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Though relations with the United States are solid, the country wants its economic voice heard.

Malawi's and Liberia's leaders champion reproductive health in a way that most U.S. leaders do not.

South Africa's Jacob Zuma fancies a bigger role for the continent on the Security Council. Will he get his wish?

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Your Take: A Nobel laureate says we must stop excusing religion's role in crimes against humanity.

Its president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, says yes and that African Americans can help.

What Sarah Obama says might shock some. But they're not really listening to the Kenyan matriarch.

A Spanish magazine's seminude homage to the first lady hits all the wrong notes.

The police shooting of strikers reveals how money and power divide the country.