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Township residents flee from tear gas fired by police during clashes between ANC and Zulu Inkatha Freedom Party supporters near a Zulu worker’s hostel in Soweto, South Africa, March 29, 1994. Tensions ran high a day after ANC security guards opened fire on protesting Zulus outside the ANC headquarters in downtown Johannesburg on Monday killing nine. The IFP are opposed to next months all race general elections. (AP Photo/Joao Silva)

CHILDREN OF WAR

South Africa’s forgotten child soldiers have grown into traumatized adults

Local volunteers carrying weapons stand in the Jiddari Polo area in the northeastern city of Maiduguri, after an attack by Boko Haram militants, in Nigeria

INSECURITY

Nigeria isn’t ready to hold free and fair elections next year

Soccer Football - World Cup - Group D - Croatia vs Nigeria - Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad, Russia - June 16, 2018 Nigeria fans inside the stadium before the match

THE IMITATION GAME

How Nigeria’s stylish in-demand World Cup jersey is making millionaires out of bootleggers

Supporters of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ZANU PF party gather to march for non-violent, free and fair general elections in Harare

YOUTH VOTE

Zimbabwe has cut data tariffs in the run-up to its first social media-led election

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