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Hans Massaquoi dies at 87; wrote of growing up black in Nazi Germany
Hans Massaquoi, a former managing editor of Ebony magazine who wrote a distinctive memoir about his unusual childhood growing up black in Nazi Germany, died in Jacksonville, Fla., on Saturday, his 87th birthday. He had been hospitalized over the...
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Former Liberian President Charles Taylor gets 50 years for war crimes
World NowFormer Liberian President Charles Taylor gets 50 years for war crimes: Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, 64, will likely spend the rest of his life in jail after a U.N.-backed court sentenced him to 50 years in jail for aiding and abetting war... -
Liberia's Leymah Gbowee: The power of the powerless
Friday morning, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee — along with her country's president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and Yemeni activist Tawakul Karman — was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. A decade ago, this moment would have seemed unthinkable....Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, File Sharing, Nobel Prize Awards, Heads of State, Ghana
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Ugandans pull Kony spotlight to mysterious nodding disease
World NowIn the flurry of attention that a viral video on notorious militia leader Joseph Kony has drawn to Uganda, some Ugandans are trying to pull the international spotlight instead to nodding disease, a fatal and mysterious illness that plagues thousands of... -
Liberia's Charles Taylor guilty of aiding, abetting war crimes
World NowFormer Liberian President Charles Taylor is found guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity. Taylor faces a possible life sentence for his role in arming ruthless rebels in neighboring Sierra Leone in exchange for "blood... -
Former prosecutor hails Charles Taylor guilty verdict
World NowFounding prosecutor the the Special Court for Sierra Leone, David M. Crane, hails Charles Taylor's guilty verdict for war crimes: David M. Crane, founding prosecutor at the Special Court for Sierra Leone, said Thursday’s conviction of former... -
Three women, two Liberians and a Yemeni, win Nobel Peace Prize
Three women from Africa and the Middle East who symbolize nonviolent struggles to improve their nations and advance the role of women's rights were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. Sharing the award were Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf,...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Cairo (Egypt), Entertainment, Human Rights, Heads of State
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Liberia's Johnson-Sirleaf has unassailable lead in runoff
World NowLiberia's President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is poised to win a second term. Johnson-Sirleaf had an unassailable lead in votes counted in a presidential runoff, after rival Winston Tubman boycotted the poll.... -
Anthony Bourdain dishes on 'The Layover' and life as a TV foodie
Show TrackerAnthony Bourdain, the chef-turned-writer-turned-gonzo-television host, has judged “Top Chef,” hosted “No Reservations” and written for “Treme.” He talked over lunch in New York (sausage baguette and beer) and later... -
Liberia's oil sector plagued by corruption, watchdog says
Money & CompanyAfter nearly 15 years of civil wars that killed 250,000 people, Liberia stands on the edge of an oil and gas boom that could propel the country to renewal and growth -- or into a downward spiral of corruption and...... -
Slain photojournalist Tim Hetherington, remembered in books
Jacket CopyPhotojournalist Tim Hetherington, killed Wednesday in Libya, had published one book and been instrumental in the creation of another.... -
Hondros dead covering war, which he saw as his calling
The Big PictureChris Hondros, 41, the superb photographer who took some of the most wrenching war photos of our time, has been confirmed dead in a hospital in Misurata, Libya. The same explosion had earlier Wednesday claimed the life of photographer and......
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