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December 2014

Africa

The 100-year story behind Boko Haram and Nigeria’s conflict

They didn’t look like killers. Sitting in a littered courtyard in the fading light of day, I met...

Dec 31, 2014
War and Peace

In Northern Ireland, breaking the silence on World War I

BELFAST, Northern Ireland – Like shrapnel embedded in an old wound, memory eventually works its way to the...

Dec 30, 2014
War and Peace

Remembering a century-old Christmas truce after a year full of war

One hundred years ago today, the cold, wet and shattered troops that faced each other in the trenches...

Dec 24, 2014
Africa

For women in South Africa, HIV stigma still runs strong

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Yvette Raphael left the medical clinic in Midrand, Johannesburg with one thought running...

Dec 19, 2014
Africa

In the Niger Delta, fashion helps women leave the fighting behind

By Lauren Bohn and Chika Oduah  PORT HARCOURT, Niger Delta, Nigeria — It wasn’t long ago when fighting consumed...

Dec 14, 2014
War and Peace

Ukraine’s familiar fight for a national identity

Editor’s note: This analysis is part of a Special Report called “The Eleventh Hour: Unlearned lessons of World...

Dec 10, 2014
Middle East

Laws of Men: In Saudi Arabia, women are still assigned male ‘guardians’

by Caryle Murphy Editor’s note: This story is part of a Special Report produced by The GroundTruth Project...

Dec 09, 2014
Africa

Five years after ceasefire, Niger Delta’s retired militants warn of new violence

By Chika Oduah and Lauren Bohn  PORT HARCOURT, Niger Delta, Nigeria — It’s been five years since 32-year-old Livinus Damka...

Dec 08, 2014
World

The world’s largest-ever generation sees burden and opportunity

ISTANBUL, Turkey and ABUJA, Nigeria — Today’s generation of young people is the largest in the history of...

Dec 05, 2014

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