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Somalia: working to mend shattered nation

Nearly fifteen years after the collapse of its central govern-ment in 1991, lawlessness and suffering still reign in many parts of Somalia. Peacekeepers were withdrawn amid the country’s descent into famine and chaos...
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With political upheaval and civil wars engulfing much of West Africa in recent years, the region has become a major center of U.N. operations...
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Building peace in the
turbulent Central African Republic

Since the mid-1990s a cycle of military uprisings in the Central African Republic has destabilized and further impoverished one of Africa’s poorest countries. Presidential elections held in May 2005... Full Story...