced by her husband following years of physical abuse, is photographed in a village of Binmar, Chad, Friday, July 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Robert Bociaga)

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Women in Chad defy discrimination and violence to assert their rights to own and control land

AUG. 28, 2024

Uganda Motorcycle Taxis
Drivers of motorcycle taxis, known locally as boda-bodas, ride with passengers on a street of Kampala, Uganda, on July 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda )

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In Uganda’s chaotic capital, boda-boda motorcycle taxis are a source of life and death

AUG. 20, 2024

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