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In this photo taken Wednesday, March 26, 2014, Emmanuel Ndayisaba, right, and Alice Mukarurinda, pose for a photograph outside Alice's house in Nyamata, Rwanda. She lost her baby daughter and her right hand to a manic killing spree. He wielded the machete that took both. Yet today, despite coming from opposite sides of an unspeakable shared past, Alice Mukarurinda and Emmanuel Ndayisaba are friends. She is the treasurer and he the vice president of a group that builds simple brick houses for genocide survivors. They live near each other and shop at the same market. Their story of ethnic violence, extreme guilt and, to some degree, reconciliation is the story of Rwanda today, 20 years after its Hutu majority killed more than 1 million Tutsis and moderate Hutus. The Rwandan government is still accused by human rights groups of holding an iron grip on power, stifling dissent and killing political opponents. But even critics give President Paul Kagame credit for leading the country toward a peace that seemed all but impossible two decades ago. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Rwanda genocide: Man and victim now friends

Jason Straziuso · April 6, 2014 2:45 pm

Morocco’s unions unite to protest gov’t austerity

Morocco’s unions unite to protest gov’t austerity

Washington Examiner · April 6, 2014 11:06 am

Kenya: Attacks meant to ignite sectarian violence

Kenya: Attacks meant to ignite sectarian violence

Washington Examiner · April 4, 2014 11:04 am

Obama clears way for South Sudan sanctions

Obama clears way for South Sudan sanctions

Julie Pace · April 3, 2014 9:43 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014 file photo, African Union peacekeepers and French troops take position at the PK11 checkpoint in Bangui, Central African Republic. The government of Chad said Thursday, April 3, 2014, it is withdrawing more than 800 peacekeepers from a mission to stabilize neighboring Central African Republic after the Chadian troops came under scrutiny for firing into a crowd of civilians last week, killing at least 32 people. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

Chad to pull peacekeepers from C. African Republic

KRISTA LARSONSTEVE NIKO · April 3, 2014 5:43 pm

IMF reaches agreement with C. African Republic

IMF reaches agreement with C. African Republic

Washington Examiner · April 3, 2014 5:21 pm

Mali starts process to confine armed rebels

Mali starts process to confine armed rebels

Washington Examiner · April 3, 2014 5:14 pm

In this photo taken on Saturday, March 29, 2014, medical personnel at the emergency entrance of a hospital receive suspected Ebola virus patients in Conakry, Guinea. Senegal has closed its land border with neighboring Guinea to prevent the spread of the Ebola outbreak, which has killed at least 70 people. Senegal's Interior Ministry announced the border closure Saturday. It also said officials in the southern region of Kolda closed a weekly market which draws thousands of people from the neighboring West African countries of Guinea, Gambia and Guinea-Bissau. Guinea confirmed last week that several victims of hemorrhagic fever in the country's southern region had tested positive for Ebola. (AP Photo/ Youssouf Bah)

Guinea reports Ebola death toll rises to 78

BOUBACAR DIALLOKRISTA LARSON · March 31, 2014 11:42 am

Amnesty: Nigerian uprising kills 1,500 this year

Michelle Faul · March 31, 2014 8:30 am

2 cases of deadly Ebola virus confirmed in Liberia

2 cases of deadly Ebola virus confirmed in Liberia

Washington Examiner · March 30, 2014 9:04 pm

Nigeria’s president criticizes northeast governors

Nigeria’s president criticizes northeast governors

BASHIR ADIGUNHARUNA UMAR · March 30, 2014 1:56 pm

21 killed in shooting at Nigeria State Security HQ

21 killed in shooting at Nigeria State Security HQ

Bashir Adigun · March 30, 2014 1:51 pm